The main actors are known. Guylaine Tremblay, François Bellefeuille, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Patrick Huard and Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais will rise to the challenge Goodbye 2022, but who will be their chief of the Turks? Before the traditional humorous review piloted by Simon-Olivier Fecteau in its seventh year, let’s speculate!
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Francois Legault and Pierre Poilievre
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It’s a classic. Political news inevitably feeds the bye bye. The re-election of the CAQ should bring us back François Legault, but we can also expect Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, to make an appearance.
Photo archive, agency QMI (Marc DesRosiers)
truckers
Photo archive, agency QMI (Joël Lemay)
Speaking of Poilievre, his support for truckers who parked in downtown Ottawa for weeks last winter reminds us that there’s something about this unsettling convoy that can inspire the writers of Bye bye.
James William Awad
Photo archive, Pierre-Paul Poulin
Influencers partying on a plane despite the health codes in place at the time, a Prime Minister calling them Ostrogoths and an organizer, James William Awad, holding a surreal press conference. This is a sketch that writes itself.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
It seems unthinkable to miss the war in Ukraine. The challenge here will be finding the right tone to evoke this tragedy. Highlighting the courage of Ukraine’s president is one avenue that could be explored.
Will Smith
Speaking of being unwell at a gala, no one has forgotten Will Smith’s slap in the face of presenter Chris Rock in the middle of the Oscars, right?
Martin Saint Louis
Photo archive, Pierre-Paul Poulin
The new Montreal Canadiens head coach seduced everyone with his thoughts on how to run a team until he forgot the losing streak. The authors of Bye bye certainly took good note of it.
Julien Lacroix
The #metoo movement continued to draw ink in 2022, and it’s Julien Lacroix who emerges as the most serious candidate to go through the lack of bye bye.
Maripier Morin
For months, Maripier Morin has been increasing intimate confessions about her drug problems, motherhood, her twisted relationship with Brandon Prust, etc. In interviews in magazines, on his podcast and those of others. That is much. It’s almost a parody.
Guillaume Lemay Thivierge
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, who was in the crosshairs last year for his refusal to be vaccinated and his animation of masked singers, deserved a second incarnation of December 31 when he caused uneasiness by awkwardly interrupting the gala des prix Gémeaux, to pay bills.
Ginette Reno
Photo archive, AGENCY QMI (Joël Lemay)
Let’s stay in the artistic field and galas to promote the candidacy of Ginette Reno, who renames the rapper FouKi who has become Funky, during the Gala de l’ADISQ.
The New King and the Queen’s Funeral
The Royal Family provided quality raw footage for the year-end programmes. The queen dying, the accession of Charles and the saga Harry and Meghan, it’s plenty for the creators of Bye Bye.
Justin and Gregory
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Similarly, Justin Trudeau and Gregory Charles created one of the funniest moments of the year with their unlikely duo in a London hotel during the Queen’s funeral.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon
File Photo, The Canadian Press
Also worth mentioning is the crusade of the leader of the Parti Québécois and his deputies to revoke the royal oath.
nurses suspended
Photo archive, Chantal Poirier
It happened at the end of the year, but a nurse suspended for eating toast could outline our healthcare system in a couple of teeth.
pope
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The head of the Catholic Church rarely visits Quebec. In the context of reconciliation with First Nations, and at a time when sex scandals continue to plague the institution, an imitation of Pope Francis is conceivable.
Elon Musk
He deserves an appearance with the storm created by his dizzying passage at the top of Twitter…
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