TVA suspends commentator who joked on-air about hunting Quebec separatists
QUEBEC — A political commentator who joked that he’d rather hunt Quebec separatists than squirrels has been taken off the air after police received a complaint against him, a television network said Wednesday.
Groupe TVA said it was suspending Luc Lavoie from its programs while Quebec provincial police look into the matter.
“The management of TVA Nouvelles/LCN has just been informed by the Surete du Quebec that a complaint has been filed and an investigation is ongoing into comments made yesterday by analyst Luc Lavoie concerning separatists on the show ‘La Joute,’” the network said in a statement.
“Under the circumstances, the management took the decision to pull Luc Lavoie from the air until the conclusion of this investigation.”