OTTAWA— The party that wants to break up Canada fell apart on Wednesday when seven of the 10 Bloc Québécois MPs in the House of Commons quit to protest Martine Ouellet’s leadership style. “I am staying on as leader,” Ouellet told reporters Wednesday morning, after 70 per cent of her caucus walked out in opposition to her direction of the party. Hours later, the seven protesting MPs assembled in the House as independent members who now refer to themselves as the Groupe parlementaire Québécois. But it was Ouellet’s stance on that very issue that formed the crux of the departing MPs’ opposition to the Bloc leader. She has kept her provincial seat in Quebec, opting to lead the Bloc caucus from the sidelines of the Commons.

Source: thestar February 28, 2018 15:44 UTC