Bloc members castigate Justin Trudeau
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois fell headlong into Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, saying all its misunderstanding about the connection he made between wearing religious symbols covering the face and wearing the sanitary mask - and any link with the Islamophobic attack in London which is "imbecility", railed the leader Yves-François Blanchet.
The party rose to the challenge during question period, devoting all of its interventions to the Prime Minister's statement, visibly taking advantage of the latter's response to all MPs during Wednesday sittings.
Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet kicked off the questioning by asking for clarifications.
“During a press briefing, [Tuesday], the Prime Minister offered answers which, in the context, are disturbing to the point of justifying either corrections or clarifications. Can he explain to us, because, really, it does not make any sense, what is the link between the sanitary mask and the secularism of the Quebec state? », He launched.
His interlocutor dodged this question, and others like it afterwards. He did not want to retract
or apologize, as was demanded in the Bloc benches.
Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet kicked off the questioning by asking for clarifications.
“During a press briefing, [Tuesday], the Prime Minister offered answers which, in the context, are disturbing to the point of justifying either corrections or clarifications. Can he explain to us, because, really, it does not make any sense, what is the link between the sanitary mask and the secularism of the Quebec state? », He launched.
His interlocutor dodged this question, and others like it afterwards. He did not want to retract
or apologize, as was demanded in the Bloc benches.
The day before, Justin Trudeau said that "it would not surprise [him] that in the weeks and months to come, there would be reflections to be had on the purpose and importance of Bill 21, in part because a year that we spend a lot of time with masks that cover our faces while obtaining services from the State ”.
The reflection is also necessary "because there is a real concern about the rise of intolerance and Islamophobia", added the Prime Minister in a press conference, while English-speaking journalists evoked the law 21 by trying to extract comments from him about the attack that killed four people in London, Ontario on Sunday.
However, establishing such a link "between Islamophobia, intolerance and a law passed by the National Assembly of Quebec" is "imbecility", protested Yves-François Blanchet.
He failed to obtain an act of contrition from Justin Trudeau.
But a little later, at the same meeting, his deputy Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe had a little more success, arguing that the Prime Minister should "avoid any form of amalgamation", and that he was " irresponsible […] to blame Bill 21 for the absolutely terrible events ”in London.
Response from the Prime Minister: “I strongly encourage the members of the Bloc Québécois to listen to the Muslim community which expresses certain concerns about what they are going through in Quebec. "
"Quebec bashing"
At a press conference on Wednesday morning, the Bloc leader lectured journalists who link Bill 21 to the murder of the Muslim family in London, Ontario. Faced with the insistence of some of them, he criticized for using Quebec
as a "scapegoat" and for lending itself to "Quebec bashing" .
“You really have to be on the hunt for a solid scapegoat to say that a terrorist act committed in London could have among its roots a law adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec which, I remind you all […], does not not applicable in Ontario, ”he said.
On the other hill, in Quebec City, all the opposition parties were also gritting their teeth.
There is something that has happened in Ontario that has nothing to do with Bill 21. Let us be very careful in trying to mix things up like this.
Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party
Solidarity MP Manon Massé reiterated that her party considered the law "discriminatory". Nonetheless, amalgamations of this kind are perilous: “Law 21 arouses fear, can generate fear. But don't make shortcuts like that there, ”she blurted out.
The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, echoed the Bloc's grievances.
“How can we interpret that a hateful act committed in Ontario where there is no Law 21 would in fact be linked to Law 21 in Quebec? […] It shows you the extent of the obsession of part of English Canada with what Quebec is doing, ”he said.
The reflection is also necessary "because there is a real concern about the rise of intolerance and Islamophobia", added the Prime Minister in a press conference, while English-speaking journalists evoked the law 21 by trying to extract comments from him about the attack that killed four people in London, Ontario on Sunday.
However, establishing such a link "between Islamophobia, intolerance and a law passed by the National Assembly of Quebec" is "imbecility", protested Yves-François Blanchet.
He failed to obtain an act of contrition from Justin Trudeau.
But a little later, at the same meeting, his deputy Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe had a little more success, arguing that the Prime Minister should "avoid any form of amalgamation", and that he was " irresponsible […] to blame Bill 21 for the absolutely terrible events ”in London.
Response from the Prime Minister: “I strongly encourage the members of the Bloc Québécois to listen to the Muslim community which expresses certain concerns about what they are going through in Quebec. "
"Quebec bashing"
At a press conference on Wednesday morning, the Bloc leader lectured journalists who link Bill 21 to the murder of the Muslim family in London, Ontario. Faced with the insistence of some of them, he criticized for using Quebec
as a "scapegoat" and for lending itself to "Quebec bashing" .
“You really have to be on the hunt for a solid scapegoat to say that a terrorist act committed in London could have among its roots a law adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec which, I remind you all […], does not not applicable in Ontario, ”he said.
On the other hill, in Quebec City, all the opposition parties were also gritting their teeth.
There is something that has happened in Ontario that has nothing to do with Bill 21. Let us be very careful in trying to mix things up like this.
Dominique Anglade, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party
Solidarity MP Manon Massé reiterated that her party considered the law "discriminatory". Nonetheless, amalgamations of this kind are perilous: “Law 21 arouses fear, can generate fear. But don't make shortcuts like that there, ”she blurted out.
The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, echoed the Bloc's grievances.
“How can we interpret that a hateful act committed in Ontario where there is no Law 21 would in fact be linked to Law 21 in Quebec? […] It shows you the extent of the obsession of part of English Canada with what Quebec is doing, ”he said.
Lina Dib
The Canadian Press
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2021-06-09/loi-21-port-du-masque-et-islamophobie/les-bloquistes-fustigent-justin-trudeau.php
The Canadian Press
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2021-06-09/loi-21-port-du-masque-et-islamophobie/les-bloquistes-fustigent-justin-trudeau.php