Parizeau, Levesque and Bouchard
All failed though they tried very hard.
They got the acclaim
But who gets the blame
But poor little Premier Bernard.
By Harry Mayerovitch [harry.mayerovitch@mcgill.ca]
Find 26 W-Ns On Benard Landry
2008
Friday Jun 20, 2008 Honoured former premiers compare political notes
After presenting Quebec's highest honour to his five living predecessors, making them Grands officiers.
Bernard Landry, Parti Québécois premier from 2001 to 2003, said he likes the idea. "The Americans do it. The French do it. Why not?" In his speech, Landry quoted former British prime minister Tony Blair, who said when he resigned, "I have been proud to be the leader of the greatest nation on Earth." Landry said he, too, was proud to have led "this worthy nation."
Wednesday 31 January 2007 Landry warns Boisclair to get act together
Former Parti Quebecois leader Bernard Landry has warned his successor Andre Boisclair that he has to immediately improve his performance because an election looms.
Tuesday 03 October 2006 MONTREAL (CP) Landry named patriot of year by nationalist group
- Former Parti Quebecois premier Bernard Landry has joined an exclusive club of Quebecers who have been singled out for their efforts to promote nationalism.
Landry, 69, has been named "Patriot of the Year" by the Montreal branch of the Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
He joins 29 other Quebec artists, labour leaders and politicians who have received the title since 1975.
The society says the award commemorates the victory of a small group of French "patriotes" over English troops in November 1837 as they fought for democracy, liberty and the recognition of Quebec's national identity.
The battle took place in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, a town about 50 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
During a news conference in Montreal, Landry also said it was inappropriate to pick former PQ premier Pierre Marc Johnson to head an inquiry into the collapse of an overpass in Laval, north of Montreal.
He said he sees a problem with a former premier being called on to judge 35 years of public administration which include the actions of a government run by Johnson.
factbits on Premier-of-Quebec
2005
Tuesday Jun 7, 2005 ts
Au revoir neighbour, you`re a pain in the derrière
People who ask me what Bernard Landry`s resignation as head of the Parti Québécois means for Quebec and its future as a part of Canada have come to the right person.
Tuesday Jun 7, 2005 ts
Sovereignty stirs as Landry departs
The cause of independence among Quebecers was a slumbering issue until last weekend. Despite the huge lead of the sovereignist Bloc Québécois over the federal Liberals in Quebec opinion polls, and the popularity of the Parti Québécois over Liberal Premier Jean Charest`s provincial government, sovereignty or separation was not high on most voters` lists.
Sunday Jun 5, 2005 ts
Resignation puts pressure on Bloc`s Duceppe
MONTREAL—In the wake of Bernard Landry`s abrupt resignation from the leadership of the Parti Québécois, Gilles Duceppe is a federal leader on the spot.
Sunday Jun 5, 2005 ts
Landry quits as PQ leader
Move startles party members
....Although the Parti Québécois is now soaring in the polls, the 68-year-old leader faced a confidence vote at the weekend convention to test his leadership. He received 76.2 per cent of the support of 1,600 delegates
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 np
PQ heavyweights get behind Landry
Party stalwarts loyal to Parti Quebecois Leader Bernard Landry rallied to his side Sunday, blasting dissidents who have called on him to quit.
Monday Feb 14, 2005 gaz
Landry's supporters close ranks
In a carefully scripted show of force, Parti Quebecois members loyal to the leader yesterday went head-to-head with rebellious members who are calling for Landry's head in what is now an open party leadership war.
Sunday Feb 13, 2005 gaz
Parti Quebecois leader Bernard Landry, who faces a confidence vote in June, sits with his wife, Chantal Renaud, at yesterday's national council meeting in Trois Rivieres. Despite renewed calls for his head and fuzzy, conditional endorsements by prominent Pequistes, Landry confidently declared at a news conference that the worst is over for him and he has convinced the naysayers. I have sensed for the last several weeks that I have reason to be confident,= Landry said.. Power, then sovereignty
Embattled Parti Quebecois chief Bernard Landry defended his leadership against criticism yesterday, pledging to lead the party to victory and Quebec to sovereignty if it sticks with him.
Sunday Feb 13, 2005 gaz
PQ heavyweights get behind Landry
Party stalwarts loyal to Parti Quebecois Leader Bernard Landry rallied to his side Sunday, blasting dissidents who have called on him to quit.
Sunday Aug 29, 2004 LANDRY VOWS TO STAY ON AS PQ LEADER
Embattled Parti Québécois chief Bernard Landry vowed Friday to stay on
as leader, hours after a former PQ deputy premier called for a race to
replace him.
Sunday Jun 27, 2004 gaz
Parti Quebecois leader Bernard Landry weds Chantal Renaud at a civil ceremony in Vercheres's municipal courthouse yesterday. " Landry and Renaud say 'oui'
Wed in leader's riding. Well-wishers and curious greet bride and groom
After years of being referred to as Bernard Landry's partner, Chantal Renaud became the wife yesterday of the leader of the official opposition of Quebec.
Renaud, a Quebec vedette during her 20s and currently a screenwriter in France, was a friend of Landry and his first wife, Lorraine Laporte.
A fan threw lily petals at newlyweds Bernard Landry and Chantal Renaud as they left the Manoir ancestral de Vercheres yesterday" The 100 guests, including Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe and Cree Grand Chief Ted Moses, dined on Quebec cheeses, croissants, smoked meats and other country fare, Landry media aide Annick Belanger said.
"If Gilles Duceppe came to get married, I'd come to applaud him," he said. "If (Premier) Jean Charest came, I'd come to throw him a tomato."
Friday Apr 16, 2004 gaz
Landry says he would undo demergers
Former Quebec Premier Bernard Landry said Friday that if he is returned to power he would undo any municipal demergers if they were to occur. ...Landry said that to demolish the megacities would be one of the worst things to ever occur in the political history of Quebec.
2003
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
QUEBEC -- Premier Bernard Landry said Wednesday he will stay on as Parti Quebecois leader but won't lead the party into the next election.
Landry, 66, said he is ready for the job of helping rebuild the PQ, which lost last week's election after winning only 45 of the province's 125 seats.
``What I'm telling you today is that, in the interests of the party, I'm staying, but for the same reasons I won't lead the party during the next election campaign,'' he told a news conference.
Landry succeeded Lucien Bouchard as premier in March 2001.
He joined the Parti Quebecois soon after its founding in 1968. He was first elected to the legislature in 1976 and then served in a variety of cabinet roles.
Thursday, April 17, 2003 Landry to step down after spring sitting
Bernard Landry will step down after the spring sitting of the National Assembly, clearing the way for a Parti Québécois leadership race in the fall, a source close to the premier says
Sunday Mar 16, 2003 cbc
PQ PROMISES SOVEREIGNTY BLUEPRINT IF ELECTED
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry has unveiled the Parti Quebecois' platform
for the next provincial election, including a promise to draw up a
blueprint for sovereignty. ...and some of the other 25 promises
Monday Jan 13, 2003
 QUEBEC ELECTION APRIL 14
Quebecers will go to the polls in just over four weeks, on April 14.
 Bernard Landry announces the Quebec provincial election.
(Runs 11:31)
Landry confident of election victory
A confident-sounding Bernard Landry said Wednesday he believes his Parti Quebecois can win a third consecutive mandate on April 14 but only if it works hard and gets its message across to voters.
Monday Mar 10, 2003 cbc
 LANDRY IN HOT WATER OVER REMARKS ON WOMEN
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry landed in controversy Sunday when he told
a female PQ colleague, "Don't talk to me about women's groups. Me, I
prefer meeting the president of Sun Life." [good for him; not even worth reporting. We include this to point out stupid people can be. Esp. the CBC DTN]
Monday Mar 10, 2003 MONTREAL:
QUEBEC COULD HAVE CONSTITUTION BEFORE INDEPENDENCE--LANDRY
Premier Bernard Landry said Sunday Quebec could adopt its own
constitution even before gaining independence from Canada. According
to motions adopted at a weekend Parti Quebecois policy convention, if
the PQ is re-elected in a vote expected in April, the government
should create such a fundamental document as a symbol of nationalist
identity. Motions adopted at the meeting proposed that a
government-appointed committee should write the constitution and then
submit it for public approval in a referendum. Although the partisan
motion isn't binding on the government, Mr. Landry clearly supported
the measure. On Saturday, Mr. Landry told the convention there may be
another sovereignty referendum -- if the PQ is re-elected. But he
said that won't happen unless sovereigntists sell independence to
their fellow Quebecers. Mr. Landry said he would decide on another
referendum only when party members had prepared Quebecers for one.
Finance Minister Pauline Marois will table a budget on Tuesday. On
Wednesday, Mr. Landry is expected to call an election for April 14th.
The PQ, which has held office since September 1994, advocates
independence for Quebec, but the issue has been on the back burner
for several years.
Friday Mar 7, 2003 Landry is most popular leader :poll
According to the results of a poll published in a Montreal newspaper Friday, Parti Québecois chief Bernard Landryis the most popular leader in Quebec.
The Léger-Marketing survey results appeared in the Journal de Montréal and Landry was chosen by 36 per cent of respondants as the best choice for premier. Mario Dumont of the Action démocratique was the choice of 24 per cent of those surveyed and the Liberals' Jean Charest was chosen by 21 per cent.
The order of popularity of the three men among francophone voters was the same with their respective percentages being 42, 25 and 16 per cent..
When asked which party had the best election platform, 32 per cent chose the PQ, 27 per cent the ADQ and 21 per cent the Liberals.
A total of 1,010 Quebecers were surveyed between February 26 and March 3. The margin of error is considered to be 3.4 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
Premier Bernard Landry was in an embarrassing flap Wednesday after suggesting the poor should manage to feed their children because even birds - with their small brains - can do it. [The media is stupid to even report on this .... those that complain are the real bird brains! DTN]
Despite any disagreement that one has with Mr. Landry and his politics, it seems that we expect our politicians to go through life without saying things that would have been better, had they been phrased differently. There is probably no living human being possessing the ability to speak who has not regretted having made statements that sounded more offensive to the ear than anticipated. The ability to avoid making gaffes or the ability to explain them away is certainly a poor benchmark against which to judge their politics, good will or intelligence. ..do we judge our politicians solely on the basis of gaffes.”
2002
Monday Dec 2, 2002 UL Landry fires sovereignty advisor Legault
Premier Bernard Landry's adviser on sovereignty, Josée Legault, has been fired over personal disagreements with fellow staff members, a spokesman for the premier said Wednesday.
Monday Dec 2, 2002 cbc LANDRY VOWS TO FIGHT 'FALSEHOOD' OF CANADIAN UNITY
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry says tax breaks are only the start of his
renewed push for the biggest break of all - a split from the rest
of the country.
Monday Dec 2, 2002 QUEBEC CITY:
TAX BREAKS ANNOUNCED FOR SOVEREIGNTY BACKERS
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry is promising to kick-start the
independence movement by introducing tax breaks on donations to a new
sovereigntist organization. Contributions to the new Council for
Sovereignty will be treated like charitable donations. That will
allow the Quebec government to indirectly fund pro-sovereigntist ad
campaigns. The council will immediately get $250,000 from Parti
Quebecois coffers. Mr. Landry says the measure will counter
federalist "propaganda," noting the Canadian Unity Council enjoys
similar tax privileges. Mr. Landry made the announcement Saturday in
his opening remarks to a weekend Parti Quebecois convention. Recent
public opinion surveys show the PQ trailing both the Action
Democratique party and the provincial Liberal party in popularity.
Tuesday Feb 12, 2002 cbc
PREMIER WANTS TO CHANGE VOTING LAWS 
LANDRY SAYS HE'S COMMITTED TO SOVEREIGNTY
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry insists he is still committed to
sovereignty in the wake of another cabinet resignation.
Opera Night 2002 Thank you Hans Black for a night with Bryn Terfel an outstanding Welshman, slide show Bryn Terfel did sing at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. {He is a world class bass/baritone and a fun person on & off the stage DTN].
le 25 avril 2002.
Je respecte beaucoup M. Desrochers et son Institut: Bernard Landry 
M. Charest: [...] Si vous me permettez, c'est parce que je veux vous citer une étude qui a été rendue publique en février 2002. Le titre, c'est La Cité, une politique efficace pour la nouvelle économie? C'est par Pierre Desrochers. M. Landry: Par qui? M. Charest: Pierre Desrochers, directeur de la recherche de l'Institut économique de Montréal. [...] M. Landry: [J]e respecte beaucoup M. Desrochers et son Institut. --Échange entre Jean Charest, chef du Parti libéral du Québec, et Bernard Landry, premier ministre du Québec, lors d'un débat en commission parlementaire,
Wednesday Apr 17, 2002 rci LANDRY'S PQ LOSES THREE QUEBEC BYELECTIONS
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Bernard Landry's Parti Québécois
suffered a triple loss Monday. It lost three byelections,
including one considered a party stronghold. Two Montreal
ridings were easily won by Jean Charest's Liberals, while voters
in Saguenay elected l'Action Démocratique du Québec (ADQ).
Saguenay, a riding the PQ won by more than 10,000 votes in 1998,
was politically symbolic for Landry, who visited it several
times during the campaign to support candidate Louise Levasseur.
Instead, the ADQ's François Corriveau won with 47.8 per cent of
the vote, followed by Liberal candidate Isabelle Melancon. The
ADQ victory will give the party two seats in the province's
125-seat legislature. Leader Mario Dumont has been the sole
elected representative for several years. Liberal Anna Mancuso
won the Montreal riding of Viger with more than 70 per cent of
the vote, while Anjou, the other Montreal riding, also remained
Liberal. Lise Theriault won with 54.6 per cent of the vote.
Charest said he was pleased with his party's showing, and
repeated his call for a general election. Since Landry became
premier in early 2001, the PQ has won two of five byelections
but retains a legislative majority with 69 seats. The Liberals
follow with 51, ADQ has two, and three seats are vacant.
Tuesday Feb 12, 2002 cbc
PREMIER WANTS TO CHANGE VOTING LAWS
Premier Bernard Landry says he wants to change the law to allow referendums to
be held at the same time as general elections, saying the questions could touch on any issue other than sovereignty.
Tuesday Feb 12, 2002 cbc
 PQ FEELS HEAT FROM LATEST RESIGNATION
Quebec Premier Bernard Landry has been forced to announce the outline of
a proposed lobbying law earlier than planned, after his government was
hit by two high profile resignations this week.
Tuesday Feb 12, 2002 cbc
PQ LOSES ANOTHER CABINET MINISTER
Quebec's ruling Parti Quebecois lost another cabinet minister on
Tuesday, when Natural Resources Minister Gilles Baril announced his
surprise resignation.
Saturday Feb 9, 2002 ANDRY RALLIES PQ MILITANTS
Premier Bernard Landry says he wants to carry the Parti Quebecois
to another election victory.
Landry has been critical of Liberal leader Jean Charest, calling him impatient for repeatedly asking for a spring election.
On Friday, deputy premier Pauline Marois told reporters categorically there would be no election this spring.
Delegates at the party's national council were more preoccupied with allegations of kickbacks to party members, and the issue of health care.
Le Devoir says the executive director of the Parti Quebecois received $200,000 in lobbying fees for helping cultural groups win a series of government grants.
Sovereignty support drops
In fact, the number of Quebecers behind sovereignty is down to the level it was at in 1980.
The opposition Quebec Liberal Party still has more overall support than the Parti Quebecois.
44.8 per cent of people polled indicated they would vote Liberal if an election were held today.
That compares to 38 per cent support for the Parti Quebecois.
But the P.Q. now has an eight per cent lead among francophone voters, which represents an overall rise in the popularity of the party.
Tuesday Jan 22, 2002 cbc
LANDRY NOT READY FOR HEALTH MEETING: CHAREST
Liberal leader Jean Charest says Premier Bernard Landry is going to this week's
premiers meeting on health care, poorly prepared. Charest says Landry has no plan to fix the
province's health system.
Saturday Jan 5, 2002 QUEBEC PREMIER SUES GAZETTE AND RADIO STATION CIQC FOR LIBEL
Barring any last minute settlement, Bernard landry's lawyers will be going to court Monday.
2001
Tuesday, November 27, 2001 Landry calls for currency union in the Americas
Quebec's premier says it's time Canada dumped its currency and built an economic union from Alaska to Chile
November 18, 2001 SEPT. 11 OFFERS SOVEREIGNTY LESSON: LANDRY
When "nations" like Quebec fail to win independence the frustration can
boil into the kind of rage behind recent attacks against the United
States, warns Premier Bernard Landry.
November 17, 2001 Landry stands by sovereignty, despite poll results He said putting sovereignty on the back burner would be absurd, in light of the 45 per cent of poll respondents who said they still support sovereignty - an option that is even more popular than the PQ.
The PQ leader also directed sharp attacks against the leader of the QLP, calling Jean Charest "a constitutional limbo dancer."
November 17, 2001 Landry promises to crack down on striking teachers "We will do our best within the framework of the laws to protect the rights of children and their parents," he told reporters.
"The courts will decide, just like it happened a couple of weeks ago."
More than 200 Montreal schools are likely to be paralysed by the proposed strike which could begin as early as Monday. Students have been told not to attend school on those days. [Goodie ]
2/Oct/2001 Landry says PQ isn't about to give up Quebec sovereignty option
Premier Bernard Landry said Tuesday the two crushing byelection defeats suffered by his Parti Quebecois won't sway the party from its sovereigntist objectives. But Landry said the immediate priority for his government is to prepare Quebecers for any further immediate economic down swing.
Mon 8/20/01 Landry waffles on timing
By: KEVIN DOUGHERTY
One day after announcing the end of the Bouchard era in the Parti Quebecois, Premier Bernard Landry sounded a lot like Lucien Bouchard yesterday as he waffled on the timing of a new referendum on Quebec sovereignty.
Landry said Saturday that "starting now," things would be different in the PQ. The promise was made in the apparent hope that under his leadership, the party can distance itself from Bouchard's program of controversial municipal mergers while reaffirming its core commitment to sovereignty.
Sun 8/19/0 LANDRY SETS SIGHTS ON SOVEREIGNTY
Premier Landry has set out his goals for the next few years. The premier has told reporters in Rimouski he expects to win the next election in the year 2003 -- and go on to make Quebec sovereign by 2005.
Do see Quebec’s Next Referendum – Some Alternatives for Canada or
How to Enjoy the Coming Referendum in Québec
by REED SCOWEN
May 2001 Literary Review of Canada davidnicholson_99/ReedScowen.htm
Thu 3/8/01 7:00 PM LANDRY SWORN IN AS PREMIER OF QUEBEC
Bernard Landry has been sworn in as premier of Quebec. Landry, who said
becoming premier is a dream come true, was acclaimed leader of the Parti
Québécois last Friday after his competition stepped down
before a leadership convention could be held.
cbc.ca/
Sat 3/10/01 8:01 AM Landry could be Trojan horse
By: JOSH FREED
Last fall, I complained that Quebec had vanished from the Canadian news as the rest of the country lost interest in our debates and became infatuated with Stockwell Day.
But I am pleased to say the news blackout was short-lived.
See JOSH FREED
Tuesday, 27 February, 2001, 07:23 GMT
Top post for Quebec deputy premier
Bernard Landry apologised for flag comment
By Mike Fox of the BBC in Montreal
"Quebec is a nation, just like Sweden or Denmark or Scotland" quote Landry
Wed 2/28/01 7:02 AM LANDRY OFFENDED BY $1.5-BILLION PAYMENT
The federal Industry minister finds it strange that Quebec's soon-to-be
premier is not reacting positively to $1.5 billion in equalization
payments. Bernard Landry calls the federal money ''degrading''.
montreal.cbc.ca
6/Feb/2001 Ottawa Citizen Op-Ed Bernard Landry: A Quebec Hedgehog Although you may have seen this already, I was not aware that it had run on 6 February 2001 as it did not appear on the Internet. Hope that you find it of interest. David Jones davidnicholson_99/Jones.htm
From today's NYTimes:
Landry Crowned As Quebec Separatist Leader
By REUTERS
Filed at Sat 3/3/01 10:31 p.m. ET
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Quebec (Reuters) - Bernard Landry, a political veteran who
said as a boy he wanted to become "president of the Republic of Quebec,"
was chosen leader of the ruling separatist Parti Quebecois on Friday night,
a post that will make him the province's premier.
The firebrand Landry, currently the province's finance minister, was
unopposed in his bid to replace popular moderate Lucien Bouchard as leader
of the Parti Quebecois. He will be sworn in as premier of Canada's largest
province next Thursday.
A party official told cheering delegates gathered for a three-day convention
in this city east of Montreal that Landry was elected by acclamation as
president of the Parti Quebecois because he faced no opposition for the
post. The party has been in power since 1994.
Landry has said he would not be shy about pushing the separatist agenda,
despite polls showing fading support in mainly French-speaking Quebec for
pulling out of the world's second largest country.
At age 63, he has devoted more than half his life to the dream of an
independent Quebec, which would be four times the size of France.
He helped found the Parti Quebecois in 1968, and his hard-line stance will
no doubt worsen already tense ties between the provincial government and the
federal government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien in Ottawa.
An articulate and outspoken orator, Landry was bitterly disappointed when
the Parti Quebecois narrowly lost the 1995 referendum on separation from
Canada. In the referendum, Quebecers rejected separation by 50.6 percent to
49.4 percent. In 1980, they voted against a form of independence by 60
percent to 40 percent.
Bouchard shocked Canadians in January when he announced his resignation as
premier and Parti Quebecois leader, signaling he was weary of trying to
ignite the once passionate flames for an independent Quebec.
Landry came once to speak at the Athenaeum, about 6 years ago, I think it
was. I was so infuriated by his misrepresentations, dodges, arrogance, and
his tone (speaking to American idiots) that I had a tough time sitting still
and not saying anything. When the questioning by our so-savvy members became
too pointed, when Landry realized he wasn't talking to a bunch of dimwits
with no knowledge of Canada, he quickly closed off the question-and-answer
period, pleaded a pressing schedule (forgetting that at the beginning of his
talk he had said there was ample time afterwards to talk with us) and
practically bolted out the door. The haste of his departure, his abruptness,
and his rudeness in the way he closed off the discussion caused quite a bit
of bad feeling. He obviously either didn't know or didn't care that
Athenaeum members have close ties to Quebec.
Thanks to Sandra Sizer Moore
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