The possible death of the Block would undermine the liberal Party

Boris Proulx

Thursday, 1 march 2018 19:35

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OTTAWA-The liberal Party of Justin Trudeau would come out the loser of a possible death of the Bloc québécois, a scenario that many predict if the chief Martine Ouellet continues to hang on.

“Already, the trend is downward for the Bloc québécois. In addition, in politics, as soon as there is a chicane in a party, it decreased significantly “, slice the pollster Jean-Marc Léger, for whom these voters could turn to the NDP or the conservatives in 2019.

End of the Block

The party’s sovereigntist in Ottawa was torn in two clans while seven out of 10 mps have slammed the door on Wednesday, dissatisfied with the intransigence of their leader.

“It is necessary that Martine Ouellet parte, it is a question of vitality of the sovereignty movement “, believes the ex-bloquiste Réal Ménard, as the former chief Gilles Duceppe, and Daniel Paillé.

Even the prime minister Justin Trudeau was seen as ” a good thing for the cause federalist “.

Yet, even the worst case scenario for the Block would not in any way to Mr. Trudeau, but would swell, on the contrary, the ranks of the other opposition parties, according to several observers.

“The 16% to 18% that voted to Block are much closer to the conservatives or the NDP as the liberals. No point lost by the Block is not going to the liberal Party “, says Jean-Marc Léger.

For the ex-advisor to quebec, Stephen Harper, Carl Vallée, the conservatives and bloquistes woo roughly the same voters outside of Montreal.

“Let’s take the last by-election in Lac-Saint-Jean, the vote “blue” is divided between bloquistes and conservatives that has put the liberal candidate. “

Vote nationalist

The lieutenant conservative in Quebec, Alain Rayes, is also of the opinion that his party wants to get the vote nationalist.

“The conservative Party is decentralization, recognizes the quebec nation, was offered a seat in Quebec at UNESCO “, lists a-t-il.

The NDP has also recently adopted positions designed to appeal to Quebecers, such as the recognition of “historic mistake” of the repatriation of the Constitution without Quebec and the introduction of a single tax return. “We may have a few points to go and look [in the decline of the Block], but I think the NDP has more to go looking among those who vote liberal” nuance Farouk Karim, ex-press secretary of the NDP under Thomas Mulcair.

The seven members become independent have all the intention to represent in 2019 and hope to the departure of Martine Ouellet. It has many times repeated that it will remain.

A meeting of the national Office of the Block will have to decide Saturday if the seven are to be formally expelled from the party.