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This is the Quebec government, it doesn't get any more grossly incompetent. The only question is what took so long

belval 3y ago
> it doesn't get any more grossly incompetent Unless you are referring to tech in particular, that seems very harsh. The ministry of digital transformation is a shitshow, but the governement itself has not done anything that would warrant the label "grossly incompetent".
- version_five 3y ago
  Um, healthcare, infrastructure... being completely absorbed in racism and anti Anglo hysteria, the GP comment is to nice if anything
- jszymborski 3y ago
  I beg to disagree. It's hard to imagine handling the education and health portfolios worse than this provincial government has.
  - VancouverMan 3y ago
    It's easy to imagine for those who've lived in provinces under an NDP government.
  - aga98mtl 3y ago
    Quebec has the best life expectancy in the americas. It's PISA scores are above the canadian average, which is itself close to best in the whole world.
- GinsengJar 3y ago
  The QC government isn't the worst, but their prospects have been scary for someone like me. I'd rather not be a second class citizen for being raised with the "wrong language".
- passwordoops 3y ago
  Obviously you're not a taxpayer here
dang 3y ago
Please keep regional flamewar off HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- VancouverMan 3y ago
  I think that that comment is being misinterpreted. It doesn't seem to me to be an attempt at inciting a "regional flamewar". The sentiment it describes is quite strongly held by people from and in that region, especially by those who've unfortunately experienced it first-hand for themselves.
  - dang 3y ago
    That's a reasonable point, but most people (or at least many people) in $region are going to interpret such a comment as a regional attack even if it wasn't intended that way. Most people's identity has something to do with where they live.

> it doesn't get any more grossly incompetent Unless you are referring to tech in particular, that seems very harsh. The ministry of digital transformation is a shitshow, but the governement itself has not done anything that would warrant the label "grossly incompetent".

version_five 3y ago
Um, healthcare, infrastructure... being completely absorbed in racism and anti Anglo hysteria, the GP comment is to nice if anything
jszymborski 3y ago
I beg to disagree. It's hard to imagine handling the education and health portfolios worse than this provincial government has.
- VancouverMan 3y ago
  It's easy to imagine for those who've lived in provinces under an NDP government.
- aga98mtl 3y ago
  Quebec has the best life expectancy in the americas. It's PISA scores are above the canadian average, which is itself close to best in the whole world.
GinsengJar 3y ago
The QC government isn't the worst, but their prospects have been scary for someone like me. I'd rather not be a second class citizen for being raised with the "wrong language".
passwordoops 3y ago
Obviously you're not a taxpayer here

dang 3y ago

Please keep regional flamewar off HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

VancouverMan 3y ago
I think that that comment is being misinterpreted. It doesn't seem to me to be an attempt at inciting a "regional flamewar". The sentiment it describes is quite strongly held by people from and in that region, especially by those who've unfortunately experienced it first-hand for themselves.
- dang 3y ago
  That's a reasonable point, but most people (or at least many people) in $region are going to interpret such a comment as a regional attack even if it wasn't intended that way. Most people's identity has something to do with where they live.