Friday, May 20, 2005
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
A former Parti Quebecois cabinet minister has made damning allegations about the party's plans to stem the flow of "No" ballots during the 1995 sovereignty referendum. Richard Le Hir, now a Montreal consultant, says the PQ conspired to intimidate federalist voters during the referendum by sending "scrutineer shock troops" to polling stations in anglophone and allophone ridings.
Le Hir says the party targetted those ridings because residents there, including immigrants who were fast-tracked through citizenship court, were more likely to vote against sovereignty.
It was only a matter of time before the other side of the dirty tactics emerged. It will be interesting to see how these allegations play out in Quebec. Apparently Jacques Strap's comments about ethnics and money were actual party policy, who knew.
Le Hir says the party targetted those ridings because residents there, including immigrants who were fast-tracked through citizenship court, were more likely to vote against sovereignty.
It was only a matter of time before the other side of the dirty tactics emerged. It will be interesting to see how these allegations play out in Quebec. Apparently Jacques Strap's comments about ethnics and money were actual party policy, who knew.
# posted by Shaky @ 12:31 a.m. 
