Marois removes fleur-de-lys following poppy backlash

Posted By: Angelica Montgomery · 11/2/2012 1:55:00 PM

The premier will no longer sport the fleur-de-lys in the centre of her Rememberance Day poppy, after inciting a torrent of complaints from veterans.

A spokesperson in Pauline Marois' office says the premier did not think the move would create the controversies that it did.

"It was simply a question of esthetics. She wanted to put one on top of the other instead of having them side by side. That's it," says Marie Barrette, the premier's press agent.

She says Marois has a great respect for veterans and had no political intentions when she place the symbol of Quebec at the centre of her poppy.

From now on, the premier will wear the poppy according to protocol, which dictates that nothing should be put at its centre.

The Royal Canadian Legion says it received dozens of complaints after veterans saw Marois' lapel on television this week.

They said the symbol for fallen soldiers should not be politicized, since veterans fought for everyone in Canada.

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  1. Sally posted on 11/02/2012 04:12 PM
    you might be able to jerk around the Anglos, but don't piss off the veterans, they've already been to war and survived!
  2. Rudolph S posted on 11/02/2012 06:29 PM
    MERCI Pauline...you got the message.....
  3. Stan posted on 11/02/2012 07:05 PM
    Those soldiers died for the same flag she tried to have removed from a house of parliment residing in Canada.

    Among the myriad of off colour terms one could use to describe her, we can now add charlatan.

    I'd rather she remove it altogther.
  4. Murray posted on 11/02/2012 11:42 PM
    I think that Gerald Tremblay and Marois would make a nice couple. They are both very highly respected individuals and have much to offer humanity.

    I think that I am gonna be sick.
  5. Wayne59 posted on 11/04/2012 09:11 AM
    When a public figure such as Ms Marois is mandated to represent the people, it is well expected that the mandate be performed with a sense of class which should lack any terms of self-indulgence.Obviously, this was not the case as was shown this past week.This reckless behaviour of disrespecting our Veterans was not only classless, but shows the people what type of individual they chose to put in power. What were the people thinking ? Maybe a course in etiquette behaviour needs to be scheduled for the person in charge......Incroyable !!!!
    Lest we forget .....
  6. Cliff Oswald posted on 11/05/2012 01:50 AM
    Thousands of Canadians have worn a small Canadian flag in their poppies, so as not to lose them and to remember our Canadian fallen men and women. Those people gave their lives so that we may have the freedom to speak and show what we support. Ms. Marois, too, has the right to wear a fleur de lys in her poppy, if honoring the Francophone Quebecker is what she wishes to do. She holds the poppy in the same respect as we do. To pick on her for this is mean spirited and small minded. If we want respect, we have to give it too, even if we disagree with the wearer on other things.
  7. Drew posted on 11/05/2012 12:44 PM
    Another time she has to remove her foot from her mouth. This is becoming a on going experience for her and she is getting good at it.
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