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Chris Selley: The Parti Québécois' referendum tilt-a-whirl

The party's pitch boils down to 'Quebec would be better off fighting Washington on its own ... but not now'

On Wednesday, the Parti Québécois unveiled its slogan for the upcoming provincial election: “Le choix de la confiance,” meaning “the choice of trust” or “confidence” in government. “We will not campaign on the pessimistic themes of uncertainty and fear, but based on policy proposals and a solid team,” leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon told reporters with a straight face.

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Leave aside for the moment that the PQ’s concept of Quebec nationalism is inherently pessimistic, marinated in mistrust and grievance. The PQ’s 524-page doorstopper of a manifesto points to the following themes in its table of contents: “the cement of difference: language”; “the French language has no future in Canada”; “the Anselem affair: religion placed on a pedestal of individual rights” (this refers to a landmark Supreme Court case involving Orthodox Jewish Montrealers).

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