The Bloc Québécois

I wish I could vote for the Bloc Québécois. I’ve never really been allowed to: my mother wouldn’t let me. I wish I could have though, because politics bore me, but these people make it interesting. Really though, there’s nothing like it.

One time I was in a hot tub at a ski chalet in northern Minnesota with a man from Fort Worth, Texas. I told him I was Canadian he began asking me questions on Canadian politics. I have a degree in journalism and Canadian studies, so I was really happy to answer his questions. He asked me: “So, let me get this straight, son. (He was about 60 and spoke surprisingly not like a Texan) there is a party in Canada, completely legitimate, whose agenda is to break up the country.” Yup. “And everyone knows this and they publicly announce it.” That’s right. “And the people in power give them money to do this, then pay to stop it.” Sort of, but yea.

In Fact, I tell him, they spend money to stop them, but in order to get that money, they have to steal it from taxpayers, and when they get exposed, they almost topple. After I explained this, both the gentleman from Fort Worth and I, sort of laughed. He asked me if I’d ever voted for them, and I told him I couldn’t because only people in Quebec can vote for them. He asked how they could ever have complete power.

I told them they couldn’t, it’s statistically impossible. Then we really laughed. He then compared them to mosquitoes: always around and annoying people, but never do any damage. Exactly. I think that’s funny. I wish I could vote for funny things. I'm also a sympathizer of the movement, but I didn't mention that.