Gilles Duceppe
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"Gilles Duceppe" is a Canadian politician, and proponent of the Québec sovereignty movement. He was a Member of the Canadian House of Commons/Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for over 20 years and was the leader of the sovereigntist Bloc Québécois for almost 15 years. He is the son of a well-known Quebec actor, Jean Duceppe. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17, 1997, to June 1, 1997. He resigned as party leader after the Canadian federal election, 2011/2011 election, in which he lost his own electoral district (Canada)/seat to New Democratic Party (Canada)/New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Hélène Laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat.

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Why is this government so insensitive to the concerns of the middle-class people?

It is in their interest to negotiate with a sovereign Quebec for the best interests of both peoples.

This huge announcement will leave out truckers, taxi drivers and the vast majority of consumers.

I think he made the right decision. The situation has changed. He knows this himself. We have to take this into account and he did.

I went around Quebec saying the same thing I just said to you, and I see no opposition at all.

It could help the country, it could help the farmers, it could help the taxi drivers and so on. We have to do something. This is a crisis. It touches a lot of people, especially the forest people.

There'll be an army, of course.

It has that air, ... It would be surprising if it was Jean Chretien that leaked that part of the report. Who has an interest in doing that?

In other words, it's money talks.