Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon gave an interview to Danish national television about Quebec independence…in Danish.
Published yesterday at 7:38 p.m.
The interview was shared by the party late Friday morning on the social network X, formerly Twitter.
We see Danish journalist Anders Agger from the show Anne & Anders accompanying Mr. Plamondon in his office in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal. The journalist then asks him questions about identity and independence in Quebec. The interview will be conducted entirely in Danish.
In 1994, while between high school and CEGEP, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon conducted a year-long exchange with a family in southern Denmark as part of the AFS-Canada program.
He said in the report that he had not forgotten the language or his host family, with whom he has been in contact every year since then.
It was even his host family’s “sister” who helped him prepare for this interview in Danish.
The Danmarks Radio journalist “travels all over the world to find interesting topics,” says Louis Lyonnais, communications director for the Parti Québécois.
Not the same culture
In this interview, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon states that Quebec does not exist internationally. When he lived in Denmark, people were surprised to learn that Canadians spoke French.
He also claims to feel like he is in another country when he travels to other Canadian provinces. Mr. Plamondon cites the environment and fossil fuel subsidies in Alberta as examples of reasons for Quebec’s independence from the rest of the country. He says Quebec would like to take that money and invest it in things like renewable energy.