I hope the PQ wins, if only to bolster future support for the Bloc and displace a bit of the Orange Crush in 2015.
That's shallow; provincial government in Canada is (as I understand it) more powerful than US state government, and to me the idea of voting for a candidate, hoping they fail, to try to bring down a different candidate by guilt by association is just not appealing whatsoever. Vote for who you hope wins; in very multi-party Quebec, it should be underlined that you vote for the candidate, not the party; that you vote for a local representative, not a Premier; and that you should take into account who has a chance and who doesn't.
Unfortunately, party discipline is so strict in our provinces these days that you really are not voting for an individual representative anymore: That representative will simply be a number for his leader to count on. I don't like it, but that's now the political reality.
Having no vested interest in the Quebec election aside from its national effects, I am not ashamed to say that I hope the PQ wins. My political ideology is not reflected in Charest's Liberals or the PQ, and, unfortunately, those are the only two parties that have a shot at winning. The fact that we're talking about "outrageous tuition hikes" in
Quebec pretty much cements my disconnect from these parties (tuition in Quebec is a
pittance compared to tuition in Ontario, even after McGunity's 30% grant). With these reasons in mind, I am, indeed, inclined to hope for a victory for the separatists. The Clarity Act (Mr. Dion was at least good for
something) will prevent Quebec sovereignty anyway, so I have no qualms supporting the PQ if it will quell federal NDP support in the region.
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