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BQ Leader Gilles Duceppe: " There'll be an army"

OTTAWA (CP) - An independent Quebec would have its own military forces and spy service, says Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe, taking a firm stand on a traditionally wrenching issue for separatists.

"There'll be an army, of course," Duceppe said Tuesday in an interview with The Canadian Press. "We have to have those organizations, I would say." The leader of the sovereignist Bloc indicated the notion of creating a distinct security apparatus in a newly independent Quebec was no longer as controversial as it has been in the past.

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

(Tapping the "Threat-o-meter" gauge with finger )
tap-tap-tap. hmmmmmm. Nope. no movement at all...

He may have received "no opposition", but I'm willing to bet that lots of people who were buckled over in laughter at the idea of the fierce Quebec army serving in any role as a forward force of Western civilization. For a province with the worst health, economic and otherwise of the entire Candian Confederation to suddenly run out and spend 2 billion plus dollars on fancy aeroplanes, it does seem a bit far fetched even for the Quebec'ers, now doesnt it?

Posted @ October 19, 2005 12:19 AM | Current Affairs