Bloc Montréal calls out use of N-word in leaders' debate: “Only in Quebec”

Bloc Montréal candidate Joel DeBellefeuille has released a statement calling out Québec Solidaire leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon for using the N-word in quoting the name of a book by Pierre Vallières at the Quebec leaders’ debate on Thursday night.

DeBellefeuille posted a link to the video, where Plamondon taunts Nadeau-Dubois into saying the title of the book, which includes the N-word, for “academic freedom.”

“Only in Quebec, where it’s ‘OK’ for leaders of political parties to drop the N-word on national television because it’s ‘only’ a title of a book. Unbelievable.”
—Joel DeBellefeuille

Only in #Quebec, where it's "ok" for leaders of political parties to drop the N-word on national television because it's "only" a title of a book. Unbelievable. @GNadeauDubois @PaulPlamondon Gents, let's go for coffee to discuss do's & don'ts. @CultMTL @CJAD800 @CityNewsMTL #BMtl pic.twitter.com/ZFV8zQIbBB
— Joel DeBellefeuille (@DeBellefeuille_) September 17, 2022

Québec Solidaire’s Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Parti Québécois’s Paul St-Pierre Plamondon used the N-word at Thursday’s debate.

In another statement, DeBellefeuille said, “The excessive use of the word, regardless of the context, will keep discrimination alive and well in Quebec for years to come.”

And the ignorance starts again where people think it's ok to drop the N-word on my posts; regardless if they are quoting a title of a book. The excessive use of the word regardless of the context, will keep discrimination alive and well in #Quebec for years to come. @CultMTL https://t.co/KZp6Za8JeK
— Joel DeBellefeuille (@DeBellefeuille_) September 17, 2022

Bloc Montréal calls out use of N-word in leaders’ debate: “Only in Quebec”

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