Speaking as a someone who very much hopes to see the NDP's progress continue, I strongly encourage the Cons and Libs to take Jane Taber's suggestion and give up on Quebec.
But from a less party-oriented standpoint, I'd think there's reason for real concern that so much of the Canadian political class seems to be eager to override the will of Quebec voters: the most oft-repeated attack on per-vote party financing has been an argument that we should be actively trying to tilt our political system against the party which regularly dominates federal elections in the province, and now seat redistribution is being pitched explicitly as a means of ensuring that the province doesn't have any real say in governing Canada. Which figures to do plenty of damage to the relationship between Quebec and the rest of the country - but may also offer a significant opportunity for anybody willing to stand up for the idea that maybe it's worth listening to both.
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