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Ever since politically beleaguered Rene Levesque, 63, announced last June that he would resign both as Quebec's premier and leader of the ruling Parti Quebecois, provincial Justice Minister Pierre-Marc Johnson, 39, has been the front runner to succeed him. Last week, in a provincewide party election, Johnson won 60% of the vote and the helm of the party that swept to power in 1976 on a surge of sentiment for separating Quebec from the rest of Canada. He ascends to the provincial premiership that his father Daniel held from 1966 until his death...
Johnson, who holds degrees in both law and medicine, is ambiguous on the issue of independence. His election was a defeat for hard-line P.Q. separatists. Only one out of six Quebecers, according to a Gallup poll released last week, still favors secession. But his victory may prove short- lived. Quebec's Liberals, led by former Provincial Premier Robert Bourassa, 52, had already whittled the P.Q. majority in the national assembly, the provincial parliament, down to two votes. But in addition to resigning the premiership, Levesque also gave up his national assembly seat. His departure last week...
...fair, though, blame for its demise should be spread among several conspirators. Director Ted Kotcheff greedily sought to corner Quebec's French-Canadian market (Joshua was made and expected to flourish in Montreal) by casting Gabrielle Lazure, a French-Canadian starlet, in the lead role of Joshua's whitebread bedmate. This idea backfired, however, because the real Lazure has a strong accent, immediately conspicuous to the Montreal ear. To patch this up, her lines have been dubbed by a monotoned off-screen actress whose voice doesn't at all sound like it comes from Lazure's body. Plainly, a huge...
Levesque's resignation, which will not take effect for 90 days in order to give the party time to choose a new leader, marks the end of an era for Quebec. Levesque swept into power in 1976 promising to lead the province out of the Canadian confederation. He championed a law making French the official language of Quebec, which delighted most voters but hurt the cause of separation. Satisfied that they were at last living and working with their own language, Quebecers lost interest in seceding from the rest of Canada...