And This Followed 22 Years Later
Governor General Michaelle Jean leaves her car and is escorted
to the Remembrance Day ceremonies.(November 11, 2005)
Her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond walks behind her.
Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada at the time, chose this individual to become Governor General of Canada on Sept. 27, 2005
The lady has a history that makes one wonder:
A Canadian Press article states that Governor General designate Michaelle Jean is shown in a documentary film cavorting with Parti Quebecois and FLQ members - where she toasts Quebec independence.
The article further reveals that convicted FLQ terrorist and separatist hero Jacques Rose built a bookshelf in Jean's home.
You remember Jacques Rose, don't you? He and his terrorist FLQ buddies kidnapped and murdered Quebec Vice-Premier Pierre LaPorte in October of 1970.
If Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin knew about these items prior to Jean's nomination, he must be on drugs to choose her to represent the Queen in Canada. If he didn't know about Jean's separatist leanings, Martin had better fire somebody.
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This video shows Michelle Jean, with six well known Quebec separatists, toasting to independence.
....Last week, writer Rene Boulanger wrote on the newspaper's website that Jacques Rose, a former member of the Front de liberation du Quebec, built a library in the home of the Lafond-Jean.
Rose served eight years as an accessory after the fact in the kidnap and murder of provincial cabinet minister Pierre Laporte in the 1970 October Crisis.
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More Background:
PM picks Quebecer, Haitian immigrant as next GG
Wed. Aug. 3 2005
The new Governor-General of Canada will be an award-winning journalist who was born in Haiti and immigrated to Quebec as a child.
Jean, 47, has worked for CBC and Radio-Canada since 1988. She is currently the host of the Newsworld documentary series, The Passionate Eye. She presents a similar series on the French-language news channel, RDI.
Her name did not appear on any of the speculative "short lists" published in newspaper columns in recent months. In fact, Jean has a relatively low public profile in English Canada.
The more high-profile Adrienne Clarkson, who also came to the job from CBC-TV, is stepping down in September after serving six years at Rideau Hall.
"It sounds like another Adrienne Clarkson type appointment," John Aimers of the Monarchist League told CTV. "Someone who has not been involved in politics who comes from the world of media, who has obviously a compelling life story."
Jean will become Canada's 27th governor general at a pivotal time in politics, with the Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberals into their second year of a minority government.
The appointment of a Quebecer seemed inevitable - it was Quebec's turn, the Martin couldn't afford to ignore the province. Liberals aren't polling well in the province, and there is a federal election expected next year.
Jean will be the first Quebecer to be governor general since Jeanne Sauve served from 1984 to 1990.
Jean's CBC bio says she speaks five languages fluently (French, English, Spanish, Italian and Haitian Creole). She has studied at the University of Montreal, plus universities in Florence, Milan and Perugia, Italy.
Jean's family fled Haiti during the reign of Francois ("Baby Doc") Duvalier, and she is the niece of a well-known Haitian writer, Rene Depestre, who chronicled his country's social and political problems.
Clarkson suffered criticism for her spending while in office -- the budget jumped 70 per cent over her six years. But Clarkson's defenders say she opened up Rideau Hall to more visitors, handed out more awards and travelled extensively across Canada.
While she received occasional darts for her junkets overseas, laurels came her way for extensive travels to Canada's far north, and her New Year's holidays with Canadian troops serving in the Arabian Sea and Afghanistan.
Jean, who has a six-year-old daughter with filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond, may have that same kind of star power in Quebec.
"She's a model of integration," says Quebec MP Denis Coderre. "She's a francophone. It sends a good message of symbolism."
From: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050804/new_gg_050803
At least two premiers think that incoming Governor General Michaelle Jean should tell Canadians her views on Quebec sovereignty and how she voted in the 1995 referendum.
Her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, met a number of former FLQ members when he worked on the 1994 National Film Board documentary, La Liberte en colere.
He co-wrote the film with Francis Simard, another FLQ member who was convicted for his role in killing provincial cabinet minister Pierre Laporte during the 1970 October Crisis.
From: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050812/jean_lafound_050812
