Independence will stay on the horizon, but only as an extreme possibility
Drainville. Now Quebecers are telling us: ‘Please work within Canada to strengthen us, to improve our daily lives.’”
Independence will stay on the horizon, as an extreme possibility, should the relationship with the rest of Canada deteriorate to the point where it becomes impossible for Quebec to develop according to its citizens’ values. Separatists hope that the decisions of the Supreme Court on bills 21 and 96 will create such a situation.
Thus, the tectonic plates of Quebec’s political landscape are shifting, and this will have an effect not only on the Parti Québécois, but also on the other “old party,” the provincial Liberal Party. Led by Dominique Anglade, the Parti liberal du Québec studied their own polls and arrived at the same conclusion as St-Hilaire, Bouchard and Drainville: Quebecers are tired of hearing separatists and federalists arguing over the future of the province.
Unless some immense event happens, the CAQ will be reelected next fall with a majority. The other parties will vie for second place, to become not only the Official Opposition but, more importantly, the government in waiting. At this time, it is impossible to predict which party that will be. What is clear is that the province’s political landscape has radically changed and that all parties, especially the péquistes and the liberals, need to adjust urgently.
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