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Quebec Conservatives Launched A Petition To Ban Vax Passports 'Like The Governor Of Florida'
The petition has more than 75,000 signatures.
Conservative Party of Quebec MNA Claire Samson has launched an official petition against COVID-19 vaccine passports, stating they "will divide Quebec society in two, depriving a part of its fundamental freedoms."
The petition says vaccine passports — which would require people to show proof of vaccination before attending certain events and activities — could amount to mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for all workers.
It urges the Quebec government to ban the use of vaccine passports like they've done down in Florida.
+ de 50,000 signataires contre le passeport vaccinal en 48 heures. Wow!!! Soyez + nombreux aujourd’hui à manifester… https://t.co/GuE1UuBmOs— Eric Duhaime (@Eric Duhaime)1628948131.0
"We, the undersigned, demand that the Government of Quebec publicly reject, as of now, the idea of a mandatory vaccination passport and that it commit itself to do like the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, has done, that is to say, prohibit the obligation to present a vaccination passport in order to attend certain events and practice certain activities," the petition states.
Samson, a former Coalition Avenir Québec member who switched sides in June, held a press conference about the petition alongside Conservative Party of Quebec leader Eric Duhaime on August 12. They explained that the party had already collected 133,000 signatures on a previous petition that did not meet the criteria of the National Assembly.
"We reviewed the wording [...] So we're going to ask these hundreds of thousands of people to re-sign their petition on the National Assembly website, and we're going to invite Quebecers who don't agree with the vaccine passport to come forward as well," Samson said.
The petition, which was posted to the National Assembly website on August 12, had garnered more than 75,000 signatures at the time this article was published.
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Approval Of Mary Simon As GG Is Lower In Quebec Because She Can’t Speak French
But she's promised to learn.
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Mary Simon's approval rating is lower in Quebec compared to the rest of Canada, a poll released Wednesday showed, because the new governor general can't speak French.
An Angus Reid Institute poll of 2,049 Canadians found only 49% of Quebecers approve of her appointment compared to 74% of respondents in the rest of the country.
"Despite being from Nunavik (the Inuit homeland in Northern Quebec), and having been awarded the [province's] highest distinction, many Quebecers remain unconvinced Mary Simon is the best choice for governor general due to her lack of fluency in French," stated the Angus Reid Institute.
"Support is cleaved along linguistic divides in the only majority Francophone province in Canada," it continued, as only 40% of Quebecers whose first language is French approve of her appointment compared to 81% of English speakers.
Though Simon, the country's first Indigenous governor general, is not currently fluent in French, she has promised to learn, Angus Reid stated.
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Police Explained How A Quebecer's Body Was Mistaken For A Mannequin & Thrown In The Trash
First responders mistook the woman's body for a silicone mannequin.
This article contains graphic content that might not be suitable for some readers.
Police services in Sherbrooke held a press conference this past Thursday to explain how first responders mistakenly threw away the charred body of a woman into a dumpster at a nearby police station. First responders on the scene believed the body to be a silicone mannequin.
On July 29, the Service de police de Sherbrooke (SPS) and the Service de protection contre les incendies de la Ville de Sherbrooke (SPCIS) recounted the events to reporters as they apologized, said they were stunned and expressed "wholehearted" support for the victim's family.
What happened?
At approximately 10:04 a.m. on July 23, the SPCIS was called to a fire in a wooded area at the intersection of Rue Roy and Rue Cabana. Witnesses reportedly saw a person burning a silicone dummy.
Sherbrooke police were called to assist — within minutes of their arrival, both agencies decided to dispose of what appeared to be a dummy in the SPS garbage disposal, which is not accessible to the public.
At approximately 2:15 p.m., a man in psychological distress contacted the SPS to report his wife missing.
After launching an investigation, the SPS used the woman's cellphone signal to locate her car, which was found on Rue Cabana, near where the fire first responders had located the same morning.
"At approximately 6:30 p.m., the decision was made to retrieve the alleged mannequin to see if it was contributing to the search," said Danny McConnell, Sherbrooke police chief.
After recovering the alleged mannequin, responders realized that the body belonged to that of the missing 64-year-old woman — she reportedly died by suicide upon setting herself on fire, though an investigation is still ongoing.
The Sûreté du Québec have reportedly been asked to assist the coroner's office in the investigation of the woman's death.
"We take the situation very seriously," said SPCIS director Stéphane Simoneau.
"I am personally committed to getting to the bottom of this intervention, which is unusual, to say the least, perhaps shocking."
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Mont Tremblant's Enchanted Pathway Lets You Search For Giants In The Woods
The sensory experience will run until mid-October.
Mont Tremblant's latest forestal attraction, Tonga Lumina, allows visitors to have a sensory experience as they make their way down a 1.5-kilometre trail in search of giants.
The enchanted forest in Quebec will be open between June and October.
To reach the forest, visitors begin their adventure on the Mont Tremblant "Flying Mile" chairlift that brings them to the entrance of the trail.
The trail goes briefly uphill before weaving its way down through the woods, crossing clearings and streams.
The illuminated pathway takes approximately one hour to walk from beginning to end.
Until September 6, the experience is open every day, save for extreme weather.
Tonga Lumina
Price:
$28.50 for adults over 18 years old
$18.50 for youth aged 13 to 17
$12.50 for children aged 6 to 12
Free for children under 5 years old
When:
Every day until September 6, 2021
Fridays and Saturdays between September 10 and October 9
Sunday only on October 10
Friday and Saturday on October 15 and 16
Address: 1000, ch. des Voyageurs, Mont-Tremblant, QC
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