Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppeis a Canadian politician, proponent of the Québec sovereignty movement and former leader of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and has been the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for 15 years in three stints: 1996, 1997-2011 and in 2015. He is the son of a well-known Quebec actor, Jean Duceppe. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 July 1947
CityMontreal, Canada
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Paul Martin's government has lost the moral authority to govern.
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Paul Martin couldn't not have noticed the articles in The Globe and Mail. That began in 1999, and it wasn't until February of 2004 that he reacted.
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If the speech stays like this, we're prepared to give the government a chance and vote for (the speech).
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Today is the moment of truth for the Liberals, who do not have moral authority to govern. Will the prime minister respect the will of the elected representatives of the people and recognize he no longer has their trust?
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There is a firm confirmation that it (the imbalance) exists. This is a budget of transition. The real budget will be next year. We'll see next year if they deliver.
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It has that air, ... It would be surprising if it was Jean Chretien that leaked that part of the report. Who has an interest in doing that?
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If you develop a foreign policy the way we see it, then we'll have an army that will intervene mainly to secure democracy in some countries, participating in international forces, going when there's a natural catastrophe, either inside Quebec or outside Quebec,
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He presided over a cabinet in which the No. 2 man was Paul Martin,
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Look at what has occurred in history. When the Berlin Wall fell, it was not surprising, but it was unexpected. Who predicted the Arab Spring? Nobody expected it, but all the ingredients were there. I think all the ingredients are also there for Quebec to become a country. But when? That's another question.
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My father was an actor, and we have the most important theatre company in Montreal.
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It's a falsehood to state that francophone communities are thriving.
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I want my own country, not against Canada but for Quebec.
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I have never believed that things happen by themselves.
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I'm very confident next time, next referendum, we'll win that referendum.