Separatists Make Environment a Unity Issue
So Gilles Duceppe and Andre Boisclair have decided that Quebec must separate because we don’t have to worry about meeting Kyoto targets and there would be no fiscal imbalance because those problems would go away with a sovereigntist win.
Wow, where do I start with that?
Firstly, the fiscal imbalance accounts for about 1 billion dollars for Quebec (and that is assuming we take Gilles’ own numbers)
Quebec receives 5.5 billion dollars from equalization alone, which would vanish under a sovereign regime. That puts us 4.5 billion in the hole. Quebec City would have to raise taxes to makeup that gap.
The environment…a unity issue?
Technically, if we didn’t have an oilpatch, we would be in line with Kyoto targets. But if we didn’t have an oilpatch, we wouldn’t have 5.5 billion dollars in equalization payments from Ottawa either.
The Bloc is fishing for reasons to vote for them…the pond is drying up quick.
Does the Bloc have nothing left in the arsenal?
Just as I suspected, desperation is in the air…come on Jean…Drop the Writ!
par / by Anthony à / at 2:10 p.m.
2 Commentaires:
Ne croyez pas ces méchants fédéralistes.
Dans un Québec indépendant, l'argent poussera dans les arbres. On ne voudra même plus se pencher pour ramasser les vingt dollars qui vont traîner par terre.
François Legault l'a dit. On va être riche.
Pour l'environnement, les autos vont marcher au gazon broyé.
Quant à l'armée, on n'a pas à s'en faire. Ils seront pacifistes et n'auront pas besoin d'équipement, ils vont distribuer des marguerites.
Alex ;-)
The oilpatch does not account for as much as you say there is. A large increase has come from Ontario where previously idling coal plants have had to make up for nuclear shutdowns.
I wonder, since Quebec already produces most of its power from hydro, where its internal 6% reduction would come from if it were independent?
The fiscal hole you talk about is correct. It is one of the reasons people outside Quebec don't see how Quebec is getting a raw deal.
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