The outside perspective

It doesn't seem to be mentioned at any big Canadian media outlets in the wake of Gomery, but CNN's top international headline is rather more alarming than anything being given much attention domestically:

One of Quebec's top politicians said Tuesday that separatists in the French-speaking province would launch a new referendum on independence from Canada after the next provincial election.

The leader of the Bloc Quebecois, the separatist party in the federal Parliament, which fields candidates only in Quebec, was speaking after an inquiry reported that senior members of the Quebec branch of the ruling federal Liberal Party had engaged in kickbacks and illegal campaign financing...

Asked if Tuesday's report would hasten the next referendum, Duceppe said: "I'm pretty sure we'll win the next federal election, the Parti Quebecois will win ... the election in Quebec, and then we'll go for a referendum."

Granted, nothing Duceppe had to say on the subject should be all that surprising. But then the same appears to go for the content of the report. And the sovereignty implications are surely more important than the speculation/name-calling over whether or not the opposition parties will force an election.

We'll see whether Duceppe's separation comments find their way into the mainstream Canadian media soon...or whether it's a subject that nobody really wants to write about at this point.