But given the divisive nature of a motion that was supposed to be all about rebuilding national unity, perhaps it's not surprising that this newspaper finds itself agreeing with the few federal Liberals who would not back Harper's motion and also fear the government is playing dangerous games.
Like Liberal leadership contender Ken Dryden, who rightfully complained in the Commons on Monday that the motion had "no precise language, no precise depth of understanding, no time and mechanism to work through, no clarity and no support."
Well, it had a lot of support in the House of Commons. How it plays outside the insulated world of our politicians is a bit more complicated.
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Quebec Premier Jean Charest was quick to insist that "it changes the way our laws are interpreted" in that province and "is a way for us (Quebec) to occupy the place that is owed us in Canada and elsewhere in the world."
Fry further pointed out other comments of Charest's indicating that he saw the motion as the beginning of more powers for Quebec.
Asked Fry: "If a professed federalist premier can so interpret the word 'nation,' how much more will the Bloc Quebecois or the Parti Quebecois, which are political entities dedicated to an autonomous, self-determining, independent Quebec?"
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It has already started and it is a Liberal Premier leading the way. I would asssume that the Bloc Quebecois or the Parti Quebecois is bidding its time and strategizing on how to get a now legiminate goal into reality.
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Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.
Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.
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