Premier Pauline Marois: The assailant, Richard Henry Bain, was charged with first-degree murder in the deadly election night shooting, according to Huffington Post Canada. During his arrest that night, Bain shouted that, "Anglophones are waking up!" Why disassociate oneself from something with which we should not be associated In the aftermath of the Bain shooting, I was asked by Quebec media to publicly denounce Bain as a way to assure francophone Quebecers that his views were not shared by the province Anglophones and thereby prevent any acts of retaliation. This occurred as incoming Premier Pauline Marois was partway through her victory speech. When La Presse asked me about my reaction to the shooting I offered the following response: "My reaction was similar to that of all Quebecers. When I heard the phrase referring to Anglophones I said to myself the guy crazy. I was angry.
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