A verbal attack was made by a Quebec radio host against an openly gay candidate for local election in Saguenay, Quebec. In the attack the radio announcer described the main Quebec social democratic and separatist party in Canada, as ‘a club of fags’ further saying that local factory workers would not vote for gay candidates. Andre Boisclair, the Parti Quebecois party leader who was the youngest member ever elected to the Quebec National Assembly at 23 years old seventeen years ago, is the first openly gay leader of a major political party in North America. Recent polls have implied that around 90% of Quebecers would not mind having a gay Premier of Quebec. The French-speaking Canadian province is due to hold their general election on March 26.