Jack Layton dips his fingers where they don’t belong…..again.

On Wednesday, March 18th 2009 as reported in the Montreal Gazette, Jack Latyon, Leader of the NDP, dips his fingers into a jurisdiction not his own.

First, as if it weren’t enough that Quebec abhors federal intrusion into their affairs, Jack Layton goes on to petition the Prime Minister to drag himself and government spending into the mess as well.

NDP leader Jack Layton said he intends to immediately send a letter making the request to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Next week, he intends to raise the issue of advertising by government departments and crown corporations in the chain’s newspapers during question period in the House of Commons.

Now, for a man trying to make gains off of their first MP elected in a province notorious for demanding more federal money, he is making the enormously stupid demand that the Federal Governmnet do exactly the opposite. Add to that, he is actively tampering in provincial jurisdiction; behaviour which is anathema to Quebecers and only serves as evidence for the BLOC and the PQ to use against Federalism. [insert golf clap here] Well done Jack. Well done.

Last night, Isabelle Dessureault, vice-president public affairs for Quebecor Media, responded to Layton’s plan saying he does not have all the facts.

“What the NDP is asking the government to do is take sides in a context where one of the two parties (Quebecor) exercised its rights under the actual laws in Quebec and Canada,” Dessureault said in an interview.

Dessureault noted that an inspector from the Quebec’s labour standards board recently visited the newspaper concluding no violations of the Labour Code in the current dispute.

What I personally find amusing, is that Jack Layton (the man who refuses to co-operate with the Conservatives on anything now asking for a favor?) continues to believe he has any influence with the Conservatives anymore. I dare say he has little credibility with even the Liberals these days.

That only leaves….oh yeah….

Quebec schools closing, decreasing student enrollment

Public schools are closing in Quebec. Parents, teachers and public educationeers are struggling with a decreasing student population. Not surprisingly, high school students have the highest décrochage in the province but the birth rate is also falling.

The Quebec press is quick to portray this situation as dire but I am not. The students who drop out of Quebec high schools today do not fall off the face of the planet. I want to believe that Quebeckers are simply demonstrating their preference against public schooling.

A few decades ago, a high school education was valuable and not all adults had one. Not all adults had the ability to complete high school and many did not need to. The labor market was different back then. The current labor market in Quebec could be evolving whereby young people appreciate taking time off during the course of their life-long training or education.

Maybe young Quebeckers are going to be able to weather this economic recession a lot better than expected because they are not wasting their resources or their time.

Separatists in the Canadian Senate: Rumour

If this is true, it’ll be the move that will truly ignites western separatism:

Minister Cannon tells Mike Duffy that the latest rumour on the Hill has 6 separatists being appointed to the Senate under the coalition deal…

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