Nova Scotia premier blasts Bloc leader for calling Canada ‘artificial country’ [Video]

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is stepping into the federal fray, blasting the leader of the Bloc Québécois for calling Canada an “artificial country.”

At a campaign stop earlier this week, Yves-François Blanchet said he felt like he was a member of a “foreign parliament.”

When asked about those comments on Friday, Blanchet doubled down.

“We are, [whether] we like it or not, part of an artificial country with very little meaning called Canada,” he said.

“It’s a foreign parliament because this nation is not mine. I don’t feel more at ease in the Canadian Parliament than [Alberta Premier Danielle] Smith would feel at ease in the Assemblée nationale du Québec.”

In a letter addressed …