The decline of the liberal empire

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Josée Legault

Tuesday, 6 march 2018 05:00

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Tuesday, 6 march 2018 05:00

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The liberals are in trouble and they know it. Since his return early to power in April 2014 after the defeat of the short government Marois, the LIBERALS slipped to 42 % support to 26 %. According to the survey of Lightweight-The Journal-The Duty published Saturday, he dives to 16 % of francophones. A never-before-seen.

To 27 % among francophones, the Parti québécois takes a bit of muscle tone. The” effect ” Hivon-Aussant is no stranger to this. The PQ out of palliative care, but it is still far from healing. To 42 % among francophones, the CAQ remains in the head. With only 11%, Québec solidaire seems to be paying the price for its refusal to converge to the PQ.

To seven months of the elections, nothing is played yet. The continuing decline of the QLP since 2014 is nevertheless a major trend. After three victories under Jean Charest, a fourth under Philippe Couillard is simply a mandate too.

In fact, if he became prime minister, it was due in good part to the poor leadership and the electoral campaign’s erratic Pauline Marois. In political science, it is also said that governments are never elected, they are defeated.

Cooked carrots

Translation : when the electorate no longer wants to see a government, the main party competitor is elected often by default. The end of a regime is still a story of love lost.

Governments are never elected, they are defeated.

Of the harmful effects of its austerity to the disruption outrageous of the health system under his napoléonesque minister Gaétan Barrette, the QLP is living at 71 % of dissatisfaction. Her carrots are almost cooked. Its inaction on the questions of linguistic and national complete the table. Ditto for a school system to become the most unequal in the country.

The scam increases without end awarded to specialist doctors by the tandem Bar-Couillard, themselves specialists, has made the vase overflow. These increases are astronomical feel the conflict of interest policy, full nose.

The shakeout Module

Premiums are absurd raining down on the medical profession, but for the vulnerable people – the elderly, the disabled or carers, it is the scarcity. Worse still, the prime minister does not always the full measure of the magnitude of the debacle signed by the doctor Bar.

The reason for this ? This boulet election, Mr. Couillard himself is the progenitor. If the health and social services are emerging as an electoral issue decisive, he has only himself to blame. By giving carte blanche to the doctor Bar on all fronts, it may be purchased stay in power more brief than he thought he did.

But be careful. With its 150 years of existence, the liberal empire is weakened, but even if he were to lose the election, his decline would be temporary. Worshipping the power and once again become a party of interest businessmen in gentlemen Charest and Couillard, the LIBERALS is a political animal resilient.

This is why, after 15 years in power almost without interruption, even an election defeat in the écorcherait barely. He would not find a way to blame the people…