Yves-François Blanchet was vehemently welcomed by his people on the second day of the Congress and put sovereignty back to the fore by presenting the Bloc Québécois as a “one-stop shop for all separatists”.
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Although there are sovereignists “in the other parties, they all have their place in the Bloc Québécois,” the leader said in a 45-minute speech on Saturday morning.
“We have a duty to bring together all sovereignists,” he said.
Nonetheless, Mr Blanchet has a favorite in Quebec: Paul St-Pierre Plamondons Parti Québécois (PQ), whose speech last night signaled the start of a new phase of rapprochement, even cooperation, between the two parties. .
It is not without irony that the bloc leader, François Legault, invited the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) to hold its next congress in Ottawa to open their eyes to the true nature of Canada as a “petromonarchy”.
The nickname came up several times. Mr Blanchet railed against “the oil and monarchy trippers” who “take your money”. [,] who use it to challenge your language and values” and who “use the courts to overturn Quebec laws”.
“Your money, your courts, your laws, against you, against Quebec.”