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The Bloc's caucus lost more support during the 2000 election winning just 38 seats. As Leader of the Opposition Duceppe was invited to join the Queen's Privy Council for Canada[citation needed] but declined. Duceppe later claimed that his three-year membership in the WCP was a mistake brought on by a search for absolute answers.
Gilles Duceppe (French pronunciation: [ʒil dysɛp]; born July 22 1947) is a Canadian politician and proponent of the Québec sovereignty movement. He was Leader of the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada from March 17 1997 to June 1 1997. He resigned as party leader after the 2011 election in which he lost his own seat to New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Hélène Laverdière and his party suffered a heavy defeat.
