I only wrote one post about the Quebec election, because I knew that Pauline Marois' hideous version of the Parti Québécois was going to lose, from the moment she embraced Pierre Karl Péladeau.
And he raised his fist in the air and with a crazed look on his face demanded a country. Even though polls showed that an overwhelming majority of Quebecers didn't want another referendum.
And would make absolutely sure that the PQ couldn't hold one.
But who knew that the Concrete Lady would hit the ground so hard?
In his well known song Mon Pays, the Quebec poet and singer Gilles Vigneault famously sings: "My country is not a country, it's the winter."
And in this seemingly never ending one, this Winter from Hell, I think we can all relate to that.
But since just a few weeks ago during the Olympics we were all happily chirping or tweeting #wearewinter we can't complain too much eh?
Even if it seems to be driving a lot of Canadians crazy.
For what else can explain the hysteria over national unity?
Well it wasn't a total surprise, but it was still a stunning sight.
Pauline Marois and her new star candidate Pierre-Karl Péladeau
Pierre-Karl Péladeau, controlling shareholder of the Quebecor media empire, on Sunday announced he will run for the Parti Québécois, saying his top motivation is to make Quebec independent.
“My joining the Parti Québécois is tied to my most intimate and profound values and that is to say I want Quebec to become a country,” he told supporters in the riding of St-Jérôme, just north of Montreal, where he will be running in the April 7 provincial election.
