Paul St-Pierre Plamondon chose to skip a meeting with his fellow premiers and Indigenous leaders, then boycotted the Canada-EU summit in Montreal because he was not invited to give an address to the delegates.
So PSPP snubs First Nations leaders, demands that international protocols be bent for him, and then plays the victim when they aren’t.
The stakes go well beyond one politician’s pride. Defence co-operation, trade and other partnerships with Europe are being worked out right now. Quebec’s workers, manufacturers and researchers have a great deal to gain.