|
|
|
|
| January 28, 2001 |
View / Download complete poll in PDF
 |
|
Quebec Hot Buttons: What Quebecers Think of Landry’s Comments on the Federal Government, the Flag, and Prostitution; Michaud’s Attack on Jews and Bouchard’s Response; and Referendum Prospects:
A Report to National Post, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald |
|||
|
The federal government called for the Quebec City zoo, an intended recipient of federal monies, to fly the Canadian flag. Quebec Deputy Premier Bernard Landry termed the request a provocation, a “red cloth,” and said that Quebecers would not prostitute themselves by assenting to the request.
Federalist critics portrayed Landry’s response as an effort to insult the flag by comparing it to a rag while Landry himself claimed that his words were being misrepresented, that he wished only to compare the flag to the red cloth used in bullfights to enrage the animal. Most Quebecers accept Landry’s explanation—that he was attacking the federal government (48%) rather than seeking to insult the flag (34%). Plurality support for Landry’s self-portrayal rests on intense support among separatist voters. For example, among Bloc voters, those supporting Landry’s explanation outnumber more than 3:1 those supporting his critics’ interpretation (see table below). Among federal Liberal voters, a plurality takes the view that the Deputy Premier was indeed trying to insult the Canadian flag. As might be expected, most English-speakers side with the critics while most French-speakers side with Landry |
|||
|
|
|||
|
|||
|
|