I was going to go into a long rant on the Quebec is a nation thing today but then I found out that Kennedy’s Alberta team has “an affinity” for Michael Ignatieff (according to Senator Grant Mitchell) so, as part of my newfound affinity for Michael, I’ll lay off of him for today. Besides, I’ve already gone on about why this is a horrible idea before so people can just click on the link if they want to know my take.

Instead, I invite everyone to take a look at Paul Wells who, as usual, is bang on. Oh, and so I don’t have to post a link to it later, go visit Andrew Coyne’s site (he’s baaaack!) since I know he’s going to have something good to say when he gives his two cents on this tomorrow.

UPDATE: Gerry Byrne clarifies everything:

At the other extreme, Newfoundland MP Gerry Byrne, another Ignatieff supporter, said recognizing Quebec as a nation is no big deal. He said Acadians and aboriginal peoples are routinely called nations, so why not a province? Indeed, why not his own province?

“We are a nation of nations so I don’t really see this as a thin edge of the wedge issue,” Byrne said in an interview.

He noted that Newfoundland and Labrador “was actually a nation until 1949” when it joined Canada. And he wouldn’t rule out recognizing Ontario or other provinces as nations as well.

UPDATE: PDO breaks down the actual resolution which was passed in Quebec. And Coyne’s column can be read here.