Further to my post here, check out these poll results (h/t NealeNews). Excuse me for being pollyanna-ish but this is huge.
People in French-speaking Quebec are rapidly losing interest in the idea of independence, according to a new poll released on Tuesday.
The CROP poll for the La Presse newspaper showed only 34 percent of Quebecers would vote "yes" in a referendum on whether to split from the rest of Canada, down steeply from 43 percent before last week's federal election. The number who would vote "no" rose to 58 percent from 49 percent.
The newspaper linked the drop in support for separatism to the election result. The Conservatives beat the Liberals, who had been badly hurt by a corruption scandal in Quebec which damaged the image of federalism in the province.
...The CROP poll showed support for the Parti Quebecois had dropped to 38 percent, from 44 percent before the election, while the Liberals were backed by 27 percent, up from 17 percent.
The CROP poll of 1,000 Quebecers was carried out from January 19 to January 29 and is considered accurate to within three percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Expect Prime Minister Harper and Premier Charest to develop a nice working relationship (like they don't have one already).
Comments (4)
Love the new digs, Greg.
Posted by Greg | January 31, 2006 7:53 PM
Posted on January 31, 2006 19:53
I think your font size is a little on the small side.
Posted by Pete | January 31, 2006 8:56 PM
Posted on January 31, 2006 20:56
Things like font sizes will be the little fiddly bits that will be ironed out over the next few days.
Posted by James Bow | January 31, 2006 10:10 PM
Posted on January 31, 2006 22:10
I like the new look. Well done.
It’s “pollyanna-ish”, by the way ;-)
Posted by N | January 31, 2006 11:46 PM
Posted on January 31, 2006 23:46