Bloc Quebecois leader calls monarchy 'ridiculous'

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Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said that Canada should no longer have a governor general and called the monarchy "ridiculous," but critics dismissed his attack as a vain attempt to regain his party's relevancy.

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Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said Wednesday that Canada should no longer have a governor general and called the monarchy "ridiculous," but critics dismissed his attack as a vain attempt to regain his party's relevancy.

Which is true.... idiot....

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean is currently in France, where she is promoting Quebec City's upcoming 400th anniversary of its founding. She has said the event will be a celebration of francophones across Canada.

"There are a million of them out there fighting to save their language and their culture," she said. "And I will tell President Sarkozy, 'Look beyond Quebec.'"

Duceppe took issue with those remarks.

"We're not celebrating Canada, we're celebrating the foundation of Quebec," he told reporters outside the House of Commons.

Well excuse us all to hell you self-centred pr*ck....

FFS... if we (or the Gov.Gen) tries to promote their culture, Quebec Bitches..... if we don't.... Quebec Bitches.... man I'm getting so fed up with this sniviling BS from those damn cry babies.... fck'n kick them out of the country and be done with it.

"And first of all, I don't feel I'm being represented at all by someone who represents the Queen. It says that this is not a democratic system. She's representing the Queen of England."

What a tool..... You're a part of the country called "CANADA" she is a part of our government and she's doing the job she's supposed to be doing.... GTF over yourself you damn priss.

Before speaking to the media, Duceppe had said during question period: "Does the prime minister realize that we are speaking of the 400th anniversary of Quebec City, the cradle of the Quebec nation? Isn't it the Quebec nation we're celebrating, not the ridiculous monarchy?"

Quebec isn't a damn nation you idiot! IT'S A PROVINCE OF CANADA!!! It's the celebration of the foundation of Quebec City.... it's 400th anniversary as Quebec City.... not the friggin Nation of Quebec. It's a celebration of a part of Canada, much like how Canada is celebrating Parliamentary Democracy which was created in Nova Scotia....

How the hell did this moron get his job again?

Prime Minister Stephen Harper shot back that Canada was created along with the founding of Quebec, and the celebration should be for all Canadians.

"The leader of the Bloc is giving me the opportunity to underscore that 400 years ago, in Quebec, our country was born in French," Harper said.

"The founding of Quebec City was also the founding of the Canadian state. The Governor General today is the successor to Samuel de Champlain, the first governor of Canada.

"All Canadians celebrate this extremely important event in our history."

Exactly you ignorant moron.... look up your damn history next time before you shoot your mouth off.

Jean's comments in France were given little press coverage in Quebec, most notably in the lower half of a story in Montreal's Le Devoir newspaper. Conservative MP Jason Kenney said Duceppe was struggling to finds issues that would generate support for his party.

"The Bloc just can't stand the fact that Quebecers are happy to be part of Canada," he told CTV's Mike Duffy Live. "Right now, we have the lowest level of support for separation in 35 years. The BQ came in third in the last election."

Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc called Duceppe's comments a "petty stunt" to "create controversy around what is a happy, national celebration."

"You've got a separatist party that's grasping for air, and is simply trying to create a whole artificial crisis where one doesn't exist," he said. "I thought it was a rather pathetic display."

Indeed, it was pathetic... he should have his ass fired for such an embarassing display of ignorance.