With Friends like These...
Dec. 4th, 2008 09:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bcholmes"The Bloc Quebecois MPs were elected on Oct. 14 in a democratic process," [Quebec Premier Jean] Charest said. "Democracy has spoken."
Charest added that one of the strengths of Quebec is respect for the opinions of others.
"The debate about the future of Quebec has been conducted peacefully," he said.
"And it should be the same thing in the federal Parliament," he said. "There should not be any accusations when people defend their ideas."
"Every person elected to the House of Commons, every member of Parliament and every political party is a legitimate political party," he said. "They are elected. They have been chosen by the people and they a right to present and defend their point of view."
An interesting turn: Charest and Harper have had each other's back for a while. Harper's pissing off Quebec and Charest has to speak against him.