Quebec separatist urges Canada to cut ties with ‘incredibly racist’ monarchy

Yves-Francois Blanchet, leader of Bloc Quebecois, says slave-driven' British monarchy is archaic' and humiliating'

The leader of Canada's Quebec separatist party has renewed calls for the country to sever its ties with the incredibly racist" and slave-driven" British monarchy ahead of the coronation of King Charles III.

The Bloc Quebecois leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet, tabled a motion on Tuesday, widely seen as purely symbolic, in the House of Commons.