The Bloc Quebecois’ Yves-Francois Blanchet is just the latest in a long line of hysterical Quebec nationalist politicians the rest of us have had to endure seemingly forever.  Somewhere in that province there obviously lies a comedy factory that pumps out these self-indignant, perpetually pouty politicians who calculate the ways and means of Quebec separation from the rest of Canada.

It’s almost funny, except for the fact that it’s not.  It is, though, exceedingly tiring.

To have people like this in our federal parliament is an indication that either Canada is the most tolerant and placating place on the planet or that we have some institutional dysfunction within our federal system.  I’m not here to complain about that system, because democracy can be inconvenient like that.

I’m here to complain about Blanchet.  Because people can be a pain in the ass like that.

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