It is kind of hard to tell when you are reading text.

Anyways I saw it as being something other than tongue in cheek, and what I saw really pissed me off. I from out west but had to live in Ontario for three years, and what you wrote is the for real attitude of too many people out there.

God, I was glad when I got to move back to Alberta.
Populism isn't a bad thing, as it can lead to real reforms in the government, even if you don't necessarily agree with the ideology of the political party in question. The modern NDP, like Social Credit before and the Reform Party later, first came to power in the west (Saskatchewan) as the CCF. I don't like or trust them, but I cannot deny their influence, and I do agree with some of what they have to say.
As for sovereignty, I don't oppose the right to choose, even though I'd prefer Canada to remain united, though not at any cost. (If Alberta were to go, I'd go with them. If things got that bad, I'd probably vote for independence.) That said, I am certain that the borders of any new nation (ie. an independent Quebec) would have be dictated by either Ottawa (or whoever has the more powerful military, the CF might split or even mutiny if ordered to attack their own), by force if it came to that. I am also certain that if either of the referendums in Quebec had gone the other way, either Chretien or Trudeau would have sent in the army and destroyed the PQ and their supporters. At the very least, they would have insured that the CF kept all of it's equipment, and that a "Republique de Quebec" would have found all of the military facilities and whatever else that could not be carried off destroyed.