There are very good reasons, apart from his unilingualism, why the Conservative Party should never consider O'Leary as its leader. e.g., his vulgar economic Darwinism for starts.  Quebecers think highly of themselves, Montrealers in particular, and believe that unless a party is led by a Quebecer it cannot have its best interests at heart.  It is a mild exaggeration to say that many Quebecers think Canadians outside Quebec are hostile to the province when in fact they are indifferent - about the same attitude that Quebecers have towards people from Prince Edward Island.