So, naturally, the delegates adopted a resolution calling for a referendum in the next mandate, period. Saturday at a PQ meeting. The next day, they sheepishly adopted Bouchard's amendment on winning conditions. Sunday at a PQ meeting. It was like watching geese fly south at this time of year, making a terrible honking noise, but all going in the same direction.
Sovereignty is distant but attainable, like a winter trip to Florida.
But he isn't running on it, not anytime soon. He isn't running on anything, other than his own approval rating as well putting Quebec's fiscal house in order. But here's the problem. People don't really vote for balanced budgets, and they generally don't give governments much credit for them. They certainly don't vote in favour of health-care cuts, even if it's all Ottawa's fault for slashing transfer payments.