Very little is as demeaning as having a finger wagged in your face and being admonished about how to behave. That’s the feeling I get when reading or hearing former Liberal MNAs warning the anglophone community against supporting any new political alternative to the Liberal Party of Dominique Anglade in the fall election.
To me it shows a disconnect with what many in the community are feeling right now. It also seems like the same kind of condescension that has contributed to the community’s sentiment over the years that the Liberals take them for granted. Successive Liberal administrations of Jean Charest and Philippe Couillard could count on having the anglo vote locked up, because the only alternative was a separatist option.
With the introduction of Bill 96 by the CAQ government, the sense of political alienation in minority communities intensified. The Liberals were evasive at first on where they stood, promising to get changes to the bill in committee. Their likely intention was to support it and then tell minority communities they succeeded in making the bill more palatable. Many weren’t buying it, and talk started swirling around the need for other political options.
Robert Libman: New parties merit respect; so do those who vote for them (msn.com)
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