10 quotes from Martine Ouellet on his week trying to “Tout le monde en parle”

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Caroline G. Murphy

Sunday, march 4, 2018 22:08

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The leader of the Bloc québécois Martine Ouellet is back on his difficult week during her stint on the set of Guy A. Lepage on Sunday evening.

Recall that seven of its members have disclaimed publicly slamming the door of the party on Wednesday.

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To the surprise of many, the member of the national Assembly explains his decision to remain in office at the head of the federal party, which now has three members in the House of commons.

Here are 10 quotes to remember from her interview:

1. “The problems that we have experienced this week, this is not new. Mario Beaulieu, has experienced the same problems in 2014.”

2. “This is not 7 against 3. They are departing against the rest.”

3. “There will be a vote of confidence in may 2019, it is already planned for the congress of the Bloc québécois.”

4. “I don’t think it is by resigning I’ll help the cause sovereignist. I think just, I have had this request of the members; where they say “why you talk about independence just in the forums of activists? We would like to hear you talk about independence all the time.””

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5. “It’s not 70 % of the people I work with [which I have disclaimed]. I also work with people from the national office, the permanence, of the youth committee, of the committee of citizenship, etc”

6. “It is difficult to receive as it a load of personal attacks and totally out of proportion with the many, many falsehoods without the opportunity to rectify. Attacks coming from hosts, commentators, again, personal, often false…”

7. “At one point, I said to myself, there is a proverb that says “when you want to kill your dog, you say he has rabies.” Calumnies, we see it full of newspapers and news…”

8. “I’m here to stay despite the difficulties. The policy is like an extreme sport. It takes a good health. It is necessary to have a carapace that is sufficient to support the charges of aggression, but not too big to not that people become cynical…”

9. Commenting on the outputs of certain “mothers-in-law” sovereignist: “I think people of previous generations would have to trust to the current generations. They can you leave us the chance to try? It’s just that I demand.”

10. “It is not with what happened this week that we are going to motivate the troops, but it is with what will happen then.”