Anyone Watching Quebec Election Results

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois will be Quebec's next Premier.
The Globe and Mail has called a PQ minority government. Marois' party is leading or elected in 57 ridings, the Liberals are elected or leading in 46 ridings and the Coalition Avenier Quebec are in third with only 20 seats. The left-leaning Quebec Solidaire are currently leading in two ridings.
Marois, Quebec's first female premier, is poised to ruffle feathers in the rest of Canada. Throughout the campaign she has made it clear that her ultimate goal is an independent Quebec.
So, who is Pauline Marois - now, one of Canada's most powerful politicians?
Here is an overview:
Family Life:
Marois, 63, is a mother of four and grandmother of two who gave birth to her second child 11 days after being named to her first ministerial post in 1981.
She is married to Claude Blanchet, a Canadian financier who served as the CEO of Quebec's Union Funds.
Until recently, the two lived in a multi-million dollar estate known as La Closerie.</div></div>

Thoughts? Reactions?

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Seems like someone fired a shot in the crowd at her victory speech in Montreal at the point when she said she wants Quebec to be independent.

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A half mad looking White man in a blue bathrobe with a hood and a ski mask is being escorted away by police and he was shouting. A fire was set in the back alley behind the building where she was speaking. He shouted in French &quot;the English are waking up&quot;.

Two people have been injured.


WAY too much drama.

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dem a gwaan bad a keebek ee

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Man oh man..I am in Quebec this week.

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<span style="font-weight: bold">Apparent shot fired during Marois victory speech
PQ leader rushed off stage as police make arrest outside venue</span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois was rushed off the stage during her victory speech after a starter pistol was fired, prompting a quick response form security officials.

She returned a few minutes later and urged supporters who packed Montreal's Metropolis concert hall to leave camly.

&quot;There was a little unfortunate incident,&quot; she said.

Montreal police could be seen taking a man into custody outside the building.

After battling back from inner party turmoil and record lows in party support, Pauline Marois and the Parti Québécois have claimed victory over the incumbent Liberals. The PQ will return to power with a minority government after almost a decade in opposition.

Marois, 63, will now become the province's first female premier.

Before the incident, Marois took the podium as the gleeful crowd burst into a round of Gens du Pays, a nationalist anthem, Marois told all Quebecers she was hopeful they could put aside their differences for a united Quebec.

&quot;Voters have made a choice and we will respect it, and we will govern with all other parties at the national assembly,&quot; she told the packed room at Montreal's Metropolis concert hall.

&quot;We are all there to serve Quebecers. And I'm sure we will be able to find the right compromises. It's time to regain confidence to make the right decisions.&quot;</div></div>
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In English, Marois told anglophone Quebecers that their rights would be respected.

&quot;We share the same history, and I want us to shape together our future,&quot; she said.

While the minority win falls short of the majority the PQ made a heavy pitch for, it marks a significant loss for the Liberals, who, after nine years in power, gambled on a summer election a year before the end of their mandate.

Long-time premier Jean Charest lost his bet that student turmoil and a soft economy would be enough to push voters to support a Liberal government for a fourth term.</div></div>

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebecvote...sults-2012.html

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The police are saying the mad looking man came in and shot 2 people and then went outside and started a fire.

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WOW!! One of the people shot has died.

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Parti Quebcois victory party disrupted by gun shots and fire; one person is dead


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PQ Leader and now Premier-elect Pauline Marois' victory speech came to an abrupt end Tuesday night when she was whisked off stage by her personal security detail.
According to police, an armed man in his early fifties entered the rear of the Metropolis Building in Montreal where hundreds of party supporters were celebrating their minority victory.
The heavy-set man, wearing a blue bath robe shot two people, left the building and then set a fire to the back of the Metropolis. The small fire was quickly put out and policemen who were in the vicinity pursued and caught the suspect and have taken him into custody.
One unidentified victim has died and another is in critical condition and has been taken to hospital.
Officers had initially asked everyone to evacuate the building but that order seemed to be cancelled relatively quickly. Marois came back on stage and casually spoke to supporters. There seemed to be no panic in the building.
The Globe and Mail is reporting that the arrested man yelled &quot;The English are waking up, the English are waking up ... Yeah, yeah, that's enough,&quot; as police officers led him into a parked police car.
Investigators questioned people both inside and outside the building looking for potential witnesses.

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The suspect in the fatal shooting just before midnight during a Parti Québécois victory rally on election night is not a Montrealer, police told CBC as officers searched the vehicle of the alleged gunman this morning.

Police said they do know the 62-year-old suspect is from Quebec but aren't sure if he is an anglophone or francophone. They said he was speaking both languages.

Quebec provincial police are also looking into a report that a PQ member had received threatening messages prior to the attack, which left one man dead and another person critically wounded.

The suspect, wearing a blue robe and with his face partially covered by a balaclava, was arrested outside the venue and a rifle was seized. Police confirmed Wednesday morning that two guns had been confiscated after the incident.

The shooting occurred as Pauline Marois was giving her victory speech to supporters, prompting a swift response from the Parti Québécois leader's security team and an evacuation of the concert hall.

Police would not reveal the identities of the two victims as their families had not yet been notified.

The man shouted in French at TV cameras while being dragged toward the cruiser, &quot;The English are waking up!&quot; Police would only say that he spoke with an accent.

Police said the second shooting victim, who was taken to hospital in critical condition, was no longer in danger by about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

A third man was taken to hospital and treated for shock.

The gunman allegedly set a fire at the rear door of the building before he was detained. Police said four or five families living in the area were evacuated from their homes due to the fire, which they said was started with an incendiary device.

Police have met with 15 witnesses and officers finished searching the suspect's vehicle, and found more of the liquid that could have been used to start a fire.

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<span style="font-weight: bold">Questions swirl over how close shooter got to Pauline Marois</span>

His name is Richard Henry Bain. His age is 62. He runs a fishing lodge near Mont Tremblant.

But those are the only answers to the mounting questions surrounding the fatal shooting that marred Tuesday night’s Parti Québécois election victory.

Montreal Police, in concert with the Sûrete du Quebec, the force charged with protecting Quebec Premier-elect Pauline Marois, have opened a vast investigation into the shooting that killed one, injured a second and sent a third to hospital in a state of shock.

The images are disturbing. The shooter was wearing a <span style="font-size: 14pt">black balaclava</span> and eyeglasses, a black shirt and shorts covered by a<span style="font-size: 20pt"> blue bathrobe</span>.



Police say the suspect has been taken to hospital for unspecified treatment.

Definitely vexed, possibly deranged, the man was quickly wrestled to the ground by uniformed officers and led away in handcuffs, while shouting, “The English are rising up.”

Based on the limited information that has emerged and the circumstances, one can reasonably conclude that a political assassination was narrowly averted.

But how did the shooter get so close?

The Parti Québécois victory party at the Metropolis Theatre brought hundreds of enthusiastic partisans to one of the busiest corners of Montreal.

The main entrance to the theatre is off St. Catharine Street, but the entrance for PQ officials, media and the audio-visual technicians that ran the sound and lighting and visuals for the event was around the corner in a back lane called rue Boisbriand.

There, three separate doors lead into the theatre and were used throughout the night for television crews grabbing equipment from their trucks parked in the road and reporters or other party officials sneaking a quick cigarette as election results rolled in.

When Marois entered the theatre shortly after 11:30 p.m. to address her supporters and deliver her victory speech, she entered through the front door and made her way through the crowd and up to the stage.

From the events that have been pieced together, the shooter entered through rue Boisbriand and is believed to have been c<span style="font-size: 20pt">arrying an AK-47 automatic machine gun as well as a handgun</span>,



both of which police were seen examining in the aftermath of the attack.

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Police say Richard Henry Bain from Mont Tremblant is the suspect arrested after a shooting that left a 48-year-old man dead and another man critically wounded outside a Parti Québécois election victory party last night.

Police have also confirmed both victims were shot outside the Metropolis theatre in downtown Montreal just before midnight Tuesday. They said one of the victims, with the help of police, was dragged inside the building and the door was closed. That's when the suspect tried to burn the door down, said police.

The victim has been identified by provincial police as Denis Blanchette, a 48-year-old stagehand at the theatre. Police said Blanchette was the father of an eight-year-old girl

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/09/05/mtl-pq-victory-rally-attack.html

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<span style="font-weight: bold">Suspect in Quebec shooting identified</span>

Quebec police are attempting to determine whether a gun-wielding man wearing a bathrobe and a balaclava was targeting Quebec premier-elect Pauline Marois.

The shooter has been identified as Richard Henry Bain, owner of a hunting and fishing shop in La Conception, by the Journal de Montreal. The suspect, who is 62 years old and heavy-set, was armed with an assault rifle and a handgun.

MORE: One person shot dead during Pauline Marois’ victory speech

The gunman only got as far as a vestibule outside the hall Tuesday where the Parti Québécois leader was speaking when he shot and killed one person and seriously injured a second before he was apprehended by police.

According to one witness, his AK-47 rifle jammed.

As he was being led away, the alleged lone gunman shouted: “the anglos are waking up” in French with an English accent. Alternating between English and French he added: “There’s going to be<span style="font-weight: bold"> EDIT </span>payback. It’s enough. Wanna make trouble.”

MORE:Questions swirl over how close shooter got to Pauline Marois

Lieut. Guy Lapointe of the Quebec Provincial Police said Wednesday investigators were trying to establish whether “Madame Marois was the suspect’s target.” Since that possibility exists, the provincial force is “taking charge of the investigation.”

The provincial police are also looking into a report that a PQ member had received threatening messages prior to the attack.

Emergency Health spokesperson Stéphane Smith said a 48-year-old man died at the scene and two others were transported to hospital. The second shooting victim was 27 years old while a third was treated for shock. Neither victim has yet been identified.

The life of the second shooting victim is no longer considered in danger...

the deceased was a freelance lighting technician who worked with Solotech, a company that had been hired to work at the Metropolis nightclub on election night.

The wounded man, who was also an employee of Solotech, suffered minor injuries, an Emergency Health spokesman said.

Employees at Solotech, who knew the victim, were stunned by their colleague’s death, the Gazette reported. The company confirmed later the dead man was an employee.

“He went to work and was shot, it is unbelievable,” one employee told the Gazette. Another employee, who knew the victim, fought back tears as he talked about his friend. “My heart goes out to the family,” he said. The employees did not divulge the man’s name because they were not certain that his family had been notified.

“His death was confirmed on the spot,” said a spokesman for Emergency Health about 1 a.m. Wednesday.

A third man in his thirties, suffering from nervous shock, was taken to hospital for treatment.

According to another co-worker, the gunman fired a few shots before his rifle jammed.

“We were about 12 feet away — if it didn’t jam, we could have all been (hit). I lost a work colleague and another one was seriously injured because of this psychopath,” said the co-worker who called 911 and gave a description of the suspect, who was arrested near the scene.

Witnesses also said the suspect threw a Molotov cocktail against a door to the hall.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1251543--suspect-in-quebec-shooting-identified

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Clearly the guy was barking mad. What I would like to know is how a maddie-maddie smadddie wearing a baklava and bathrobe got so close to the stage door. Also, how come a mad man like that is permitted to run a hunting and fishing store. I wonder who he bribed.

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The security guards grabbed her in the middle of her speech and pulled her out of there. Speech cut short...victory celebration done.

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Police say Richard Henry Bain from Mont Tremblant is the supected gunman who left a 48-year-old man dead and another man critically wounded another outside a Parti Québécois election victory party last night.
Police have also confirmed both victims were shot outside the Metropolis theatre in downtown Montreal just before midnight Tuesday. They said one of the victims, with the help of police, was dragged inside the building and the door was closed. That's when the suspect tried to burn the door down, said police.
Eyewitness Martin Bouffard was videotaping the celebration for the Radio-Canada and heading to the back of the building when he heard a loud bang while he was trying to film the PQ leader's exit.
&quot;It sounded like fireworks. Every time we did the student protest, we heard fireworks. It was exactly the same thing. I saw some policemen with their guns in their hands rushing to the back.&quot;
Bouffard said he saw the suspect lying on the ground on his back, along with two or three policemen. He said there were two guns by his side.
Officers are also looking into the possibility that a PQ member received threatening messages prior to the shooting.
The suspect, wearing a blue robe and with his face partially covered by a balaclava, was arrested outside the venue and a rifle was seized. Police confirmed Wednesday morning that two guns had been confiscated after the incident.

&quot;It's a shock. Who would've thought something like this would happen? Especially on election night. Our thoughts are with the victims and the family, and we'll find out more today about what happened,&quot; he said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was &quot;angered and saddened&quot; by the incident, in a statement released Wednesday.
“It is a tragic day where an exercise of democracy is met with an act of violence,&quot; he said.
“This atrocious act will not be tolerated and such violence has no place in Canada. Canadians can rest assured that the perpetrator of last night’s events will face the full force of the law,” said Harper.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, in St. John's for an NDP caucus meeting, called for a moment of silence for the shooting victims. He said he is in a state of shock after what happened.
The gunman allegedly set a fire at the rear door of the building before he was detained. Police said four or five families living in the area were evacuated from their homes due to the fire, which they said was started with an incendiary device.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-po...-145738633.html

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So no one else has been following developments in Quebec?