All together now shout out "Macleans is a top-notch magazine"

However, let's just whisper amongst ourselves that the Conservative govt is no more ... they have turned more liberal than the Libs.  A few years ago if I had said to you that PM Harper and his govt would soon criticize Macleans but not the CBC who sucks us out of 1 Billion+ annually, you would have told me to go suck on a lemon.  Right?  Hmmmmmm.  Happy with the Conservative govt now?  Is anybody keeping count of all the wrong moves this minority govt has been making of late?  Sandy of Crux of the Matter where are you???   Start a new list dear girl.... and make it the exact opposite of what you used to have.  This new one will be extra long and much longer than the "Accomplishments of the Harper govt" that you were so proud to keep track of.   Don't forget to add the Pastor Jones "do not burn korans" shout out from the PM and the "Macleans should be ashamed of themselves" from the entire gang. 

.....Political columnist Vincent Marissal said: “I don’t see anything that’s inaccurate or exaggerated. Every Quebec media outlet has drawn similar conclusions in recent months.” When CBC TV went looking for public reaction to the Maclean’s cover in Montreal, it mostly found people who admitted that what we said is correct. “It’s sad. But it could be true,” noted one glum-looking man on the street, about his province’s standing.

Quebec does have a problem. Quebec’s political system is failing its people. But let’s be clear about this: it is a political problem, and a reflection on the province’s politicians and its political culture, not a condemnation of the character of the province or its people. Premier Charest’s letter to this magazine claims that we said “Quebecers are genetically incapable of acting with integrity.” Like all of the “Quebec-bashing” allegations, that is not only false but cheap in that it implicates the citizenry in the misdeeds of the politicians and their cronies. It is bad enough that the people of Quebec have to put up with corruption in public office—they shouldn’t be smeared by it as well.

Quebec voters have proven time and again they have little patience for corrupt politicians—frequently tossing out governments tainted by scandal. That is cause for optimism for the future of the province’s political culture. Another ray of hope is the robust state of investigative journalism in the province. Much of the iniquity we described in our article was diligently probed and exposed in newspaper and broadcast reports............