[news] Federal NDP Attacks Quebec Sovereigntists

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"(We) have watched with some stupefaction as (federal NDP leader) Jack Layton has climbed up on the Liberal battle horse and accused the Conservatives of allying themselves with the separatists. Is it because Buzz Hargrove (leader of the Canadian Auto Workers' Union - CAW) recommended that he leave Quebec to the (sovereigntist and centre-left) Bloc Quebecois that Mr. Layton now feels authorized to campaign in English Canada on the back of Quebec? The English-Canadian left should call Mr. Layton to order before his remarks poison relations between progressives in both nations....We understand the complexity of the situation facing English-Canadian progressives and their concerns at the possibility of a Conservative win. We had the same concerns regarding the ADQ (Quebec based right-wing party) in Quebec. But we do not believe that the Liberals constitute an alternative, either directly or through the NDP."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/5/20/162458/019