The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, gave an interview on the independence of Quebec on Danish national television… in Danish.
Posted yesterday at 7:38 p.m.
The interview was shared by the Party on the social network X, formerly Twitter, late Friday morning.
We see the Danish journalist Anders Agger, from the show Anne & Anders, join Mr. Plamondon in his office in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal. The journalist then asks him questions on the question of identity and independence in Quebec. The interview is completely in Danish.
In 1994, while he was between high school and CEGEP, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon did an exchange with a family in southern Denmark for a year, as part of the AFS Canada program.
He has not forgotten the language or his host family, with whom he has been in contact every year since, he said in the report.
It was even the “sister” in his host family who helped him prepare for this interview in Danish.
As for the journalist from Danmarks Radio, “he goes all over the world to find subjects of interest”, indicates Louis Lyonnais, director of communications for the Parti Québécois.
Not the same culture
During this interview, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon notes that Quebec does not exist internationally. When he lived in Denmark, people were surprised to learn that Canadians spoke French.
He also claims to feel in another country when he goes to other Canadian provinces. As for the reasons for Quebec to become independent from the rest of the country, Mr. Plamondon cites the example of the environment and fossil fuel subsidies in Alberta. He says that Quebec would like to take this money and invest it in renewable energies, for example.
