The recent trip of the Front National (FN) leader to Quebec has been very instructive in many regards. We may agree or not with every stance of Marine Le Pen (MLP). We may agree or disagree with how she transformed the Front National. Whatever we may think of her and the party she leads, it is important to keep in mind that Marine Le Pen is indeed a nationalist and she is currently the most popular politician in France and could very well be the first woman to become a French president, something I am sure Justin Trudeau would approve!
The fact that her party does not oppose diversity per se even though it does oppose immigration explains why many on the Alternative Right have refused to endorse her. Even if this criticism is indeed true, it does not forbid us from supporting this candidate who after all is the only candidate in France opposed to immigration and globalization. Before talking of remigration (the process of returning or migrating back to the place of origin), a term popularized in France by Laurent Ozon, immigration must first be stopped and this is exactly what Marine Le Pen has pledged to do.
Marine Le Pen decided to come to the Belle Province on March 18th. The objective of this trip was triple: meeting French citizens living in Quebec, talking with federal politicians who had asked to meet with her and, finally, getting some public exposure in Canada. According to the French media, this trip turned out to be a "nightmare" and a "failure." But was it really? ...
http://www.eurocanadian.ca/2016/04/marine-le-pen-in-quebec.html
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