 Gilles Duceppe - Early life: Encyclopedia II - Gilles Duceppe - Early lifeWhen Duceppe was about 12 years old, he was involved in an incident that changed his views of Quebec's place in Canada. When Duceppe complained about francophone students having to stand on the bus, he was slapped by his anglophone teacher. Duceppe responded by slapping her back. He later stated in the Ottawa Citizen that: "If you're talking about social justice, that event marked me."
Duceppe is a native of Montreal, Québec. He studied political science at the Université de Montréal. In his youth, he advocated communism, an ...
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