You are right Rocket. Bottom line is Quebec is in major debt and major trouble...take a look at Saskatewan, they were a province with nothing going for them by way of revenue, their house prices were low etc, now with the bakken opened up, things are flourishing and huge revenue for the province. I remember my dad and I took a trip to Saskatoon to look to buy some rental property a few years back, and prices had already more than doubled...

Here is an article from a journalists (using our trusted google translate)

http://translate.google.com.au/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyberpresse.ca%2Fle-soleil%2Fopinions%2Fchroniqueurs%2F201101%2F25%2F01-4363700-petite-histoire-dun-coup-de-theatre.php&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

He says:

"Who recruited Mr. Bouchard? Difficile à dire. Hard to say. C'est peut-être André Caillé lui-même. It is perhaps André Caillé itself. Les deux hommes étaient de véritables complices pendant la crise du verglas. The two men were real accomplices during the ice storm. Mais peu importe : son arrivée à la tête de l'industrie gazière est significative. But no matter: his arrival at the head of the gas industry is significant. On ne recrute pas un tel homme dans l'attente d'un moratoire. We do not recruit such a man waiting for a moratorium."

These thoughts echoed what Bencro was saying.