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2014 Bloc Québécois Leadership Election
The 2014 Bloc Québécois leadership election was held June 14, 2014 to choose a successor for Daniel Paillé who resigned on December 16, 2013 due to health reasons. Voter turnout in the election was 58.5%, up from the 2011 leadership election, with approximately 19,000 members voted by telephone to elect Daniel Paillé's successor. Timeline *May 2, 2011: Federal election reduces the Bloc Québécois to 4 seats in the House of Commons. Party leader Gilles Duceppe loses his own riding in Laurier—Sainte-Marie and announces his resignation. *December 11, 2011: Daniel Paillé is elected leader at the party's 2011 leadership election. *February 27, 2013: Jonquière—Alma MP Claude Patry leaves the New Democratic Party caucus to join the Bloc Québécois. *September 12, 2013: Ahuntsic MP Maria Mourani is expelled from the Bloc Québécois caucus due to comments against the provincial Parti Québécois government's proposed Quebec Charter of Values. *December 16, 2013: Paill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Bloc Québécois Leadership Election
An 2011 Bloc Québécois leadership election was held on December 11, 2011 to replace Gilles Duceppe, who resigned on May 2, 2011, after the party lost 43 of its 47 seats, including his own seat, in the 2011 Canadian federal election, 2011 federal election. It was won by Daniel Paillé. Voter turnout for the leadership election was 38%. Timeline *March 15, 1997: Gilles Duceppe wins the 1997 Bloc Québécois leadership election, leadership election taking over for Michel Gauthier as party president (leader). *March 25, 2011: Stephen Harper's government is defeated in a Motion of no confidence losing 156—145 which sets-up the 2011 Canadian federal election, May 2 election. *May 2, 2011: The election is held. The Bloc Québécois won only 4 ridings after having 47 at dissolution of Parliament. The party lost official party status. Gilles Duceppe loses his own riding in Laurier—Sainte-Marie and announces his resignation. *May 3, 2011: Vivian Barbot becomes interim president aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Charter Of Values
The Charter of Quebec Values () was Bill 60 in the Canadian province of Quebec, introduced by the governing Parti Québécois in 2013 under Premier Pauline Marois, trying to legislate the Quebec controversy on reasonable accommodation. The PQ cabinet member forwarding the bill was Bernard Drainville, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship. Premier Marois also threatened invoking the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution of Canada to pass the Charter in 2013. There was much controversy in Quebec and elsewhere about the charter, especially its proposed prohibition of public sector employees from wearing or displaying conspicuous religious symbols. The proposal would have included the following provisions: * Amend the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms * Establish a duty of neutrality and reserve for all state personnel (including state-funded education and health care workers). * Limit the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Turp
Daniel Turp (born April 30, 1955) is a professor of constitutional and international law at the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served as a Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament (1997–2000) and as a Parti Québécois member of the Quebec National Assembly of Quebec, National Assembly (2003–2008). Early life and education Born in Montreal, Quebec, Turp was raised as a Roman Catholic but later converted to Presbyterianism. He is a member of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal. Turp studied law at the Université de Montréal and the University of Ottawa, and received his legal licence in Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1977. He earned a master's degree at the Université de Montréal in 1978. He has worked for the Canadian International Development Agency, and was called as an expert for the Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Quebec, Bélanger-Campeau Commission on Quebec's constitutional future. Turp started teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Plamondon
Louis Plamondon (born July 31, 1943) is a Canadian politician who has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (formerly known as Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and Richelieu) in the House of Commons since 1984, making him the Dean of the House, the longest-serving current member of the House of Commons. Plamondon has won his seat in twelve consecutive federal elections, winning twice as a Progressive Conservative before becoming a founding member of the Bloc Québécois in 1990, after which he has been reelected ten more times. He, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style of Martine Ouellet. He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018. Early life and career Plamondon was born in Saint-Raymond-de-Portneuf, Quebec and is the brother of lyricist Luc Plamondon. He has a teaching certificate from L'École normale Maurice L. Duplessis (1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Beauchemin
Yves Beauchemin (born 26 June 1941) is a Quebec novelist. Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Beauchemin received his degree in French literature and art history at the Université de Montréal in 1965. He taught literature at the Collège Garneau and Université Laval. Beauchemin was working as an editor in a Montreal publishing firm when he began contributing essays and stories to magazines and newspapers. In 1969 he accepted a position as a researcher at Radio-Québec. Beauchemin's first novel, ''L'enfirouapé'' (1974), won the Prix France-Québec. His second novel, ''Le matou'' (1981), became the all-time best-selling novel in French Quebec literature and has been translated into seventeen languages. Beauchemin won the Prix Jean Giono for his third novel, ''Juliette Pormerleau'' (1989). In his fiction Beauchemin is a detached but caring observer of the contemporary world around him. The panoramic canvases of his novels capture the teeming life of the streets, reflecting their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier Barsalou-Duval
Xavier Barsalou-Duval (born November 10, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. He was president of the Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois from 2011 to 2015 and campaigned for Mario Beaulieu in the 2014 leadership race. He was elected with the lowest percentage of the vote of any Member of Parliament in 2015, gaining only 28.6% of the vote due to vote splitting and a close race in his riding. Barsalou-Duval was one of three Bloc MPs who supported Martine Ouellet's leadership during a caucus revolt A caucus revolt occurs when enough members of a political party pressure its leadership to step down or to remove planned bills, legislation or policies from its platform. A caucus revolt generally concludes with the party leader resigning their ... and remained with the Bloc caucus when seven MPs resigned on February 28, 2018 to sit as Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forum Jeunesse Du Bloc Québécois
The ''Forum jeunesse du Bloc Québécois'' ( en, Youth forum of the Bloc Québécois) (or FJBQ) is the youth wing of Canada's Quebec sovereigntist federal political party, the Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que .... It is composed of members of the Bloc Québécois between the ages of 16 and 30. The current President of the FJBQ is Jean-Philippe Molnar. References External links Official website Bloc Québécois Youth wings of political parties in Canada {{Canada-poli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Laurier
Lucie Laurier (born 19 March 1975) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performances in the films ''Anne Trister'', for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987, and ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'', for which she received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007. Filmography * 1985 : '' Le Vieillard et l'enfant'' * 1986 : ''Henri'' : ''Liliane'' * 1986 : ''Anne Trister'' : ''Sarah'' * 1987 : '' Le diable à quatre'' * 1989 : '' Chambres en ville'' (television series) : ''Caroline #1'' * 1990 : ''Les Filles de Caleb'' (television series) : ''Émilie (jeune)'' * 1991 : '' Love-moi'' : ''Danielle'' * 1994 : ''Chili's Blues (C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues)'' : ''Chili'' * 1995 : ''Black List (Liste noire)'' : ''Valérie Savard'' * 1996 : '' Love Me, Love Me Not (J'aime, j'aime pas)'' : ''Winnifred'' * 1996 : ''Tarzan'' :(television series) : '' Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djemila Benhabib
Djemila Benhabib ( ar, جميلة بن حبيب) (born 1972) is a Canadian journalist, writer, and politician who lives in Bruxelles, Belgium. She is of Algerian and Greek-Cypriot descent, and is known for her opposition to Islam. Biography She was born in Ukraine in 1972, but grew up in Algeria. Her father is Algerian and her mother Greek Cypriot. She was a finalist for the 2009 Governor General's Literary Awards for her non-fiction book ''Ma vie à contre-Coran: une femme témoigne sur les islamistes''. Her second book is ''Les soldats d'Allah à l'assaut de l'Occident''. In 2010, she appeared on the ''Jean-Marie Colombani invite'' show on Public Sénat, the television channel of the French Senate. In 2012, she received ''Le Prix international de la laïcité''. She was the Parti Québécois candidate for Trois-Rivières in the 2012 Quebec general election, but narrowly failed to defeat the sitting member, Danielle St-Amand. She was again candidate in 2014, this time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Landry
Bernard Landry (; March 9, 1937 – November 6, 2018) was a Canadian politician who served as the 28th premier of Quebec from 2001 to 2003. A member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), he led the party from 2001 to 2005, also serving as the leader of the Opposition from 2003 to 2005. Personal life Landry was born on March 9, 1937, in Saint-Jacques, Quebec, (near Joliette), the son of Thérèse Granger and Bernard Landry. Landry was first married to Lorraine Laporte first a lawyer and later a court judge on Quebec justice system with whomm he had three children. After his wife's death to cancer in 1999, in 2004, he married script writer and former yé-yé singer and actress Chantal Renaud. Landry was classically trained by the clergy and retained some Latin. A native speaker of French, he also spoke fluent English and Spanish. Landry received a degree in law from the Université de Montréal, and a degree in economics and finance from Sciences Po Paris. From September 2005, he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste
The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society (french: Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste) is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec sovereignism. It is known as the oldest patriotic association in French North America. The society's president from 2009 to 2014, Mario Beaulieu, subsequently became leader of the Bloc Québécois. Its current president, Maxime Laporte, is known for being coordinator (president) of ''Cap sur l'indépendance'', an umbrella group of various independentist organisations. History The society was created by Ludger Duvernay, a journalist for ''La Minerve'' in Lower Canada. It evolved from the Société ''Aide-toi et le ciel t'aidera'' ("help yourself and heaven will help you"), which was founded by Duvernay on March 8, 1834. Most notably, it made the 24th of June St. John the Baptist day, the national day of the Quebecers. In 1922, June 24 became a public holiday in Quebec, and since 1977 it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
