ENG - Gilles Duceppe, MP (born July 22, 1947) is a Quebec nationalist and social democratic politician in Canada. He is a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons and the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois. He is the son of a well-known Québécois actor, Jean Duceppe.
In 1990, Duceppe was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as an independent because the Bloc had not been registered by Elections Canada as a political party. All of the Bloc's other Members of Parliament had crossed the floor from either the Progressive Conservative Party or the Liberal Party earlier that year. Duceppe's victory in a by-election demonstrated – for the first time – that the party had electoral support in Quebec and could win elections. ...
MONTREAL — Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe is unwilling to dump his motion to have Quebec's French Language Charter extended to industries operating in the province under federal labour laws, despite it being soundly rejected by Parliament.Duceppe, speaking at a rally in Montreal on Saturday aimed at protecting French and promoting its use among new immigrants in the province, also took some jabs at his rival, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, for failing to support his motion."He said it would impede business," Duceppe told reporters, citing examples like Wal-Mart and mining giant ...
cici - in poll Gilles Duceppe For a party leader ostensibly dedicated to splitting Canada, Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe has received quite positive reviews for his performances in the English and French debates:
Stephen Taylor: As the leader of a french-first-and-last separatist party from Quebec, Gilles Duceppe did not have much to gain or lose during the debate and the Bloc leader appeared to be the candidate most genuinely at ease... bringing realism against rhetoric.
John Ivison: Duceppe asks the killer question on Iraq. Would you advocate it again? Harper admits an error. I think a pig just flew over the ...
taktek - in poll Gilles Duceppe
