Bloc Québécois members quit over new leader Mario Beaulieu
New Bloc Québécois Leader Mario Beaulieu is already on the defensive just a day into his leadership, standing by contentious comments made during his acceptance speech as two party members threaten to resign over his election.
Former Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe took issue with some comments made by Mario Beaulieu during his acceptance speech on June 14, 2014. (CBC)
Beaulieu was voted in as leader of the separatist party on Saturday with 53 per cent of the vote.
Beaulieu took the time during his acceptance speech to denigrate the efforts of former Bloc leaders over the past 20 years. He also invoked a phrase, “Nous vaincrons,” closely associated with the FLQ, the group responsible for Quebec’s October Crisis in 1970.
New Bloc Québécois Leader Mario Beaulieu is already on the defensive just a day into his leadership, standing by contentious comments made during his acceptance speech as two party members threaten to resign over his election.
Former Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe took issue with some comments made by Mario Beaulieu during his acceptance speech on June 14, 2014. (CBC)
Beaulieu was voted in as leader of the separatist party on Saturday with 53 per cent of the vote.
Beaulieu took the time during his acceptance speech to denigrate the efforts of former Bloc leaders over the past 20 years. He also invoked a phrase, “Nous vaincrons,” closely associated with the FLQ, the group responsible for Quebec’s October Crisis in 1970.
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