This morning I attended André Boisclair's press conference where he announced his PQ leadership bid. Aside from a technical glitch (the mics were off for about 5 minutes) it was a pretty smooth event.
Boisclair's speech was tightly scripted and nicely delivered, unlike the rambling one he gave at the PQ convention a few days ago. He sent out exactly the right messages: he spent a lot of time talking about the need to bring new Quebecers and young people into the party -- just the type of people the separatist movement needs to attract. Boisclair's strategy is to present himself as the future and to really downplay ethnic nationalism. This won't sit well with the hardnosed pur et dur types in the party's old guard but it is what is politically necessary if they ever to win a referendum.
I'm telling you: watch this man. Like I said below, he is a double-edged sword -- but both edges are sharp. If he catches on, I think he could be the biggest threat to the future of Canada since Lucien Bouchard.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 2:21 PM
