Petition: François Legault, reinstate the pro-life event at the Quebec City Convention Centre!
On Friday, June 2, French CBC reported that Quebec Tourism Minister Caroline Proulx had ordered the cancellation of a pro-life prayer event scheduled to take place from June 23 to July 2 at the Quebec City Convention Center. Organized by a pro-life Christian group, this event, which was to welcome 1000 people a day, was intended to pray for a positive change in Quebec and Canada in terms of abortion, family policy and governance in general.
We are outraged that Minister Proulx has decided in a completely authoritarian way that pro-life people should automatically be excluded from the public square in Quebec.
We are outraged that the government is now ordering the cancellation of events that convey opinions it does not like, based on criteria that are vague and arbitrary.
We therefore call on François Legault, Prime Minister of Quebec, to reverse the decision of his Minister of Tourism, and to reinstate the event, if only to be consistent with his commitment to freedom of expression.
We are outraged that Minister Proulx has decided in a completely authoritarian way that pro-life people should automatically be excluded from the public square in Quebec.
We are outraged that the government is now ordering the cancellation of events that convey opinions it does not like, based on criteria that are vague and arbitrary.
We therefore call on François Legault, Prime Minister of Quebec, to reverse the decision of his Minister of Tourism, and to reinstate the event, if only to be consistent with his commitment to freedom of expression.
