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- proper noun Canada, politics
Bloc Québécois
Etymologies
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Examples
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Paul Martin: A vote for the Bloc is a vote for (Quebec) sovereignty
Fuzzy Logic Candace 2005
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The Germans will do everything to destroy this Neutrality Bloc, because if this Bloc is there Germany can as good as say "Goodbye" to any drop of Rumanian oil, and with that, too, the smallest chance of victory.
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Wait … what Bloc is making majority governments impossible?
Matthew Yglesias » Extremism and Proportional Representation 2009
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Wait … what Bloc is making majority governments impossible?
Matthew Yglesias » Extremism and Proportional Representation 2009
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The Bloc is a separatist party with the explicit goal of tearing the fabric of Canada apart, and one which does not even field candidates outside of Québec.
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The Tymoshenko Bloc is headed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is sharply at odds with the president, despite broadly sharing his pro-Western political goals.
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The Tymoshenko Bloc is headed by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is sharply at odds with the president, despite broadly sharing his pro-Western political goals.
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The Bloc is closest to the NDP in ideology, which in part is why the NDP has so much trouble breaking through in Quebec.
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Of course, the Bloc is unlikely to win over 37% of the vote like it did in 1993, but BQ support isn't totally crumbling either.
Archive 2007-07-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007
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The other bonus for me is the way the bass walks all over their songs (this is one of the reasons I've so thoroughly enjoyed the disco/dance/punk revival of 2005, because the basslines in Bloc Party et.al. are always right up in the front of the songs).
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