Why Bloc likely itching for Spring election

[CHIMO]

The Bloc Québécois clearly wants an election sooner rather than later, a wish that makes an election campaign in the first half of next year a near-certainty.

If they had any of the latter, they would have stopped the minority government from proceeding with some of the cuts announced last week. If the Conservatives wanted a lot of bang for the relatively few bucks saved in the process, they certainly achieved their purpose. In Quebec, that bang was overwhelmingly negative.

A government that had solid intelligence on Quebec would have known that literacy has been a big deal in the province since Jacques Demers, the last coach that brought the Stanley Cup to the Montreal Canadiens, wrote a book about life without basic reading and writing skills.

It would have thought long and hard before eliminating the federal Courts Challenge Program that has allowed francophone minorities across Canada to assert their constitutional rights.

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A week old. Must have missed it. The article has a few more items of why the cons aren't doing so good.

Layton should perhaps take note of who the enemy is.