RetroBites: Rene Levesque

[MajBlood]

Oh my gawd! The interviewer is Trudeau!

[Haasenfeffer]

this guy speaks pretty good english for a quebec separatist douchebag

[crazyforcanada]

@Haasenfeffer - Levesque is not a separatist; he's a communist. The Parti Quebecois was formed out of a merger of a variety of largely communist, communist-influenced or communist infiltrated movements. The declared goal of Quebec secession as early as 1964 was to impose a Marxist constitution on Quebec, and lead it to socialism, followed by world communism. The big egos of some racist, paranoid people have led us down the road to destrying Canada for COMMUNISM.

[zonkercousteau]

@crazyforcanada It's people like you who give ammunition to the separatists. They are not communists. I think you have to brush up on what communism is. Your statements, it seems, make you out to be the racist, sir. If you actually listen, Lévesque is not advocating violence and was among the first to publicly denounce the tactics of the FLQ. Don't know where that idea of Marxist constitution came from. Québec was the first province to have a functioning Charter of Rights, my Tea Party friend.

[DavidVIIIcool]

Just amazing to see these 2 brilliant minds who debated the facts and ideas, not resorting to personal low blows like todays politicians.

[guinnesstrail]

I wonder how many today's politicians would be capable of this kind of political discourse. Human beings actually debating about ideas that matter and not reducing their thought patterns to sound bytes for the sake of brevity and fear of exposure. Can you imagine Stockwell Day and Justin Trudeau engaging in a civilized debate on the use of violence as political recourse in a police state or water skiing for that matter.

[CedricQuebecLibre]

At that time Lévesque was a minister for the Liberal party in Québec. Trudeau is a bastard who had a speech with english canadians and another one in french for quebecers...

[apache1839yahoo]

"Quebeckers look at Trudeau and see who they can become; and then the look at Levesque and see who they are"!

[gags069]

Why Lévesque is controversial? In fact, in Québec, Trudeau is much more controversial. Every city or village has a street named after René Lévesque and it's not the case for Trudeau except for the Montréal airport, named by Chrétien, not the people...

[gags069]

Why Lévesque is controversial? In fact, in Québec, Trudeau is much more controversial. Every city or village has a street named after René Lévesque and it's not the case for Trudeau except for the Montréal airport, named by Chrétien, not the people...

[gags069]

Why Lévesque is controversial? In Québec, Trudeau is much more controversial. Every city or village in Québec has a street named after René Lévesque. The name "Trudeau" is now persona non grata in Québec except for the airport named by Chrétien not by the people.

[gags069]

Why Lévesque is controversial (in the title)? I think that Trudeau is much more controversial in Québec today. In fact, Trudeau's name is "persona non grata" now. Every city or village has a René Lévesques' street. No PE Trudeau. Except for the airport, named by Chrétien (with the Mirabel mass, it's a shame) not by the people.

[Someone1348]

Castro, the new Batista.... I wish a lot of my fellow latin americans would understand that.

[pierre766]

...another question that strikes me is... what allows Trudeau to associate the Separatist movement with forces of DISorder,,, Why not the Duplessis movement or the Orangemen filled parliament in Ottawa ??????? very heavy questions on my mind right now ... !

[jobloe3393]

@pierre766 I remember another vid on here where Trudeau and Levesque discuss Duplessisme, it seems to have been removed though.

[mattdawson07]

I love politicians that can sit down and intelligently talk things through without Ego's getting involved. I wish there was more of that kind of politics today.

[bartonim]

@mattdawson07 This is the reason why I respected both men--even though I did not agree with Levesque. He was an intellect and in many ways a good man. I have and always will oppose separatism, but he could sit down and discuss thisgs calmly.

[pierre766]

...that old fox had balls the size of honeymelons and knew his business. When Lévesque spoke, all English Canada listened ! Now show me a leader ! (and don't even try Harper).

[RockyG1978]

Agreed Pierre. I love this guy. And growing up English in Quebec I hated him. Levesque is a monster (that is a complement). Watch his Algierian interviews... unbelievable.

[pierre766]

thanks for the tip. I did go watch the Algerian interviews. How much more I do need to see before I die...

[0synesthete0]

I agree with you 100%. People in Anglophone Canada often make assumptions about 'Oh why can't the Frenchies get along with us'. You know the answer? Its because NONE of them have ever been to Québec, let alone lived there. I'm a bilingual anglophone from Ontario (now living in British Columbia), and I drove through Quèbec last summer, camping out and seeing small towns off the beaten track. As much as I loved it, that trip really helped me realize the truth in people like Lévesque's argument.

[Kuabla]

wow trudeau v levesque. i would love to see this in its entireity. does anyone know where it can be found?

[0synesthete0]

@Kuabla, CBC Archives website

[marcandrenadeau]

Trudeau = bourgoiesie's lapdog

[Acadianiste]

hear hear!

[CBCtv]

The date is a typo. It's from 1964. Thank you for pointing it out.

[bfoaliali]

@CBCtv Thank you for keeping such tapes like these relevant.

[0Panchovilla0]

This is not from 1974. It is between 1964-1967. A piece of Quiet Revolution (it must be before 1968).

[stephanelauzon15]

you numbnuts if you knew even a tad of history would know that trudeau here is not prime minister go read you ignorant fools

[somewhatlongdong]

Rene Levesque was never a federal MP, and this is not 1974. This discussion took place in the late 1960's, on This Hour Has 7 Days. Whoever wrote this description has no idea what the hell they are talking about. This is relatively recent Canadian history, is that not taught anymore???

[spyuiro1]

POUR LE QUEBEC (L) LOVE QUEBEC

[ElvisDumont]

@

telekino

you're right, it's not from 1974, around 1968 probably.

[telekino]

Yo CBC - this clip certainly wasn't from 1974.

[ElvisDumont]

false, it was really in 1974. at the time RCMP wrote itself FLQ manifesto.

[mishimasword]

Don't forget Pierre Laporte!!!

[Mathesonguy]

P.E.T loves Castros form of order.

Levesque sounds quite resonable.

Vive Democracy. Crush the Bloc politically.

[ElvisDumont]

when we'll be a normal country, there will be no use for the Bloc.