Stephen Harper appears to still be aiming at 25+ seats in Quebec next time. And I'd say he's well on his way to doing it:
Asked if his French-first policy is aimed at bolstering Conservative support in Quebec, the prime minister would say only that he thinks the gesture is appreciated. "Westerners know I'm from here, English-speaking people know I'm an anglophone, so we have to remind the other part of the country that I'm their prime minister, too, and they seem to appreciate it."
Harper also referred to French as Canada's first national language.
"We have to remember that the original word 'Canadian' meant the French-speaking inhabitants of North America, so it's our first national language. So I say it first and then I say it in English."
The only question is how many seats, if any, will this kind of talk cost him in the rest of the country?
