Desperate PQ stokes language hysteria over immigration

Desperate PQ stokes language hysteria over immigration

Identity has always been, externally, the PQ's best issue, and internally, an outlet for its members' nationalism and a rallying cry whenever there was no sovereignty referendum on the horizon.

So Pauline Marois is unpopular with voters, sovereignists are questioning her strategy and the PQ is crumbling faster than a Quebec highway overpass?

Hey, look! Over there! Immigrants! Stand back, and let us protect you!

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Anti-corruption team under the gun

Anti-corruption team under the gun

I've been critical of UPAC since its inception for two reasons.

--It lacks healthy independ-ence from the government that it is supposed to be looking at critically.

Other watchdog agencies - such as the auditor-general's office and the bodies overseeing elections and lobbying - report to the National Assembly, where they must answer to all parties. UPAC enjoys no such insulation from partisanship. It reports to the public-security minister - in other words, to a single politician. It's worth noting that the current minister, Robert Dutil, is no stranger to the world of construction and public-works contracts: He's the former boss of the bridgebuilding unit of Canam, the engineering company.

--The Charest cabinet (not the National Assembly) picked a former chief inspector in the SQ, Robert Lafrenière, to head UPAC. The SQ has seldom been tough on provincial politicians' corruption, and Lafrenière is hardly a hard-nosed outsider à la Eliot Ness. His earlier job was as Dutil's deputy minister. In other words, he has a CV the government can "trust".

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Anti+corruption+team+under/5417639/story.html#ixzz1YKqfxP3Z

Barrie Zwicker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_Zwicker#Biography

Barrie Wallace Zwicker (born November 5, 1934) is a Canadian alternative media journalist, documentary producer, and political activist. He is most famous for his documentary work, which has dealt primarily with 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Verdict: Not a Jew.