Quebeckers are not the unhappiest Canadians, though the Premier often implies otherwise
It may come as a surprise to Premier François Legault, but Quebec kers are not the most discontented Canadians. Dissatisfaction with the way the federation is working is higher in Western Canada than in Quebec . Quebec kers are less likely than Alberta ns or Saskatchewanians to advocate for a more decentralized Canada . Chalk it up to nine years under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau .
Fully 49 per cent of Saskatchewanians and 45 per cent of Albertans think their province “should take charge of things the federal government does,” compared with 42 per cent of Quebeckers. A third of Ontarians want their province to assume more powers; an almost equal proportion want the federal government to take over things Queen’s Park now does, according to the Environics survey.
At the same time, Mr. Legault needs to hold on to the francophone federalists who still back his party. Indeed, they account for the bulk of the CAQ’s current supporters. Areleased last week, which had the PQ leading the CAQ by 32 per cent to 25 per cent overall, also showed that 56 per cent of the CAQ’s current supporters would vote “No” in a referendum on sovereignty.
That may explain why the committee of experts Mr. Legault struck last week to recommend ways for Quebec to seek more autonomy within the Canadian federation has been given only four months to table its report. Its mandate includes examining how to gain more power for the province over immigration, culture, language, international relations and judicial appointments, all without entering constitutional negotiations with Ottawa. That will require some creative thinking.
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