Wedge or Boomerang
Ali Mokhtari
Unstable Government of Ms. Marois and her Voracity because of Hallucination
You have read in the news that the Quebecois government led by Ms. Pauline Marois has done another extraordinary thing and this time, as usual, caused another problem for which it offered an innovative solution. This time, there is a controversy over the “Quebec Charter of Values” and it is a shame to implement some of its sections in the multicultural society of Quebec. The fact that people carrying any religious signs are not allowed to work in governmental and public sectors is actually depriving a part of the society of being present in the public arena. The author believes that this charter is definitely against human rights and the freedom of religion.
Interestingly, this government has offered solutions for the problems it has created itself in some other areas so far. Establishing the language police and the extremism that exists in obliging companies to use the French language and criticising non-French names of department stores and even menus of restaurants are among the masterpieces of the Quebecois party in governing the province. Of course, the result of this extremism is the damage that is being imposed on the economy of Quebec. Sometimes, these pressures have made big companies and productive persons and entrepreneurs give up on Quebec and leave it to go to other provinces of Canada, resulting in the increase of the unemployment rate in Ms. Premier’s era. However, Ms. Marois, who is so drunk with power that she is hallucinating from it, thinks of only one thing, namely, how to create another problem for which she can offer a solution and put more pressure on a certain group in society.
These days, Ms. Marois hopes to establish a majority government and intends to execute Harper’s strategy for elections to get more seats in the parliament. In the current situation, she cannot do everything she wants because rival parties are restraining her power, yet she hopes to set herself free with a decisive victory in an early election. But even the thought of her government forming the majority is not pleasant in Quebec.
In this regard, the Quebecois government has followed the example of the federal conservative government in these years. At least in the field of immigration, in which the author is involved every day, a number of unfair, illogical decisions and unsound procedures, like the ones that we have witnessed at the federal level, have been taken.
In my opinion, neither Ms. Marois nor Mr. Harper will be able to change the reputation and values of Quebec and Canada. The political systems of Quebec and Canada are inherently democratic and these governments which have taken power because of the gap created due to the differences and conflicts among other parties cannot change the bases of this system and its accepted human values, although they may manage to do so in a short time.
The people of Quebec will appropriately respond to Ms. Marois, Mr. Harper, and their narrow-minded thoughts in the near future, when they will have the opportunity to participate in elections and to vote against them. Fortunately, Ms. Marois, who is so drunk with the hallucination of power, intends to give this opportunity to those people.
