Boisclair to BQ?

[August1991]

Des supporters de la venue de Gilles Duceppe dans la course à la chefferie du Parti québécois tentent de convaincre l'ancien ministre André Boisclair de faire le saut à la tête du Bloc québécois, question de ne pas laisser le parti frère orphelin sur la scène fédérale. Ce scénario offrirait un tandem alliant l'expérience au renouveau.

Le Devoir

Here's a bio article. He's got a weblog.

Another professional politician.

[kimmy]

Well, M Boisclair is under 40, looks to be very attractive, and he's web-savvy. So at the very least he's qualified to be Minister of Human Resources Development.

Is this someone who we're likely to see take over the BQ if Duceppe moves to the PQ?

Boisclair is not the only Quebec nationalist wondering if there are any federalists out there wanting to discuss major political reform. Recent conversations with a host of Quebec sovereigntists led to the same question: Who speaks for Canada?

Of course there are federalists wanting to discuss major political reform. But none of them are Liberals.

Who speaks for Canada?

Apparently, the Liberals. (shrug)

"I'm not an expert, but my conclusion is that it's take it or leave it," PQ Leader Bernard Landry said.

"If you want Canada, accept it like it is, with no ideas for change of any sort. If you don't like it, just go."

I'm not an expert, but that's my conclusion too.

"There are some exceptions here and there among intellectuals with accurate ideas of what Canada should be, sort of a two nations adventure. But it is not common or popular."

However, if Landry feels that the accurate idea of what Canada should be is "sort of a two nations adventure", then as far as I'm concerned Mr Landry can go do "le back-flip" into "le empty pool."

-k

[Bakunin]

You know what i think ? evry futurs candidates except pauline marois are waiting to see if duceppe come to the pq while duceppe is waiting for the other candidates to show up to see if he should go. I think he won't come to the pq if he see someone interesting become candidate. I also think that for many including duceppe, their main goal is to make sure pauline marois doesnt get at the head of the pq.

Boisclair is surely one of the interesting candidate for the pq, maybe he could become the first officially gay prime minister. But maybe he's not enough experienced, remember bourassa ?

I think we need someone strong intellectually, someone from the right wing and with a good charisma.

[August1991]

Boisclair is surely one of the interesting candidate for the pq, maybe he could become the first officially gay prime minister. But maybe he's not enough experienced, remember bourassa ?

The Le Devoir article said that Duceppe's people were trying to get Boisclair for the BQ. But it turns out you were right, Bakunin. Boisclair says he's interested in the PQ leadership and not the BQ. He's got an ego, and ambition. Bourassa Partie I, indeed.

«Ma réflexion se fait dans le cadre du leadership du Parti québécois, le Bloc québécois ne fait pas partie de ma réflexion», a affirmé hier à La Presse l'ancien ministre de l'Environnement, joint sur la route de Boston où il doit aujourd'hui obtenir son diplôme de la Kennedy School of Government, affiliée à Harvard.

La Presse