QUEBEC -- The Quebec government is demanding an apology from a legislator who compared the royal family to parasites and circus performers.
The remarks were made by the leader of the tiny left-wing party Quebec solidaire -- who said taxpayers have no business footing the bill for the visiting Prince William and Kate Middleton.
According to Quebec's deputy premier, the comments from Amir Khadir demonstrate a lack of class.
But the anti-monarchist politician is refusing to take his words back.
There will be protests when the royals stop in Quebec, as there almost always is whenever members of the monarchy stop in the province during a Canadian tour.
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However, it's unlikely these protests will be nearly as intense as the ones that erupted when William's grandmother, the Queen, visited in 1964.
That event is still remembered as Trucheon Saturday, for the beating police laid on some protestors who disrupted the visit.
