MONTREAL – The Parti Québécois updated its website tonight to inform out-of-province students that bankrolling the Quebec’s universities does not make them eligible to vote.
“Dear McGill undergraduates,” the update begins. “You may think that living in our province for several years, being a Canadian citizen, paying rent and taxes, supporting local businesses, subsidizing the low post-secondary tuition rates paid by québécois students, and consuming ungodly amounts of beer and poutine makes you eligible to vote in Quebec’s upcoming election.”
“It does not.”
Pauline Marois explained that this regulation, which may or may not actually exist, has its roots in Quebec’s glorious national history of inclusivity.
“Quebec is the easiest place in the world to vote so long as you’re a francophone who favours secession from Canada,” the premier explained.
When asked about the eligibility of anglophone students, Marois offered her most succinct reply of the electoral campaign.
“They are not residents; they are live-in transfer payments!”
