The Bloc has been elected for its stand for humans’ rights By: Mohamed Sherif Kamel

The Bloc has been elected for its stand for humans’ rights

By: Mohamed Sherif Kamel*

Publisher in French in Feb 3, 2006

Re: Le Bloc élu sur division du vote fédéraliste Par M. Léo Gagnon;

In regard to your article that claimed the victory of the bloc in Brossard- La-Prairie to the splitting of the federal vote, this is so far from reality; your analyses does not represent the full picture that reflects the reasons behind the Bloc Quebecois (BQ) winning this ridding after 9 years of Liberal.

We have to remember that the riding of Brossard- La-Prairie was a conservative ridding up until the fall of the Progressive Conservative (PC) in 1993.  The ridding was then wan by the BQ first before the Liberals.  That happened when the people decide to punish the PC, which occurred not only in Brossard- La-Prairie but all-over Canada, where the PC fall from a majority government to 2 seats only.

When people chose the BQ for the first time it was the first test for the BQ, where people lost confidence in them because they were not able to represent all Quebecers.  They were only representing the sovereign agenda.

The BQ did many adjustments to its agenda and it was able to prove to everyone that they stand in the parliament to represent the well been of all Quebecers not for the special interest group and the big corporate. There are only two parties in the Parliament who have worked for people’s rights not for corporate and special interest groups, NDP and BQ.  Because the NDP is not yet able to grow in Quebec, we remain with the BQ as soul choice. 

The BQ stood for the Human Rights when it refused secret evidences, and forced the sunset close on bill C-36 that has been presented by the Liberal that created a Canadian version of Guantanamobay.

The BQ stood with the people in the street in -25° refusing to join USA’s unjust war against Iraq, while the Liberal were seating on the fence waiting for people do decide for them.

 

The BQ refused the Liberal abolishing of the court of appeal from the refugee process, where Liberal allowed sending the refugees back to their original country, without hearing in due process, where they might be tortured.

The BQ stood against the application of the security certificate, where 5 men have been held with neither a trial nor any evidence.  One of them was from Quebec, the BQ the helped his legal and political fight until he was set free with shameful restriction.  At least, he is now free with his family after being detained for two years for no known reason.

The BQ stood against the Missile Defense System that has been approved partly by the Liberal, see NORAD.

 

The BQ stands for Quebec’s right against shortage in the Health care system and education serving the sponsorship and fiscal imbalance. 

The BQ has become a party for all Quebecers not for sovereigns only.  Yes, they are sovereigns but the mixing between the election and the referendum is nothing but a Liberal hoax that they tried to use to cover up their failures.  Know with the raising of the Conservative Party, they can’t claim this again.  They also have to remember that many of those who voted for the BQ are federalists and many of them are conservative also. 

Therefore, the redirection of the votes to the conservative came from both Liberals and Bloc and also new voters; do not forget that this election there were 5000 extra voters than last election, this number should be taken into consideration.

I am not a conservative nor am I a separatist.  However, I am a Canadian and a Quebecer who believes in real democracy, where people should be accountable to everything they do.

So the Liberal should be grateful that after the mess that occurred under Paul Martin, the people did not punish them to 2 seats.  However, because there are some good liberals, they governed as a minority government but when they failed again, they lost both the minority and the leadership.

Comparison of numbers for further information:

                                     2006          2004       2001       1997       1993       1988    1984

                                                                                                                                                Bloc Québécois                                   21433        21596     16758     17342     27490                     

Liberal                      20190        24155     26806     24676     27014     19497  25182

Conservative,

CA (Reform)               9749          3107       5756       9982       7852     30834  26506

N.D.P.                          4301          2321         852         906         708       6228    8602

Green Party                1883          1340

Others                           110            109         700                        891       1564    3381

                                                                                                                                                

Total:                         57666        52628     50872     52906     63955     58123  63671

* Mohamed S. Kamel: is a Freelance writer, the editor of I.N. Daily and the President of the Alternative Perspective Media (APM-RAM), could be reach at info@apm-ram.org