Barrel Strength

Essentially for the same reason that Bismarck favoured the Russians crushing the Polish rebellion. They do for us what we could not do for ourselves. They also allow us to govern all of Canada by letting the Conservatives hold English Canada. It is a sweet deal. We ought to be more grateful to them.

What!!??
Let me explain.

1. The Bloc ties down forty to sixty seats which are not easily available to Conservatives but which might be available to the Liberals. Despite the fact that the Liberals have been weak in Quebec outside of Montreal (RoQ) for a generation, this is  much more their possible territory than it is the Conservitives’.
2. With the Bloc denying the Liberals an easy majority in Quebec, electoral majorities must now be formed in English Canada.
(Think about that for a moment. English Canada is now the electoral pivot)
3. The Conservatives are better able to respond to the needs inclinations and interests of English Canada than the Liberals.
4. Michael Ignatieff and his advisors do not realize this yet.
5. Michael Ignatieff is the last Liberal leader who will fail to realize this.

So I say, thank you Bloc Québécois, for giving us the victory. It should never be forgotten what passionate hatred the French Canadian bear the Liberals for shaming them with the sponsorship scandals of a few years ago. French Canadians in Quebec had cleaned up their politics for a generation, except for the federal Liberals in Quebec. As long as the Bloc chooses not to participate in the federal Cabinet, and consents to receive the benefits of federalism without participating in government, the Conservatives will govern Canada. This suggests that Prime Minister Harper needs to avoid calling them nasty names.