Bloc Québécois hobbled as 7 of 10 MPs quit


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The Bloc Québécois, the sovereigntist party that once formed Canada’s Official Opposition, is in crisis mode after seven of its 10 MPs quit.


​The party made the announcement after a caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday morning, pointing to party head Martine Ouellet’s leadership style as their reason for leaving.


A statement from the party said the seven will form a separate parliamentary group.


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The caucus was divided into two camps: those who support Ouellet as leader and the seven who accuse her of being authoritarian.


“The crisis shaking the Bloc Québécois is bad for both the party itself and the sovereigntist movement,” said the party in a French statement.


“The differences we have with our leader are unfortunately too great for a lasting peace to be envisaged.”


Fall from Official Opposition to 3 MPs


One of the MPs who left is Louis Plamondon, who has been in the Commons since 1984, including the last 25 years as a Bloc MP.


“I’ve witnessed many crises within the Bloc Québécois and this is no doubt the deepest,” Plamondon said.


The other six include:


  • Luc Theriault. 

  • Gabriel Ste-Marie.

  • Rheal Fortin.

  • Michel Boudrias.

  • Simon Marcil.

  • Monique Pauze.

It’s a far cry from the party’s heyday under Lucien Bouchard. During the 1993 election, the party secured 54 seats and formed the country’s Official Opposition. 


Bloc support ebbed and flowed after the 1995 independence referendum.


It secured another 54 seats in the 2004 election, but lost official party status after the 2011 election, dropping a bulk of seats to the NDP.


Ouellet does not have a seat in the House of Commons, but does sit in the Quebec Legislature as an Independent.
She became Bloc leader last March.


This is not the first time she has faced revolt.


In June, the caucus challenged her leadership after a news report revealed her chief of staff, Louis-Philippe Dubois, allegedly leaked information to the press in order to tarnish a Bloc MP’s reputation.




Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russian-plane-crash-1.4530638?cmp=rss


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