Quebec politics explained (in Quebec!)

[@JJMcCullough]

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[@tonymatic1704]

i like how social democrats are considered "far left" when a lot of them are beasically viewed as socialliberal, or barely left in europe, far left here is anarchism, left is communism and socialism and soc dems are centre left

[@r3dragon795]

Thank you ...and if i say " NATIVE PEOPLES" .... ⚜️

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@r3dragon795 ?

[@r3dragon795]

⚜️🤫

[@justinchase6666]

you should pronounce it q eh b eh c

[@lanxy2398]

as an American i’ve fallen down the canadian politics rabbit hole and can’t get enough

[@NaownHibink]

So am I, as a Malaysian.

[@gunterthekaiser6190]

It's funny since a lot of us here couldn't give a damm. It's just so... boring compared to the US where every election seems like either the death of a nation or the beginning of a new world order.

[@legueu]

@@gunterthekaiser6190 true

[@MrWilhelm1950]

Don't you guys have a life? 😊

[@tomkelly8827]

Yeah, we get to choose Bernie, Biden, Trump, Desantis, RFK or Marianne. Then each one has some kind of representation because each county can elect a person from a different party! It is a much better system. Not as good as the Swiss system but much better than your 2 party farce. You need more options and smaller voting blocks per representative. You need more different voices in your democracy.

[@matnotyou]

Quebec is so interesting to me because of its left-wing nationalism. Something considered weird in my country because usually nationalism is aligned with the right. ⚜️

[@romainsavioz5466]

Well caq is center right

[@ajthevillageidiot]

Yeah, its seems like a weird mixture "Socially conservative, Fiscally liberal!"

[@guppy719]

Its not particularly uncommon globally

[@jamiesmith3396]

Left wing nationalism is also a big thing in Scotland

[@carfreeneoliberalgeorgisty5102]

Quebec nationalism is very right wing. They're paternalistic when it comes to the role of government & social services yes, but the entire Quebec nationalist identity can be summed up as "we need to preserve & protect our unique pure laine French culture from non white non french outsiders that will dilute it". Quebec nationalism is basically white nationalism but for white francophone Canadians only.

[@ZephB]

Wtf? Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon never was a member of the PLQ, Gabriel Nadeau Dubois never was a member of the PQ and Eric Duhaime was not member of the CAQ he was a member of the ADQ which is the ancestor of the CAQ.

[@medenos9683]

Le dude est trop full of himself pour réellement faire un effort de recherche et d'intégrité journalistique.

[@bauch69]

@@medenos9683 Tellement, il passe son temps a regarder le Québec de haut comme si ont était réellement inferieur...

[@hollandvw4250]

As a French person I'm amazed at how similar Quebec politics are to ours. Especially the bit about big campaign signs with scribbled-on faces. They really are our cousins aren't they. Also Québec solidaire definitely feels more like an iteration of La France insoumise or Podemos than the NDP

[@maxTheOG]

coucou cousin

[@alexandrebouvier7731]

CAQ = LREM-Renaissance (Centre, Centre-right) QS = LFI (radical left) PQ = PS (old fashion social-democracy) CPQ = LR (conservative right) GPQ = EÉLV (green, unionist) LPQ = Modem (center, unionist)

[@francocanuck]

@@maxTheOG Yes coucou

[@qyha-lg4il]

@@alexandrebouvier7731 les libéraux sont pas mal plus lr quand on pense a des gars comme charest.... cpq c'est zemmour sur le plan economique et marine le pen sur le plan social (tres a droite mais pas autant que zemmour et compagnie). Etant moi-meme issu d'une mere francaise et un pere quebecois etant diplomate internationale je te confirme qu'il y a plein de nuance entre la caq et lrem ; ne serait-ce que le fait que la caq est un peu plus a gauche economiquement et plus a droite socialement ou la maniere d'intervenir et vendre des projets de lois (legault etant beaucoup plus familier, a la rigolade (comme quand il passe a infoman) et voulant donner un aspect humain-familier a son auditoriat que macron qui fait tout l'inverse ne montrant pratiquement aucune auto-derision publique et se vend comme etant au dessus du populisme et de la melee des extremes.) j'espere avoir identifier les difference majeures. Quand aux liberaux de charest je les vois tres clairements comme des lr : les lr ont des fois ete plus a gauche que le pq lors de certaines epoques. Les lr tout comme les liberaux sont grandement repprocher de lobbyisme et sont a gauche sur certains projets a droite sur d'autre.

[@qyha-lg4il]

@@alexandrebouvier7731 pour comprendre le fait qu'eric duhaime n'est pas comme marine le pen ou eric zemmour il faut comprendre la politique economique de marine le pen qui est plus a gauche que macron (retraite a 60 ans !). si on parle d'eric duhaime comme d'un gars qui propose mieux aux syndicats que legault on serait a cote de la plaque. sur le plan social par contre il propose a peu pres une ligne semblable a marine le pen qui garde le ''extreme droite'' comme ligne sociale et non pas au niveau de la la ligne economique. Sans vouloir decredibiliser ses idees avec un termes evoquant beaucoup de populisme chez certaines personnes, elle reste en faveur dun referendum grandement gagnant sur la peine de mort, pour la legitime defense des policier (quand on voit ce qu'en disent les magistrat et les policiers eux-memes concernant possible abus) et pour une enormes restrictions de l'immigration (d'afrique dans son cas).

[@leobrulotte1448]

I noticed JJ used the word "French-Canadian" a couple times while describing Quebec nationalism. I think it's worth noting that this term has almost entirely disappeared from Quebec politics as a result from efforts by both the Quebec Liberal Party and the Parti Québécois since the 1960s to move away from ethnic nationalism and promote a more inclusive nationalism (modern Québec nationalism has sometimes been referred to as "cultural nationalism"), hence the "Québécois" identity has almost fully replaced the "French-Canadian" identity. This also led to the use of the term "francophone" to describe native French speakers, which applies not only to French-Canadians but also immigrants from French-speaking country. Nowadays, Québec nationalism is spread across much of the political spectrum with different political parties embodying different conceptions of nationalism. As JJ mentioned, Québec Solidaire is a (very) left-wing party yet it also supports some nationalist policies, while the CAQ has taken a more "hardline" stance on identarian issues (though it is much more moderate than right-wing nationalists parties in Europe). An interesting dynamic we can observe in the results is that the Liberal Party won in all of Montreal's anglophone/allophone ridings (allophone = mother tongue is neither French nor English), whereas Québec Solidaire won in francophone ones. This, and the Liberal Party's poor results in those same francophone ridings as well as among francophones across the province, goes to show that francophones in Québec, even on the left, tend to favor some form of nationalism but may very well reject the CAQ. Also, a few corrections I'd like to add. The Parti Québécois's leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, has, as far as I know, never been a member of the Liberal Party. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Québec Solidaire's co-spokesperson, was never a member of the Parti Québécois, though they were technically allies in 2012's student crisis. Éric Duhaime, the Conservative Party's leader, was not a member of the CAQ, but the ADQ, a former right-wing party which was absorbed into the CAQ. Many former ADQ supporters (particularly the more libertarian-minded ones) have complained that the CAQ has been too economically left-wing and see the Conservative Party as the ADQ's "true successor". About bill 21, it does not prevent citizens from wearing religious headwear to receive public services. Rather, it bans religious symbols for some public employees, namely cops, judges and teachers. There is a law requiring citizens to have their face visible when receiving public services that was passed by the previous Liberal Government in 2017, however.

[@jdmitaine]

Thank you so much, much needed corrections and precisions here from your post, JJ's video may be one of his lesser-biased videos but again not completely and with some major flaws.... giving JJ : A for effort, C for content

[@francoispitre6292]

This is the only comment you need to read it is factual and honest .

[@Ptitnain2]

French-canadian is still an ethnic identity. Usually when people say "québécois de souche" what they mean is "french-canadian".

[@gungan5822]

Nationalism isn't left or right, it can be either.

[@alexandrebouvier7731]

Duhaime was also a bloc/pq supporter in the 90s and adq in the 2000s. But I am agree, this part isn't accurate.

[@kilrati]

I’m a Québecer. Great video J.J. One thing I’d like to add is that in Québec, politics often hinges a lot on the leader, with people voting for, but also against a person whom they like\dislike, irrespective of that person’s policies. This explains the orange wave of 2011, and the gains made by Harper before that.

[@Jestersage]

But that's Canadian politics in general.

[@hdufort]

If I may add... Lots of people commented on Jagmeet Sing's low popularity in Quebec, and hinted that it might be "racism". Well, there are really three factors that can account for his low results. And none is racism. First, he didn't seriously campaign in French in the 2019 election. He was literally a nobody in Quebec. Second, the "anomaly" is not Mr Singh, but Mr Layton. Other NDP leaders were impopular in Quebec, including Thomas Mulcair. Alexa McDonough was also extremely impopular in Quebec. The NDP has a long history of ignoring Quebec. Third, the NDP never had a strong base in Quebec and the party's ideology is not "autonomist friendly". They are a centralizing party, and as such they seldom find a positive echo in Quebec. It took lots of charisma from Jack Layton to make the Quebecers forget this for a little while. We could also mention the fact that the independence movement in Quebec did elect members of visible minorities. A good example is Maka Kotto. Some even wanted him to be the leader of the Bloc Québécois party.

[@Sepen77]

@@Jestersage But that's politics in general.

[@lewisgray4398]

@@Sepen77 but that's general

[@EnigmaticLucas]

Sounds like American politics. The Settle for Joe thing is what got Biden elected. If the only Biden voters were Biden supporters, Trump would have won by a landslide.

[@Sisyphus55]

Despite the predictable results, I'm happy to have played a small part in your election-viewing! Great video

[@kalvisjatnieks7740]

woah hey what are you doing here 😂

[@infamousmarkou4928]

my favorite philosophy KZbinr loved ur cameo

[@uglybirds6965]

@@kalvisjatnieks7740 canada

[@JW-ou3tx]

Sisyphus!?

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

It’s a low bar, but Quebec provincial politics are the most interesting of all the provinces of Canada

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

I don't think provincial politics are that boring.

[@wilavg]

@@IkeOkerekeNews me neither, it almost beats watching paint dry tbh

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@wilavg I actually think in many cases they are more interesting than federal politics.

[@dictatorofcanada4238]

@@IkeOkerekeNews Should I say that I bought a book detailing all the Manitoban premiers up to Gary Doer?

[@inconnu4961]

@@wilavg Perhaps you are buying the wrong paint! Cheap paint isnt as exciting to watch as compared to high end paint! Try it again, and let us know how it worked out! LOL

[@angelomaldini3316]

Voters generally having no loyalty towards any political party is what defines Quebec. And frankly, it's the most awesome thing in the world! Means politicians never get to have much hubris and are always one election away from total destruction.

[@bobmcbob9856]

Quebec politics when it comes to right vs left seems a lot like Eastern European politics, where fiscal leftist stances paired with social conservatism are the norm, the big difference is the environment being a big ticket issue, though that has also been the case in some Eastern European countries, notably Serbia, it’s often framed more as a fight against foreign economic influence, kind of saying “foreign companies don’t care about our environment as much as locals would and thus pollute our beautiful motherland”

[@videogamenoob100]

I live in Quebec and I don't really get the politics here

[@martinbenitez3604]

that is the case in most of the non western world most o f the world is socially conservative so politics is more about economic policy and the social battles come down to if that country has significant native minority's and there treatment / allocation of resources

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

It is definitely a fight against the interests of foreign business leaders. I think that messaging is spot on. Environmentalism could be an extremely popular principle if a party could successfully align it with nationalism.

[@salvadorromero9712]

Tendencies like nationalism, populism, and traditionalism are normally considered fierce rivals with libertarianism on the Right. But in the U.S., where these tendencies are strong and getting stronger, our particular history means that some fierce appeal to liberty is retained as a major part of these movements. Things like gun control, smoking bans, COVID restrictions, etc., work well within the more authoritarian traditions of the cultural Right in much of Eastern Europe. Related to this is the fact that the American Right is rather pervasively influenced by what might be called "country values" in much of Europe where the Right is more heavily urbanized in its dominant outlook. An illustration of this is Poland, where the government keeps trying to pass environmental and animal rights legislation that farmers hate. The Right in much of Europe has long been fertile ground for its "traditionalist" conception of environmentalism and animal rights (nicely enhanced by the immigration issues) in a way that's a sort of nightmare scenario for most of the American Right. The association of "New Age" culture with the hard Right in much of northern and eastern Europe and especially Serbia is another thing that strikes Americans as deeply weird.

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

@@salvadorromero9712 Actually the New Age garbage fits right in with the vague but fervent spiritualism of American Evangelicals. And apart from COVID restrictions and gun regulation, the American right is very approving of Authoritarianism, and that is increasingly true even in the economic realm. The populist right in America has for a while now demanded that large companies be broken up and trade protectionism be implemented to grow US industry. They are still far from accepting the welfare state, but regardless the old Reaganite, small government Republican archetype is very rapidly fading away and in its place is a weird Christian-Nationalism with a thin vail of libertarian aesthetic.

[@bebus6884]

JJ referencing Breaking Bad is something I thought I would never see.

[@mr.dappermarsh3213]

Tu ferais mieux d'appeler Saul!

[@TheWolfsnack]

Fitting though.....Walter Trudeau....having contracted Covid after trashing the Canadian health care system....resorts to producing sketchy vaccines in an old RV in Shawinigan....it could be a series....with a spin off featuring Marco?

[@TheSkeletonjelly]

This is the moment JJ became a breakingbad fan.

[@marcello7781]

I've always been curious about Quebec and its peculiar relation with the rest of Canada. Thanks for this birthday present, J.J.!

[@deutschelehrer69]

Happy birthday mate ! 🥳

[@turtlebear4507]

Happy birthday!

[@silvyus9222]

Unless you use a complex method that might work at times, it's like trying to mix water and oil.

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

This guy isn't objective at all.

[@WarriorDeb]

#FreeQuebec Quebec has the right to be independent.

[@Usaisshitty]

Freequebec

[@tonyscott1658]

No! They have not earned it. They are inferior.

[@jonnyminogue]

I’m an American who visits Montreal and Quebec at least twice a year. I appreciate getting yours, as well as locals’ opinions, on the quite unique and oftentimes complex nature of Quebec politics. Merci!

[@justinarzola4584]

I've been to Quebec, reminds me of New England with the European style architecture.

[@yannislaurin5438]

@@justinarzola4584 Québec=Nouvelle France

[@waynewayne8419]

​@@yannislaurin5438 bad France*

[@0cedced]

@@waynewayne8419 Better France

[@yannislaurin5438]

@@waynewayne8419 It's funny, we live better here than in France even at the Time of Nouvelle-France

[@custisstandish1961]

Interesting. In Louisiana, they stopped teaching French and classes in French in the Cajun areas a while back. There were 1,000,000 folks who spoke French at home in 1970, now it is about 200.000, and the Cajun population fears in a decade or so Cajun French will be a memory.

[@hs5312]

That is sad, but it will probably cling on in a few small towns

[@inconnu4961]

Why? This seems surprising to me that in recent times there wouldnt be a greater enthusiasm to promote sub cultures! The Left is all about promoting sub-cultures.

[@malcolmcouturier6993]

Wich is why we do what we do in Qc.

[@sussyinternet8048]

@@malcolmcouturier6993 et comme toujours, lorsqu'on protège nôtre langue, l'on nous traite de nazi...

[@lelandgrover9036]

@@malcolmcouturier6993 Quebec's approach to preserving French is obnoxious & authoritarian. Let businesses big & small use or not use whatever language they prefer on their signage.

[@anatheistsopinion9974]

Here we are less than two years later and the Parti Québécois is leading the polls.

[@PrawnAddiction]

Yeah, that's what was really funny to me. Is PSPP still ahead or what?

[@anatheistsopinion9974]

@@PrawnAddiction Yes. And crushingly so since a recent poll. The level of dissatisfaction toward the Legault government has reached historic heights.

[@PrawnAddiction]

@@anatheistsopinion9974 Daaaamn, that's crazy, good for him I guess. Is this what JJ was referring to when he said "[political parties in Quebec] tend to rise and fall with rapid frequency"?

[@anatheistsopinion9974]

@@PrawnAddiction Exactly. Another great example is the orange wave of the 2011 federal election, when Quebec kicked out the Bloc in favour of the NDP, to the point where Quebec looked orange on the electoral map. Then the Bloc came back powerful a few elections later and there's now only one NDP seat left in Quebec.

[@PrawnAddiction]

@@anatheistsopinion9974 That too! Man, this really is a well with no bottom!

[@namesurname1036]

INCREDIBLE! If we swap the names of the parties we'll have a video on the matter about Catalonia in Spain. I didn't know the circumstances were SO similar regarding independence, blurring of left and right and more. Great video as always. Thanks

[@JeremiCzarnecki]

IIRC, the Quebec Solidaire's leader was even an official observer of the Catalan independence referendum and later testified in front of the European Parliament committee or something regarding her observations. She also seems to be the gal who's worked at your office longer than anybody else and chain-smoked herself into her current voice and teeth during her breaks.

[@Ptitnain2]

Most québécois know Catalonia exactly because they want to seperate too.

[@kemicbi]

Gabriel Nadeau-DuBois never ran and was never elected to the Parti Québécois, I think you're confusing him for Léo Bureau-Blouin who was elected to the Parti Québécois, he was president of the FECQ student union and played a key role in organizing the 2012 student protests.

[@williamchampigny-fortier983]

Yes, and PSPP wasn't liberal either

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

Bah un mensonge de plus ou de moins... ça change vraiment quelque chose?

[@thai2go]

@@marc-etiennemercier6584 peut-êtres pas mais, faut quand même une rigueur intellectuelle pour ce genre de vidéo sinon ça perd de la crédibilité. ;)

[@Maxmulham]

Faces on election campaign signs is a really European thing to do. Anglos in the Americas rarely ever do this.

[@alexcrowbz]

What the hell? « Banning muslims and other minorities from wearing religious symbols» ? The law (loi 21) bans religious symbols (every single one of them no matter what religion its part of) to be worn when working in a position of authority. It's French secularism. Innaccurate and dangerous to misinform the public about Quebec in that way. Makes us seem like we're outrageous racists...

[@Robotnik]

Islam is not an Race @Alex Crowbarz

[@alexcrowbz]

@@Robotnik Never said it was. One can be racist against an ethnic group without taking into account their genetics/race. Go look up the definition.

[@Robotnik]

@@alexcrowbz I am talking specifically about Mohemmedismus. It is an ideology/ religion. Simple as that.

[@alexcrowbz]

@@Robotnik the religiosity of a people is considered in their ethnicity. Yes it's simple but your intervention is off and irrelevant. Bless you sir.

[@Robotnik]

@@alexcrowbz nope. Wrong definition. Race is an Race, akin to an Theode :nation/group of folks with like characteristics that mote include ethnicity as an basis. Racismus is not whatever one wills it to be!

[@Darkdragon5544]

First inaccuracy: Muslims aren't banned from wearing hats and head coverings while interacting with the government! Bill 21 actually bans every visible religious symbols on "government employees in position of power", defined as police officers, prison guards, judges and teachers, while they are in function.

[@JJMcCullough]

And when accessing government services.

[@Darkdragon5544]

@@JJMcCullough Nope, I can promise you that you will receive your healthcare, education, driver's license, unemployment, etc. even if you wear a Kippa, a turban, a veil or a crucifix. Bill 96 however states that government services will be in exclusively in French for everyone after 6 months of residency, except for members of the "historical anglophone minority".

[@troodon1096]

That's not any better.

[@Darkdragon5544]

@@troodon1096 I'm not going to start a debate, just pointing the inaccuracy.

[@dmctztv3842]

@@troodon1096 yeah is too soft, it should be more similar to the french secularism.

[@NOVAsteamed]

J.J. McCullough wrote the following thing in a newspaper article: "This month’s reelection of Quebec Premier Francois Legault - a canny but unsophisticated populist who has used blunt xenophobia and arrogant chauvinism to assemble a formidable coalition of French Canadian voters - marked a moment of regression and stagnation for Canada.". As a quebecois, this is outright fiction and an outrageous exageration of the situation in Quebec. I suggest you take anything he says in this video with a grain of salt.

[@robin-bq1lz]

Plutôt la salière aux complets…😘

[@robin-bq1lz]

@Seán Ó Laocha en absolument tout, voilà.😘

[@PrawnAddiction]

​@@robin-bq1lzThat's not an answer.

[@robin-bq1lz]

@@PrawnAddiction oui😁😘

[@George_Kush]

Wtf

[@zacharylord6472]

As somebody who lives in Quebec, this video is spot on. Quebec is very hard to define in political terms. Even the politicians don't know what to run on.

[@simongloutnez589]

Aside from the fact he cant pronouced quebec right, his depiction was good.

[@thelegendofrosetyler]

@@simongloutnez589 I though he mostly pronounced it the Anglicized way? I'm not sure what you mean by "the wrong way" ....

[@simongloutnez589]

@@thelegendofrosetyler I find it odd that when ukrainians asked us to pls call their capital in ukrainian (kyiv) instead of in russian (kiev). Canadians have no problem changing how they pronouce it. This should also apply to Québec, the U is silent.

[@thelegendofrosetyler]

@@simongloutnez589 I didn't actually know about the Ukrainian distinction, I may have been born there, but my first language was Russian not Ukrainian so I always pronounced it the way you'd say it in Russian. I get what you mean thought. I did have to learn french in school but never got use to the idea of pronouncing it like that in casual conversation.

[@simongloutnez589]

@@thelegendofrosetyler and I get that its not always easy when a name draws pronounciations from another language. So you speak russian, english and french my man?

[@waitwho3074]

Sheesh reading some of your comments here, we gave you: -The Canadian national anthem that was about us but you appropriated. -One of the greatest MMA fighter Georges St-Pierre aka GSP -A worldwide renowned singer Céline Dion -Poutine, your latest theft which is now the ''National Canadian Dish'' -Renewable energy like Hydroelectricity and wind power -The most successful team in the history of the NHL (with 24 Stanley Cups remember?) -An actual chance to form a country (see George-Étienne Cartier) -The strongest economy out of all provinces (as of 2019) -The term "Canadian" was originally referring to a Québécois or a francophone in Canada, but your culturally appropriated that as well. -One of the most impressive and successful World Fair in history (Expo 67) -The maple leaf as a national symbol, representing us Québécois and franco-canadians, but you appropriated it as well. -The Men without Hats -William Shatner -Wilder Penfield -The largest production of maple syrup in the entire country (you can't do more canadian than that) -Léo Major a Québécois WW2 hero who single-handedly chased the Nazis from Zwolle in 1945. -The M1 Garand which was created by Jean-Cantius Garand a Québécois and it was used by every branch of the United States military in WW2. -2/3 of the aluminium used by the allies during WW2 (and the 22nd regiment starting at WW1) -Wilfred Laurier -The Rhinoceros Party -The first olympic games in Canada (1976) -Ubisoft Montreal -Fez (the indie game) -Arcade Fire -Gilles Vignault - Denis Villeneuve Frederic Back (who won oscars) -Inspirational stories of people triumphing against obscurantism (see Quiet Revolution) -Great movies in the NFB -Fought for Ontario's right to collect taxes according to the constitution -Fabricated the Landing Gear for the Appolo 11 module (see Héroux-Devtek) -A town named Normetal -Cyrille Duquet (one of the pioneers of the telephone) -Leonard Cohen -The McGill University -The Ski-doo (go thank Louis-Joseph Armand Bombardier) -Many olympic athletes who won medals (including gold ones) and so much more... And you STILL hate us despite of all this? I don't get it. Go get lost, Canada.

[@medenos9683]

C'est pas qu'ils nous haïent. C'est qu'ils nous comprennent pas et ne pourrons jamais réellement nous comprendre. Le Québec ne peut pas réellement s'épanouir dans le Canada et doit se séparer.

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

16:00 I think that it does need to be said that Québec does have a long standing tradition of street protests. They are widely accepted and generally rather peaceful. The Earth day walk can easily draws several hundred thousand every year in Montreal. In other words, while the protests against health measures were large, they pale in comparison to the size of the crowds drawn by other issues.

[@sotch2271]

Things is those big "protest" doesnt ask anything...or rather they ask things so generic like "work for our planet" or "more actions need to be taken" They don't advocate for anything in particular in those big walk, they only do hopes and prayers, ironic for a people that completely renounce to their religion and faith Its pretty much a glorified march for nothing

[@raynorcd]

It’s fascinating that Quebec (similar to Scotland) politics competes on both left-right and nationalist-unionist axes. Prob could benefit from some type of proportional representation/RCV

[@e.m.k6449]

You know JJ, if you walk around Australia during election time, you’ll see only the Quebec style of campaign posters. As you said, a big invitation for vandalism

[@themanyouwanttobe]

From the perspective of someone on the far edge of the country, Quebec really seems like a European country that's stuck in North America.

[@jdmitaine]

and this is exactly how we feel in Quebec, well most of us especially francophones.... thus why we want our own institutions and means to manage our country as we please inside of Canada or not, we are totally distinct

[@mx2000]

As a European, I reject this characterization. No nation in Europe is as intolerant of foreign languages or cultures as Quebec. If you check right wing anti-immigration parties, all their policies sound downright tame if you compare it to Quebec‘s authoritarian campaigns against anglophones.

[@tristant9309]

@@mx2000wtf are you talking about

[@veloaa-montreal6924]

One of the biggest point is the sharp contrast between urban Montréal and rural Québec, both of which have about half the population. The rural population overwhelmingly supports the CAQ, while the urban population supports the Liberal party and Québec Solidaire. Politically and culturally, Montréal is effectively a distinct city-state. The second point is that there are big distinctions between "nationalism", "sovereignty", and "separatism". Nationalists support the preservation of Québec culture and the French language, but do not support separatism. The word "Nation" is used much more ambiguously than we typically do in English, most Québeckers I know view Québec as "nation within a nation", which is hard to understand if we take it as a direct synonym for a "country". Also, as an Albertan who's immersed myself in Québec culture since 2016, I realized that most of what I had learned about Québec in Western Canada was inaccurate, or at best, not the whole picture. I knew nothing about the context and reasoning behind the separatist movements, or Québec's original role in the confederation of Canada and that Québec is in fact not a province like the others and never has been.

[@robin-bq1lz]

Et tu mets tes accents 🤩, je t’adore déjà…😘

[@gerardmenvusa7647]

LE POINT important de ton commentaire : Also, as an Albertan who's immersed myself in Québec culture since 2016, I realized that most of what I had learned about Québec in Western Canada was inaccurate, or at best, not the whole picture. Et je trouve cela très malheureux.

[@sotch2271]

Weird to see an albertan understand us when they are the one most vehemently against us (from what i've lived)

[@TheNmecod]

Love to hear some western Canadians understand us and our quest for sovereignity

[@martinbelec1826]

Quite refreshing coning from an Albertan, us Québécois we do not really dislike Albertans or we simply do not care but for sure we do not see a bright future for oil. I understand most Albertans hate us because of equalization payments but we did not invent the equalisation payment system, it's always been there from the start of the BNAA Also it's funny that the current formula was put in place by Harper based on recommendations of a Calgary based study led by an Albertan scholar named Al O'Brian. This was never pushed by Québec in the first place. 8n any case it's always been clear to me that most of the ROC have no clue about what Québec is and will never really understand us.

[@pixelj4877]

I recently found your channel because of your fight for a more liberal youtube in Canada. After watching a few of your videos on Quebec to get a different perspective on how canadians view us in Quebec, I (and I can't believe I'm saying this) am actually starting to find the idea of the Quebec indepence movement more attractive, even though I know it will never happen. You give me the impression english canadians outside Quebec want as little to do with Quebec and the french language as possible. It makes me wonder if independence (not separatism, it's such a pejorative word) is desirable when both sides are unhappy with the current state of affairs. Then again, I had bilingual parents and I'm a bilingual man in a bilingual area of Quebec (eastern townships) where pretty much everyone speaks both languages equally, so I wonder if Quebec independence would mean losing the bilingual culture of the eastern townships. It's confusing being a bilingual Quebecer I gotta tell ya. We have our own thing going on here, and we like it this way.

[@yannislaurin5438]

C'est maintenant que tu ouvres les yeux?

[@robin-bq1lz]

Je peux t’en trouver bien d’autres si tu veux, très facilement. Par contre essaye d’en trouver des vidéos positives sur le Québec par les anglophones…ça va peut-être t’ouvrir les yeux sur le Québec bashing perpétuelle .

[@sotch2271]

The world is complicated, im happy to have you with us

[@tomkelly8827]

Eastern townships are the best! Maple Syrup capital of the world yo! I have some friends from Drummondville who are just some of the brightest and most alive people I have ever met and we share the passion for making syrup. Eastern townships is my happy place for their maple syrup culture there. Where I live it is logger central, few people know why I tap trees, they think it is a waste of time or just a cute old timey thing to do. Nah, it is the propper basis for culture to spring from.

[@nancetardiff339]

@@yannislaurin5438 mieux vaut tard que jamais

[@tinthings314]

Legault is chauvinistic ??? I'm a Quebecois who doesn't like Legault, but wtf are you talking about?!

[@cheez9215]

Canadian politics as breaking bad and quebec politics as better call saul is a such a good comparison

[@bibichillieblue]

Right?? Both Better Call Saul and Quebec are prequels too😂😂

[@elisorrells5314]

Better Call Francois!

[@la_fin_des_livres]

I think it's cute how anglos can cosplay "the oppressed" in Quebec because --checks notes-- they added a couple of french courses to college programs and Wallmart is called "Wallmart mégacentre" ha ha.

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

Very interesting JJ! I had no idea how unique Quebec politics was and how even though a lot of the total vote counts were similar, the seat distribution was not. Thanks for this JJ! Happy Sunday!!

[@antonboludo8886]

The main problem is that you think that the French-speaking québécois have the mentality of the French from France.

[@boldesoupe4269]

When the video starts with the stereotypical accordion ''french'' music played over footage of Québec, you know it's going to be totally unbiased.

[@greyghost2492]

well, was it?

[@boldesoupe4269]

@@greyghost2492 Well I left after he categorized Québec Solidaire as far-left and didn't mention the CAQ as, at least, a center-right party. Anyway, he never mentioned it was gonna be unbiased so my expectations were not high to begin with but jeez was this hard to watch.

[@greyghost2492]

@@boldesoupe4269 might just be a difference of perspective. jj is a centrist, so if you use the center of the political spectrum as a reference point then quebec soldaire would seem quite far left.

[@RunningP123456]

@@greyghost2492 jj is right wing

[@greyghost2492]

@@RunningP123456 jj definitely isn't right wing. right wingers don't typically use rainbow pfp during pride month like he does, nor do they argue that corporations pushing woke propaganda is actually a good thing as he as done before.

[@aaronmefferd]

Love these longer videos that deep dive into Canadian politics. Being from the US it’s so refreshing to learn about another country’s politics. Keep up the great work JJ.

[@Lexince]

I’m a Montreal Quebecer who’s lived his whole life here and I have to say that I really liked your video :). I especially liked it when you said Québec Solidaire is left of the NDP, a perfect description!

[@Duck-wc9de]

Québec solidaire is the kind of party I would curse you with if I disliked Canada enough. As a portuguese, I have experience with PS... and oh boy, that things sticks like an octopus. But its logo looks like the logo of another party here, the "left block" wich is a conglomerate of radical left wing parties, and when I say radical, I mean radical. Like, euroceptic, €-ceptic, NATO-ceptic, and broadly populist (they are more left leaning than the f***ing comunist party), for you to see. So ... bad memories for me, bad future for Quebec.

[@chiggen9098]

Created Necessarily because the racist French would never vote for the NDP leader because of his hat. The French are racist and odious.

[@greyghost2492]

to the left of the NDP? what are they, trotskyites?

[@Lexince]

@@greyghost2492 Not gonna debate this because I don’t want us to fight in these comments but the NDP is Pro Oil (unfortunately) and Québec Solidaire isn’t. That’s just one example.

[@benjamingavrilis71]

So... Far-left extremists... similar to the federal green party?

[@mariobelanger1432]

J.J. accuses French-speaking Quebecers of being ethno-nationalists, while on the contrary, Quebec has welcomed waves of citizens in difficulty from the United States, Ireland, Italy, Vietnam, Rwanda, Haiti and Chile. Today, hundreds of French, Moroccans or Senegalese are integrating into Quebec society. Rather than talking nonsense, he should perhaps try to understand the careers of immigrants or immigrants' childs like: Kim Thui, Caroline Dawson and Dany Laferrière (authors), Boucar Diouf (scientist and humorist), Farah Alibay (aerospace engineer), Marina Orsini (actress), Luguentz Dort and Chris Boucher (basketball), Félix Auger-Aliassime and Leyla Fernandez (tennis), Maka Kotto (politician), Gregory Charles (musician), Ensaf Haidar (wife of Raif Badawi), Ravy Por (mathematician), etc. They have all integrated well into Quebec society. They are all Québécois!

[@thewoogs]

Great video JJ! I love that through your videos I'm more interested in Canadian politics than my own Australian politics. I love your artistic style and balanced journalism. 🙂

[@JT-ok6re]

Protect Language Protect Culture! I agree with this. Look at Louisiana in the US it's only now a history of French Culture once was, and barely there now.

[@xDeydeyxtartelette]

Great analysis! I love how simplified and easy to understand it is. I wish someone would make this in French for every election. Maybe then more people would vote. I'm form Quebec and so many people I know don't vote because they find politics to hard to understand, which is a shame.

[@sarahmihuc3993]

Radio-Canada's Rad KZbin channel has been doing a good job imo. I've been living I QC for many years but didn't grow up here, and their explanations/summaries taught me more than I'd ever learned anywhere else (until this video 👏), with a focus on the current election and last few years.

[@ayobamikale]

@@sarahmihuc3993 Yeah, RAD is amazing, I've been watching it for a few years now too. And not only for the elections but for many things affecting the province and Francophone communities outside the province.

[@fumbduck5880]

Va voir Assemblée de Mairedelaval

[@fenelustre]

MairedeLaval big

[@sjappiyah4071]

@@ayobamikale As a Canadian Anglaphone who wants to practice my French, thanks for sharing that resource. I’ll check it out.

[@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus]

The Québec election posters are very similar to European election posters. We also put faces on our election posters on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. :D I feel like the French/Québécois attitude towards secularism is something most Americans/Anglos don't really understand because of their own cultural bias. The USA are a borderline theocracy in which religious issues heavily dominate all aspects of public life. American culture is very warped when it comes to the role religion should play in society, but because Americans think that their culture is the "default" and everything else just an abberation, they can only resort to calling other cultures racist or oppressive whenever they deviate from the American model. Freedom of religion can be about the freedom to pratice a religion, but it is also about the freedom *from* religion and religious paternalism. Americans/Anglos tend to forget that second aspect and only focus on the first. In countries like France on the other hand, both freedoms are guaranteed - religious people have the freedom to believe in whatever they choose, but the state also ensures that society remains free from religious tyranny. You would never see something like the recent American abortion ban in France, for example. I really like JJ's videos, but his cultural biases become very obvious whenever he talks about non-Anglo countries/cultures.

[@guyduquebec344]

*It's very comforting to read you, Wasserrübenvergilbungsvirus. In Québec, we put aside religious practice at the end of the 60s and, since then, we have become socially emancipated in a way we could never have imagined a decade earlier. Education and the economy have made us quickly realize how much we had been viscerally indoctrinated for centuries. Your reading of the social reality in English Canada and in the United States is remarkably to the point. The notion of state secularism was very badly perceived in the Anglo-Saxon world. The proof? In so-called multicultural societies such as English Canada and the United States, the wearing of ostentatious religious signs in the public service borders on proselytizing, whereas in Québec, as in France, it is no longer permitted for public service employees in positions of authority to wear religious signs at work, just as it would be inconceivable to wear political slogans even in private companies where, in many cases, a dress code prescribed by the employers must be respected.*

[@hibiigigih]

Touché! The lack of self awareness is sometimes baffling because he considers anglo culture to be the default and that comes with moral superiority bias.

[@me5ng3]

It's good to see Quebec stepping out of the line in North America, being somewhat out of the norm, and bringing some good old European style politics there. Very happy Quebec exists.

[@emericdion]

A lot of people would disagree with you.😂

[@mongomaddy]

quebec is for the french! vive le quebec libre

[@DavidLopez-rk6em]

Its cool that quebec has a unique identity compared to the rest of north america. New Orleans could've been a unique french holdout of the US, but they didnt protect their french identity like quebec did. As a result it's lost a lot of its culture and uniqueness over the decades.

[@QuinterosFinance]

There’s a reason why North America progressed more and faster than Europe.

[@MrAronymous]

@@QuinterosFinance Because they had a blank slate to start from and could directly implement ideas founded in Europe lmao. Well not really a blank slate, but once they got rid of the indigenous peoples, there was.

[@profkingthing]

The Breaking Bad joke was funny AF. A strong analogy.

[@bryanenglish7841]

I went to Montreal last year and loved it, Quebec is a wild place and I highly recommend everyone visit at least once!

[@AtzeHHouse]

Really good overview of Quebec politics JJ! This election perfectly illustrated how screwed up our current First Past the Post voting system is. Legault actually promised to introduce some form of electoral reform but went back on that promise when he realized he’d lose his crushing majority… Maybe one day, Canada will have leaders who care more about actual democracy than about how many seats their party has. One can dream…

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

A solid overview under 25 minutes, just wish you would briefly cover René Lévesque as someone who kicked the sovereigntist movement into hyperdrive and who seems to even be deeply respected amongst Anglo federalist. Someone of very modest physical height yet far larger than life

[@EzraB123]

I'm Jewish and I somewhat understand the ban on religious symbols at work. I personally wouldn't wear a Kippah if I was a teacher or cop on duty. Too many stares.

[@bigredradish]

holy shit, i literally just got back from Quebec (visited Saguenay and Quebec City, both quite lovely) and a tour guide actually brought up the recent elections--if only i had this video to help me stay in the loop! this'll be a very good watch

[@andrewsarantakes639]

Fascinating video. Quebec's duality in the Canadian confederation always been quite puzzling to me, in how the central government is able to square this political circle. Your videos have helped educate me on the political realities of Canada. Thanks for highlighting Quebec's unique political constructs.

[@claudelalonde1732]

Latest polls shows that Parti québécois is now 2nd and climbing thanks to PSPP who's doing a great job. Separatism is not dead.

[@claudelalonde1732]

@@justwannabehappy6735 and solve others. Depends on the POV

[@simonlapierre8726]

I am a french Quebecer and I’ve been following J.J for a few years now. Whenever he made a video about Quebec I would always be hopeful that that he’d try to accurately depict the reality of an issue, but I was often disappointed because I knew that more often than not, his depiction needed to be nuanced. I must say that for the first time, I didn’t frown while watching a J.J’s video about Quebec’s politics. Everything said was pretty spot on ! Congrats on the neutral coverage. I’m glad you’ve improved. 😉 Edit : After J. J’s article in the Washington Post, I no longer think he’s improved

[@irnbru5496]

@@alexandrerochette because he isn't wrong with that association...

[@irnbru5496]

@@alexandrerochette that is not supremacy no but cutting funding for english education and forcing non-french speaking persons in a country that is Bilingual to speak French is. If you want people to speak French then make French easier to access and make it fun and exciting for people to learn... the comments made on immigrants are unforgivable, and the fact that he said most don't want to learn French is laughable. if you want a job here or a good job at least you need french... I am not anti-french and most Anglo and Immigrants aren't either we just want to have our on rights protected which the French of all people should be able to understand?

[@Imsemble]

@@irnbru5496 First of all, Canada is bilingual on the federal level. This stands for federal institutions only. The provinces all have their own official language. In Québec, French is the only official language. Anglophones have a privilege, that is to speak a language natively that is very widespread and increasingly considered to be the "international" language. While we recognize this, and will use English to communicate internationally or with tourists no problem, all we ask for is for people to respect the fact that public life happens in French in Québec. That means that if you live in Québec, you should learn French and use it as the default language everywhere (except private conversations of course, who cares what language you speak with your friends), just like I would respect the fact that English is the official language in Alberta and wouldn't ask people to accommodate me and speak French to me if I lived there. That's it really. If people respected that there would be no need for measures like Bill 96, but unfortunately as this is not the case at all, additional measures must be taken to protect the culture of the only home our people will ever have in this world.

[@simongloutnez589]

@@Imsemble and bill 96 is a joke, in that its not gonna protect our language... its a bill CAQ pushed to satisfy public opinion but its only a half measure, something premier legault is pretty keen on using.

[@irnbru5496]

@@Imsemble ok and we are looking to protect the culture of our only home our people will ever have in this world being the anglophone’s of Quebec. So basically what you are saying is that all French speaking Ontario communities and all other Provences should not speak French and learn English we should cut all French requirements in those Provences and only Quebec and New Brunswick need bother with that… and Quebec will be entirely french? You think this is going to PROTECT a language?

[@sonderous4115]

That was a lot more in-depth then I was expecting. Nice work J.J.

[@mvpzstratocaster555]

Paul St-Pierre plamondon, chief of the Parti Québecois was never in the Parti Libéral.

[@stefane1915]

The Parti Québécois is now first in the polls. In the next decade, Independence will return to the agenda. Big Hug et bonjour de Montréal.

[@sparlockthewarrior-wizard3016]

I've been critical of your other videos about Quebec but this one is very accurate and well done and I must say good job.

[@philc2446]

It's mind-boggling how he manages to butcher every single name he comes across. How hard is it to look it up before recording a bit?

[@p.g.944]

Well, your starting statement couldn't be more true, Quebec political scene is already very different than that one year ago.

[@indrinita]

Fun fact: I was in Montreal the same days that JJ was, and I saw him leaving the place we were staying at, at the same time we were leaving for the day. So we both stayed at same hotel in downtown Montreal. I wanted to say hi when I saw him, but I was too shocked to say anything to him for some reason. I immediately thought when I saw him “I guess he’s either on vacation or going to do a video on Québec”. Glad to see that this was the outcome of his time there.

[@neofils]

Brexit? Time to get out of your anglocentrict bubble ! Let talk about the successful really independent countries . Baltic countries , Slovania , Czech Republic etc !

[@iamAnkurPandey]

We Indian support to the Quebec Movement of Canada. ✊🇮🇳✊

[@invidusspectator3920]

Super interesting, as a person from Eastern Europe, the Quebec political scene seems more familiar and makes more sense to my sensibilities than the politics of the US or the anglophone part of Canada. Heck, even the UK has more distinct politics, this feels very continental European. I guess that nationalism and populism is a lot more common in European countries and their politics, both in right wing and left wing parties, with liberal and green parties usually being a distinct thing, supporting a more globalist, cosmopolitan view of politics and having different economic policies from the other, more traditional parties.

[@davidfadul6239]

This video is an instant classic. I need more election coverage like this from you, JJ!

[@Imsemble]

Very true what you said, albeit a bit mockingly, that we see Québec politics as the vehicle for the destiny of the French Canadian nation, because it really is that! Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@RichardHoule]

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was ever a member of the PLQ? I need a source for that. Because that sounds so absurd when you listen to what he says.

[@leovidal4571]

ce mépris pour la période la plus importante de notre histoire durant la vidéo et à quel point les anglophones sont oppressés (lol) vraiment c'est un peu fatigant

[@williambedard3985]

Today the Parti Québécois has the best shot at winning the next election

[@merkoo7]

I found it interesting that the political posters used are the same style as those here in Denmark (with the vandalism included). I wonder how many other places do it like that, how that exact style ended up in Denmark, and if they also look like that in France.

[@mrsupremegascon]

Yeah it's more or less like that in France.

[@hollandvw4250]

We don't really have the political campaign culture that North Americans or other Europeans have here in France, for example you'll rarely (if not never) see someone having an election sign in their frontyard, or have billboards displaying electoral propaganda. However, we do have election posters popping up in the streets when the time to vote is near, and they indeed always have huge faces on it.

[@themeltedchocolate]

I think that's the way it's done throughout most if not all of Europe

[@MrBadApple999]

Thank you for this. I haven't been able to follow my provinces elections because of work, but I was surprised at how well the CAQ did considering how (imo) authoritarian they turned on lockdowns.

[@montyollie]

This happened in Ontario to. A radical right wing conservative premier here got a LARGER majority this go round because of lockdowns and mask mandates. He appealed to a swath of otherwise left wing voters who appreciated his willingness to defer to medical professionals. It was cray cray. I live in a very working class neighbourhood in Hamilton which was STAUNCHLY orange for decades (NDP) and our riding went tory this go round. My grandmother is rolling over in her grave. Hamilton? Tory? Yep.

[@Somephil82]

As a québécois, there's one major point that's completely off regarding the CAQ party with this video. FYI, CAQ is pronounced as a word "CAK", not C-A-Q. Anyway, they're not considered left or progressive on climate stuff(or on anything at all). It's completely the opposite. Legault's considered to be on the right on this issue and anti-climate action. He's actually one of the least progressive on the climate issue and many other issues. To us, CAQ is center-right.

[@JJMcCullough]

Anywhere else in Canada he would be considered on the far left.

[@Somephil82]

@@JJMcCullough No doubts about that. We're much more to the left than the rest of the country.

[@medenos9683]

@@JJMcCullough The fact the CAQ is considered far left in the RoC is pretty concerning to me.

[@samuelmassicotte9645]

I feel it disingenuous to say that Bill 96 "prevents minorities from wearing headwear when interacting with the government". It's more so that if you're in the public sector, representing the government, you're obligated to wear secular clothing (to show that your religion doesn't influence the way you treat others). After Catholicism dominating our way of life for so long, we like to ensure that the state is entirely secular. It's simply enforcing the separation of the state and religion.

[@shanethompson8730]

I think you hit the nail on the head in your last sentence. “After Catholicism dominating our way of life for so long…”. There is a peculiar trauma in Quebec from this and that’s why you see discriminatory bills like Bill 21. It is disingenuous to say bill 21s intention is secularism. It is not. Try secularism would be state neutrality - ie - you can or cannot wear religious symbols. When the state interferes and says you cannot, this is taking a side and saying it is preferable to not be religious. Beyond that, if you spend time around Montreal hospitals you’ll notice very practically this bill will further worsen our already degrading healthcare system. And finally we all know who this really targets..Christians by in large are not wearing large crosses, Jews most of the time are not wearing kippahs, but Muslim women more often are wearing head coverings. So we like to pretend this is subtle, but it’s very much along the lines of other discriminatory bills that the Quebec government have put in place.

[@williamhamilton2577]

Such good videos JJ! However, this video still shows me the political and cultural differences from Canada. Such great differences should reflect the need for Quebec's independence.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Fun fact - Australia does the giant face posters, placed up high on lamp posts during state and local elections. 🙂🐿❤️🌈

[@TroubledTrooper]

Not too high for a throwing arm :)

[@sebbvell3426]

This is one of the few times that I agree with government about the French language protection laws

[@Nicolas-Kage]

There's no Canada like French Canada. It's the best Canada in ze land.

[@ericsimard4449]

Though something you forgot to mention about PQ is that it rapidly became more left leaning than the liberal party and was very very very much so one of the actors of the Quiet Revolution, just look at Rene Levesques story and you will understand why. The quiet revolution is also the moment when the French Canadians began québécois in Quebec and also when both parties were creating a welfare state. Quebec has also always been very autonomiste, even the liberal party of Quebec wishes for more autonomy and clntrol on cultural matters. After all quebec is a nation and it is often debated how to protect Quebec’s identity.

[@Fanfis123]

Even as a Quebeqer this video made me learn things I didn't know about the history of the partys thank you J.J

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

Yeah well trust me you'd rather open some credible history books.

[@spqr_3177]

Quebec Solidaire is an officially indépendantiste party ("separatist" is a loaded term only used by people opposed to the idea), but in practice it never does anything promoting independence. To start with, a majority of its members do NOT support independence. On the federal level, QS leans more towards the NDP than the Bloc Québécois. In other words: while some of its members are indépendantistes, QS as a party is indépendantiste in name only.

[@guyduquebec344]

*Tu as bien raison. Depuis que QS a connu un congrès « paqueté » en mars 2019 par une aile anti-laïcité, j'ai encore des remords d'avoir voté QS en octobre 2018 alors que j'ai toujours voté PQ depuis la fin de mon adolescence. PSPP est un leader cohérent, charismatique, comme chef du PQ et j'aurais souhaité qu'il eût été chef plus tôt de cette formation (PQ), ce qui m'aurait permis de ne pas me laisser berner par des individus vire-capot comme Sol Zanetti de QS lors de la commission parlementaire portant sur la laïcité de l'État québécois. J'ai par la suite compris que ce Sol Zanetti ne prône plus la laïcité étatique et opine désormais pour le clientélisme partisan et le prosélytisme vestimentaire de certains fonctionnaires religieux au Québec même dans l'exercice de leur fonction officielle. Très peu d'élus de QS sont demeurés d'authentiques et fervents indépendantistes depuis le congrès QS de mars 2019.*

[@oisinryan150]

The big poster style of election signage is pretty common in Europe I think, its everywhere in Ireland, UK and some northern European countries too anyway

[@TroubledTrooper]

Yeah, last thing you'd want in America are massive photos of Presidental candidates, could you imagine

[@mydogisbailey]

I’m a bilingual British Columbian but I want to live in Montreal in the future!

[@benji9415]

Awesome video, would love to see some more content on the maritime provinces or the territories

[@Dumbashamedloser]

It’s interesting to hear about all the parties Canada has. In America there’s only two parties that ever get anywhere. I wish we had more so things weren’t so split in two.

[@antoinegirard9838]

Do you have the source for the "ancient alliegiance" of Gabriel Nadeau Dubois and Paul Saint-Pierre-Plamondon ? GND always said that in his first provincial election, he voted QS. And PSPP seems like a guy so convinced about independence, it would really surprise me if he did come from the Liberals. Btw Duhaime came from the ancestor of the CAQ, once known as the ADQ, even though he voted for Legault in 2018.

[@dissent6494]

Don't be surprised if some Liberals become separatist later. Rene Levesque himself was in the Quebec Liberal party for years before creating Le Parti Quebecois. It's the case of many well know separatists in Quebec.

[@WJH777]

VIVE LE QUÉBEC! 🔵⚪️

[@jamesbuchanan832]

My Canada doesn't include Racism, Canada should stop Equalization Payments to a Racist Quebec

[@2dotsonthei]

For a guy that lives on the other side of the country, I’m impressed with your analysis. You’re very respectful of every party. It’s a non-partisan analysis and that’s what I appreciate. Good job! FYIMy mother tongue is French and I am from Quebec but I have lived and studied and worked in Boston, London Uk, SF and Toronto. So that makes me bi (linguistically). 😊

[@guillaumefournier3499]

beaucoup d'erreur d'interprétation personnelle sur le placement sur l'échiquier politique des diffèrent partis.

[@evank3718]

I don’t live in Quebec nor Canada for that matter but Im just here cause I love hearing JJ explain things

[@PseudoSapiens]

Quebec should be Independent from 🇨🇦

[@paulalbertlanglois]

The Liberal Party is no longer the "intellectual" party; many of its intellectuals quit in 1967 when René Lévesque founded the Parti Québécois (PQ). Many studies have shown that educated people are more likely to be in favor of Quebec separatism. The Liberal Party was originally nationalistic (they were considered intellectual at that time) but then switched to a more federalist and anti-nationalist political program. This explains why only Anglos and immigrants are still voting for this party to this date: they are less educated and poorer than the average Quebecer.

[@nirjhorrahmanbangladeshang5011]

The internet's favorite love affair: JJ and the Province of Quebec

[@WicksKE]

I'll be honest, my first thought when I saw this posted was : "Okay, here we go." But you did a reasonable job. Good work, J.J.

[@JJMcCullough]

Thanks. Why would I do an unreasonable job?

[@WicksKE]

@@JJMcCullough Well, as you know, you have been criticized for having an anti-French bias-I don’t think you’d necessarily disagree with that. Didn’t see much of that here though. I’m genuinely impressed.

[@montyollie]

@@JJMcCullough You make no secret of your anti-quebec viewpoints on other videos.

[@jdmitaine]

@@JJMcCullough because you are still biased and your facts are not flawless.... see some posts above that give you more precision on where you erred.... A for effort, C for content but you at least tried

[@samuellaplante5912]

When you talk about bill 21, i really don't like how you say that the point of the bill is to ban Muslims and other religious minorities. It really is not. The point is to ban every religious symbols when in position of power and employed by the Province. I'm a young quebecois and a teacher at my primary school always had her Christian cross in her neck and also one on the desk. She often talked to us about the story of jesus and everything. Not that long ago The Christian church used to rule our government and schools. Now we simply want to have a "laïque gouvernement" and every person having power granted by the government should be totally neutral.

[@sussyinternet8048]

oui mais tu sais, lorsqu'il est question de blancs qui «dénigre» leur religion ça passe bien, or bizarrement quand il sagit d'appliquer la même logique sur tout, directement les gens nous accusent de raciste ou je ne sais quelle injure. C'est triste mais les gens ont choisit la réaction - les émotions - à la réflection et la logique.

[@SZiani]

On paper it was to ban "all" religious symbols. In reality it was aimed to satisfy the anti-muslim sentiment among the Quebec population. Espectially those living in the suburbs and rural area . You just need to speak to an average Quebecois to hear it , most of them don't even hide it anymore. I've seen it , I've heard it and it's even more unsettling when "they" don't know you are part of that "group" of people from ....la musulmanie lol.

[@greatwolf5372]

Banning teachers always telling Christian religion in government schools is ok. Banning teachers from wearing a cross is not ok. That's not neutrality, that's just the state enforcing it's own ideology over another ideology.

[@sussyinternet8048]

@@greatwolf5372 I'm totally in accord with what you're saying, but people don't understand it unfortunately

[@greatwolf5372]

@@sussyinternet8048 I don't get why religion is treated as a special category of ideology. It's ok for a teacher to promote Quebec nationalism and display the Quebec flag. But forget teaching Christianity, the teacher can't even wear a cross. Not everyone agrees with Quebec nationalism just like not everyone agrees with Catholicsm. But the state encourages the display of the former but bans the display of the latter. This is just the government enforcing an official religion by another name. This is not directed at you by the way. But at hardware lacitists. They are not secular but anti-religious ideology in favor of political ideology.

[@jacksampsonforever]

I want to walk through life with the confidence JJ walks through Quebec

[@Habebandebardown]

haha

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

Yeah I'm surprised he still has a nose.

[@bingodeluxe]

What you call confidence is perceived as arrogance around these parts. He is like a know-it-all brother in law: annoying, sometimes funny, like you have to invite him hoping he won't make a fool of himself and get on everybody's nerves. I mostly watch him for his entertainment value. I don't hate the guy but I consider him a provocateur. Comme on dit chez nous: un brasseux d'marde (shit brewer?).

[@tarbanouch]

It’s interesting as an American Quebecois to see how different my Canadian brothers are

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

One big happy dysfunctional family.

[@oliverqueen5883]

As a guy who’s both French and British (amongst others) I find this place a truly weird mix of these two countries in ways that I quite possibly might never understand 😂

[@averyscott1235]

I didn’t think I would enjoy this video as much as I did. To be far I didn’t know how unique Quebec politics was but super interesting

[@HikotsuM]

This was a very nice video JJ! We can tell you worked exceedingly hard on it to bring us this in-person view into Quebec's politics and the political and cultural issues they are trying to address. thank you!

[@louispelosse4476]

There is one mistake at the beginning : Paul St Pierre Plamondon, Parti québécois' leader was never ever a member of the PLQ (the liberals).