Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Bastarache -Separatists Shoot the Messanger

Longtime readers will note that I have been telling you for close to a year that Marc Bellemare was not  going to prevail over Mr. Charest, either at the Bastarache Commission or in the lawsuit that will follow, mainly because his claims were mostly hogwash, or unprovable.
"After a long and tedious process, one in which the press and the public will lose interest, Charest is likely to be vindicated by the Bastarache Commission" No Dogs and Anglophones - May 31, 2010
Not only was I right about the outcome, but I was right about the public getting bored with the issue. The only people really interested in the story are the separatists who reacted the same way they act every time a Supreme Court decision goes the other way. - By shooting the messenger!

Mr. Bellemare has had more than his fifteen minutes of fame, going from hero to heel in less than a year and his precipitous fall is being blamed on the judge instead of Mr. Bellemare's decidedly weak case.
If anything did surprise me, it was just how hard Judge Bastarache came down on him. I thought the judge would be a bit more circumspect.

For those who are interested in a pretty comprehensive account of the rise and fall of Marc Bellemare, read my past posts.

The Curious Case Of Marc Bellemare April 13, 2010
Can Bastarache Inquiry Save Jean Charest? May 31, 2010
Marc Bellemare Going Down in Flames September 15, 2010
It's Official... Marc Bellemare is Off His Rocker!
December 09, 2010 

It's become par for the course for separatists to denigrate any legal decision that doesn't suit their agenda. Whenever the Supreme Court rules in Quebec's favour, (like upholding the basic tenets of Bill 101,) separatists are happy to cash the cheque. Whenever the decision goes against their interests, it becomes a case of the judges screwing Quebec to promote an Anglophone agenda.

The violins are then broken out and the mournful tune of oppression and humiliation is struck up once again to tug at the heartstrings of those eager to embrace the concept of victimization.
The done-me-wrong refrain, like a classic oldie, never seems to get old.

To separatists, losing in the Supreme Court or coming out on the wrong end of a judicial inquiry is sometimes better than winning. Considering that their primary goal is not to win concessions that will keep Quebec happily in Canada, but rather to create winning conditions for a separation referendum, engendering feelings of humiliation and betrayal is key to the process.

And so we are witness to a repeat performance.

Judge Bastarache is painted as a sellout, a dishonest and vengeful federalist, bent on screwing the legitimate aspirations of Quebec.
It's a disgusting and shameful attack, one in which the reputation of an honest jurist is impinged just because it suits the separatist agenda.

The Parti Quebecois whines that Charest has weakened the integrity of the judicial system with tainted judicial appointments and damaged the respect the public holds for it's impartiality. But in attacking Judge Bastarache as biased and characterizing the inquiry as a sham, the separatists have inflicted another measure of damage to the public's already shaken perception of the honesty of our judiciary. 
There's little doubt that notwithstanding Bellemare's humiliating comeuppance, many legitimate questions were brought up at the inquiry concerning the process of judge selection. While being cleared of direct manipulation, who can deny that there wasn't indirect interference at the least, by the Liberal party?

And so the PQ and the Liberals have both contributed to casting a pall over our judicial system, something that cannot be good for anyone.

The separatists are now claiming that had a sitting judge been selected to head the inquiry, the results would be different.
Well, they are going to get their wish in 'part deux' of the Bellemare circus when the defamation suit opens later this year before a regular court and a regular sitting judge.

As I predicted six months ago, Bellemare is going to get creamed and my views are only reinforced by the evidence (or lack thereof) Bellemare presented at the inquiry. He didn't make his case there and in regular court he will do even worse, as the onus is on the alleged defamer to prove the allegations  true.

I don't know what excuse Pauline Marois will find when Bellemare is found liable for defamation, I sincerely hope she will not tell us that the judge is a dishonest federalist, but she is surely going to say that the decision is unfair or flawed. The PQ and the separatists are too heavily invested in Marc Bellemare to go down any other route.

And so, I predict that  the separatists will get out the violins and play that familiar tune of humiliation, injustice and repression. ...sigh.

If Mr. Bellemare came out of the inquiry a loser, Mr. Charest certainly wasn't a winner.

It reminds me of Apollo Creed's victory over Rocky Balboa in the inimitable sports movie of my generation, ROCKY.  Although Rocky lost the bloody, no holds barred fight, as an underdog who faced an uphill battle, he left the ring vindicated. As for the champion Apollo, the crowd was largely unimpressed  believing him to have used the 'home field' advantage as champion to exact a contentious split decision.

And so Premier Charest, like Apollo, raises his arms to the crowd in feigned celebration, trying to convince us that he really won, while the truth remains that it is a hollow and Pyrrhic victory.

But  Mr. Bellemare never understood the very real-life lesson of ROCKY, a truism that all fight fans accept as a given.
If you are going to beat the champion in the ring, you're going to have to knock him out.

And while Bellemare fought a decent fight, there was no coup de grace and so, the writing was on the wall, he couldn't win.

So don't blame Bastarache.

21 comments:

  1. La commision bastarache fut une grossière farce depuis le tout début...je ne vois pas la nécessité de sortir mon violon de séparatiste et pleurnicher sur le résultat inévitable de ce genre de ((useless)) comissions.

    Le peuple a perdu 5 millions et plus pour se faire dire que personne est coupable de rien....et ils proposent un tas de recommandation qui de toute facon ne seront pas appliquer comme d'habitudes ou sinon y vont rendre tous le processus encore plus complex et ((money waster))....

    De plus Marc Bellamre a creuser sa propre tombe depuis le début après avoir attendu TELLEMENT LONGTEMPS avant de dénoncer ce qui de toute facon n'impressionne personne...its how its work around here since a couple of decades anyways..

    Le système est pourri a tout les niveau...donc sa me fait rire de voir le PQ crier a l'injustice alors qu'il ferait la meme chose que le PLQ la minute que ce parti serait au pouvoir. La nomination partisance est courante depuis des lustre en ce bas monde...ainsi que les envellopes brunes, le nier c'est de la maladie mentale pure.

    DE plus c'tais une commissions de juges et d'avocats qui avaient pour buts de remettre en question leurs boulot de juges et d'avocats((bellemare et charest son des ex-avocats by the way)). Faut etre idiot de croire qu'ils allaient changer quoi que ce soit a un système bien huiler qui fonctionne pour eux depuis un bail.


    POur finir, Bastarache est un fédéraliste avouer et on a le droit de l'hair pour ca autant que vous haissez les seppies a chaque seconde de votre vie.

    C'est de meme sa marche la politique (;

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  2. Bellemare's a tool and Charest's an asshole. They both deserve a swift kick in the ass if you ask me.

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  3. @Monsieur l'Éditeur

    Je crois que c'est "messenger" et non "messanger".

    Vous disiez "spellchecking" ?

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  4. ''like upholding the basic tenants of Bill 101'' . You mean 'tenets' not 'tenants' :)

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  5. You have said the right thing about the commission from the beginning: you know, like many other, that this wouldn't result in anything really concrete. And its a good thing. Quebecois have what they deserve: a weak governess, bad leadership (did you saw the Journal de Montréal front page today about Quebec province spending 2 million on their plants and flowers, like what the heck!)...

    In what happen with the commission Bastarache, people like me, coming from outside Quebec and immigrates, coming from outside Canada, us people have our revenge.

    Quebec people have what they deserved. And its a good thing, it bring a feeling of revenge, of a very personal satisfaction and I like that. I really do.

    Quebec province is all about bullshit. We all know that now.

    Next step for Quebec is to separate from Canada so Canadians like myself do not have to suffer anymore from stupid Quebecois. Never again. Bad leadership need to remain inside. We, as Canadians, need to protect ourselves from Quebecois liars such as Jean Charest and, just to name another one, Brian Mulroney and all the other. But Henri-Paul Rousseau is my favorite one.

    As a prime minister, Jean Charest represents well Quebecois and their spirit.

    That's my personal opinion.

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  6. What the hell Ed, did you jinx yourself after the spellchecking article? :D

    Vincent Marissal pens an article demanding Charest drop the defamation suit against Bellemare. Um why? had the reverse been the scenario you can be sure Marissal would not demand the same. Seems to me the line between the politician and the private person is being blurred bit by bit.
    http://tinyurl.com/6fq4ood

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  7. "...Quebec people have what they deserved. And its a good thing, it bring a feeling of revenge, of a very personal satisfaction and I like that. I really do..."

    Aussi jouissif que de sortir un filet rempli de morues le Néo-Brunwickois?Continue de lire le journal de Montréal c'est excellent pour le Q.I.

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  8. Its silly how many canadians on this website want that Quebec get separated of Canada once and for all....stop dreaming guys!

    Ottawa will never leave Quebec at any cost,there too much natural ressources to be lost in the process if they do that.


    No no no....but they will divided the province in 2-3 small province or merge some part of it with another canadian province in a near futur.

    Divided and COnquer....c'est plus profitable que flusher completement.Et oubliez pas, vous avez des fédéralistes au Québec...

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  9. "Aussi jouissif que de sortir un filet rempli de morues le Néo-Brunwickois?Continue de lire le journal de Montréal c'est excellent pour le Q.I."

    Aussi jouissif que de recevoir son cheque de bs par la poste le Quebecois? Continue de lire vigile.net c'est excellent pour le developement du syndrome de Down.

    See how easy it is to build a generalization on a stereotype? I know that the majority of Quebecois are not on welfare and I know most aren't mentally deficient enough to rely on vigile.net but you need to see how ignorant and prejudice you sound.

    AngloBuster quit posting. Every time you post you embarass yourself and your ancestors.

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  10. @Jason

    Règle générale,les lecteurs du JDM sont les principaux bénificiaires du chèque de BS.
    En passant Jason,est-ce que tu es Québécois ou tu ne fais que squatter notre territoire comme la plupart des anglos?J'imagine que tu profites bien de notre régime d'assurances-maladie ainsi que tous les avantages de notre État socialiste.

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  11. "En passant Jason,est-ce que tu es Québécois ou tu ne fais que squatter notre territoire comme la plupart des anglos?J'imagine que tu profites bien de notre régime d'assurances-maladie ainsi que tous les avantages de notre État socialiste."

    You're right. Because Canada doesn't have free health care, just Quebec. Your an endless supply of accurate arguments aren't you?

    Et oui je me considere Quebecois. Un anglo-Quebecois. Pour etre un vrai Quebecois il faut que jois d'accord avec toi? How very Hitler-esque of you. J'adore le Francais et la culture. Moi je trouve qu'il n'y a pas assez de respect envers les vrais Canadiens, les Canadiens francais. If I had my way Canada would be a very different counrty. Je croi meme pas qu'on devrait chanter l'hyme national en Anglais. A frenchman wrote it and French it should stay for generations to hear, admire, and respect. Je croi aussi que tout devrait etre en Francais au Quebec amis avec un acces immensement facile a des services, produits, et signes en anglais. Even if the English is half the size of French on labels or whatever, it should still be present out of respect. The same goes for the rest of Canada but reverse the languages (except for maybe the western provinces because I think biligualism is a lost cause out there and would be a waste of money).

    Je vous adore. Meme ma blonde est Quebecoise. The English were awful, yes this is true, but the English population has moved on and evolved for the most part. Only our politicians are pigs. Never confuse the will of our tards in parliament with the will of the people. We don't like Harper (at least I don't). He's just the lesser of 4 evils. I think after the quiet revolution the ball was placed in Quebec's court, and I'm really disapointed with how it's been played. You're basically comitting (to a lesser degree) what the anglos did to you. Et c'est frustrant parce que pour moi le Quebec EST le Canada. Intergating into Canadian society doesn't mean assimilate to English. Franco Canadians are fiercely proud to be Canadian (for the most part) and are still proud to be French and make it known (festivals, their own flag (1 for each province), etc.)

    I just find the anti-English approach you've taken is the wrong way to go. Why not promote French while leaving what's already English here alone? As long as what's English is left alone I think you can promote French all you like and eveyone would be happy. It would essentially be a French state with a small English nugget in it. If Quebec WERE to separate it should have been done when Levesque was in power because today it just doesn't make sense. Right now though, you have to accept that you are part of a beautiful legacy that unfortunately doesn't hold neither legal nor ancestral claim over this land.

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  12. "J'imagine que tu profites bien de notre régime d'assurances-maladie ainsi que tous les avantages de notre État socialiste."

    Wait, I just caught this. How dare you? Your Socialist State is built and maintained with English and proud French Canadian taxpayers dollars. You're the squatter, not me. Why doesn't Quebec pay for it's own programs if it's so ready to become a country?

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  13. "You're right. Because Canada doesn't have free health care..."

    Un autre des multiples modèles que les canadians ont copié sur nous.

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  14. "Un autre des multiples modèles que les canadians ont copié sur nous."

    Ding ding ding! And the retard gets something else wrong! Free health care was first instituted in Saskatchewan in 1946. And if you're refering to the donations given to hospitals in Quebec in the early 1900s (which doesn't count as health care by the way), those donations were given by both catholic and protestant churches.

    Are you 5?

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  15. "...Saskatchewan in 1946..."?

    Y'avait 1 vache,2 cochons,3 rednecks et un bureau de poste.Jason tu es un con.

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  16. "...Saskatchewan in 1946..."?

    Y'avait 1 vache,2 cochons,3 rednecks et un bureau de poste.Jason tu es un con"

    Product of the Quebec public education system right there.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(Canada)

    Read it and weep you inbred sac of shit.

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  17. "Règle générale,les lecteurs du JDM sont les principaux bénificiaires du chèque de BS."

    LOL excuse me?

    Ooooo looks like fun :D Lemme try. Regle generale, ceux qui ont des tumeurs dans le cerveau ont plus tendance a voter oui dans un referendum.

    See? I can make up stats too.

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  18. "Y'avait 1 vache,2 cochons,3 rednecks et un bureau de poste.Jason tu es un con"

    What a total uneducated idiot. Of course, this doesn't surprise in the least. Wonder if he ever heard of Tommy Douglas who was the father of medicare in Canada. Also voted the Greatest Canadian. This, of course, would escape our petit ami en Quebec. Mostly due in part to the fact that most Quebecois are totally ignorant of anything outside of Quebec and further don't give a shit for anyone else but themselves. Pretty obvious by Frere Gilles D these days demanding another 5 Billion for Quebec from the feds. Think about it. 22% of the population and 60% of equalization. 22% of population and 33% representation in the Supreme court. Can't beleive the ROC has put up with this crap for this long. Time to wake up and have Quebec "prendre la porte".

    Westerner tired of Feds picking my pockets to feed the welfare "nation state" of Quebec.

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  19. @ Jason,

    Just for the record, there is not free health care in Canada. As a matter of fact it represents about 40% plus of the spending of every provincial government in Canada. Hardly a freebie, especially to those paying the lions share of the taxes.

    Westerner

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  20. Messanger in this context (Messy, Angry, Useless, Commission) is poetic license - nice ad-lib Editor :)
    Way to go Jason, you've shown us once again the buggy code of 'vous ètes tous des imbaciles' style clannista responses...

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  21. "Just for the record, there is not free health care in Canada. As a matter of fact it represents about 40% plus of the spending of every provincial government in Canada. Hardly a freebie, especially to those paying the lions share of the taxes."

    Well obviously it isn't free. Someone's gotta pay for it. I wasn't insinuating that Health care was magically funded. But your point are valid.

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