Quebec General Election 2012 (4th September)

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Two injuried, in critical state.

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Some Anglo radio is reporting than there is 1 fatality.

EDIT: Police is confirming.

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In better news, the turnout is finally 74%, the highest since 1998.

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Liberal was 887 votes away from government.
PQ was 6119 votes away from majority.

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Isn't the PLQ too right-wing nowadays for federal liberals ?

The PLQ is mainly federalist. It contains centrists, right-wingers and left-wingers (through most of them jumped ship).

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Radio-Canada is saying than Bolduc, Bachand and Paradis are considering.
Moreau and Thériault refused to comment.

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I'm a bit surprised at QS getting almost a quarter of the vote in Laurier-Dorion, better than in all but 3 other ridings. Has there recently been significant migration of student/hipster types north into Villeray?

Villeray is quickly becoming the new trendy neighbourhood and it's very, very left-wing.
It is the neighbourhood where people were on balconies to hit on foodware during the height of the strike.

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http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/ottawa/2012/09/08/006-benoit-pelletier-chef-plq.shtml

Benoît Pelletier, MNA for Chapleau 1998-2008, former intergovernmental affairs minister, is considering a run for Liberal leadership.

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I'm a bit surprised at QS getting almost a quarter of the vote in Laurier-Dorion, better than in all but 3 other ridings. Has there recently been significant migration of student/hipster types north into Villeray?

Villeray is quickly becoming the new trendy neighbourhood and it's very, very left-wing.
It is the neighbourhood where people were on balconies to hit on foodware during the height of the strike.

Its also the core of the federal riding of Papineau which is currently represented by one Justin Trudeau but which would be an almost perfect NDP riding in Montreal. Without Justin T., Papineau would have gone NDP in a landslide

Trudeau was 3rd in Villeray. Trudean won because he lead in St-Michel and than he polled 70% in the immigrant area between Parc Jarry and TMR (between Acadie Blvd and the railroad).

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The losing candidate in La Prairie and Saint-François requested a recount.
Now, it is in the hands of the judge who will decide if the reasons they give is enough to recount.

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Will the victory of PQ in this election affect the New Democrat's hold on Quebec in 2015?

I doubt it, since provincial and federal politics are completely disconnected since the 60's.
They know those are two different levels of government and vote differently.

In other news, Philippe Couillard (Health minister 2003-2008, MNA for Mont-Royal 2003-2007 and Jean-Talon 2007-2008) is considering a run.

I fail to see how he would be an asset, given than he was negiociating his future job in the private health sector when he was still the Health minister, which isn't very clean nor ethical.

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I fail to see how he would be an asset, given than he was negiociating his future job in the private health sector when he was still the Health minister, which isn't very clean nor ethical.

How so?

Well, conflict on interest. He could be tempted to use his position as a minister to give advantages to the place he will go work.
That would be harmless usually, but the PLQ is under clouds of corruption, they should take a very clean leader.

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I fail to see how he would be an asset, given than he was negiociating his future job in the private health sector when he was still the Health minister, which isn't very clean nor ethical.

How so?

Well, conflict on interest. He could be tempted to use his position as a minister to give advantages to the place he will go work.
That would be harmless usually, but the PLQ is under clouds of corruption, they should take a very clean leader.

Ah, OK. Now that seems obvious. I thought it was a British-style Ken Livingstone private-healthcare-is-bad type scandal, instead it's something reasonable.

So there is a PLQ politician named Couillard ?

All French-speakers can imagine why I'm ROFLing.

I don't speak French...why are you ROFLing?

Because "couilles" translates as "balls" in English. On top of that Couillard is a neurosurgeon by profession...

Well, he isn't a neurosurgeon anymore, now, he sits on various committees and biotech business administration councils, teaches at university the health administration and is/was a partner in a private healthcare equity.

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Hilarious: Cauchon is double-dipping. I've never heard of such a thing.

At least, he isn't triple-dipping with Montreal mayorship.

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Well, there is two major changes which are than the Municipal Affairs and the Transportation are under the same minister, whose goal is to transfrom the Transportation Ministry in an agency instead of a ministry.

The other is than the universities are totally separated from the Education Ministry and are now under a new "Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Sciences and Technologies".

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Liberal incumbent in Gaspé got involved in some corruption scandal during its time as Percé mayor, it surfaced during this term.

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Inaugural speech today, both CAQ and Liberals said they would vote against.

I suppose CAQ will change mind when they'll see than they will cause an election.

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http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/francais/provincial/carte-electorale/geometrie-des-circonscriptions-provinciales-du-quebec-2011.php

If someone is bored, the files for precincts maps are now out.

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http://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/francais/provincial/carte-electorale/geometrie-des-circonscriptions-provinciales-du-quebec-2011.php

If someone is bored, the files for precincts maps are now out.

Dead link?

No, the Electoral Officer website is just down.

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http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-quebecoise/201211/04/01-4590189-amir-khadir-quitte-son-poste-de-porte-parole-de-quebec-solidaire.php

Amir Khadir resigns from his co-spokepersonship of Québec Solidaire, as the party rules are saying than one spokeperson must be in Assembly and the other from outside. Also, one is a man and the other is a woman.

Khadir is giving the office of parlimentary spokeperson to Françoise David, so he must resign.

QS executive will meet at the end of November to choose a new co-spokeperson. It must be a man, not from Assembly.

If I would have to guess someone, I would say Andrés Fontecilla, their candidate in Laurier-Dorion in September and 4th best QS performance (the 3rd best is a woman, so, she can't).