Pacifique; différents; Ed! rap

One minor quibble: I don't think that pacifique means pacifist. IIRC, I think it just means peaceful.

Since I have occasionally subjected myself to such aspects of Québec popular culture such as La Fureur and Belle et Bum, I can say that these ads are entirely in keeping with the, ahem, distinct tastes of the Québec television viewer. I am only surprised that the singers were dressed in somber black, rather than neon leotards or something. Verily, Québec television fashion sense is beyond compare. OK, well, La Fureur is significantly worse in sartorial terms than Belle et Bum, but the shows are still awfully cheesy.

Check out this NDP video (Quicktime; there's RealVideo and WMV formats on the NDP web site as well). It's an...interesting...ad for Ed Broadbent that I'm not sure has appeared yet on Ottawa local television. It actually comes from a This Hour Has 22 Minutes segment that never aired—one of those rap things. I think it way outdoes the Bloc ad in terms of amusingosity.