Duceppe Stays With Le Bloc

the proprietor — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:10:00 +0000

Gille Duceppe decided not to run for the PQ leadership. I obviously have no idea what his personal motives were, but his public explanation makes a lot of sense. Right now the best action for the seperatists is in Ottawa with a lot Canada-wide media attention on the minority parliament. There is also an election looming federally and isn’t another election in Québec on the calendar for a couple more years.

Landry Quits as PQ Leader

the proprietor — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 04:15:00 +0000

Okay, count me among the surprised: Bernard Landry has resigned as Parti Québécois leader. He had received the support of 76% percent of delegates to the party’s convention. I was surprised by this news because I’ve always seen him as a fighter who was probably looking forward to a rematch with Jean Charest. Anyway, given what Landry’s friend Sylvain Simard was quoted as saying – that Landry wanted to avoid headlines saying that he was “hanging on” – the decision does make sense. It should be interesting to see who steps up to replace him; there has been some talk about Bloquiste leader Gilles Duceppe being a candidate.

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Duceppe Stays With Le Bloc

Landry Quits as PQ Leader