(Quebec) The organizers of the “freedom convoy” to Quebec reacted to the announcements of the Legault government by reiterating their calls to invade the capital at the end of the week. Some organizers even promise $250 in gas vouchers to truckers who will block the capital.
Posted at 3:44 p.m.
Updated at 6:00 p.m.
“It will take place at the end of the week. On the 19th and 20th in Quebec the convoy of freedom will go up in great ”, warned the organizer of the beauceron convoy, Keven Bilodeau.
The announcements of the government of François Legault did not cool the ardor of the organizers. Mr. Bilodeau demanded in a video nothing less than the dismissal of the Quebec Prime Minister. Others require the guarantee that the vaccine passport will never come back.
To attract participants, Beauce organizers promise on Facebook to give gas vouchers worth $250 to truckers who will go to Quebec.
“There is nothing settled, they said they were keeping [le passeport sanitaire] in their tool bag, ”lamented Marcus Beaulieu in a video posted on a Facebook group of the convoy.
The mask of children in schools, we don’t want it anymore. This is why we continue our demonstrations.
Marcus Beaulieu
The best-known figure among the organizers, Bernard Gauthier, has also confirmed his presence. However, he revealed on Tuesday that he had suffered from a “big man’s flu”. “It must have been flu-19,” the man who calls himself “Rambo” explained in a video posted online.
Next weekend’s rally will be the second “freedom convoy” in Quebec City. The organizers had promised to “jam » Quebec during the weekend of February 5.
More police tools
Anxious not to find themselves in a situation similar to that of Ottawa, where the siege drags on, the Quebec police had not allowed any truck to block the street beyond Sunday.
A van had even been towed away, and its driver arrested. The Quebec City Police Service had drawn up a generally positive assessment.
This time, the mayor of Quebec has indicated that he intends to modify two municipal by-laws to give police officers more tools. Bruno Marchand will give more information on Wednesday.
“The goal is not to harden the tone against the demonstrators,” assured the mayor of Quebec.
PHOTO ÉRICK LABBÉ, LE SOLEIL ARCHIVES
Bruno Marchand
The goal is in relation to certain demonstrators, small in number, who come with a Machiavellian purpose. The answer is: it is not possible. We are going to give the levers that our police department lacks.
Bruno Marchand, Mayor of Quebec
The mayor’s decision upset Keven Bilodeau. In a video filmed in his training center, the egg producer attacked the stature of the mayor of Quebec, literally.
“Mr. Marchand, the mayor of Quebec, who has the shape of a fondue fork, he doesn’t agree with that. He is ready to change the regulations to give more powers to the police,” said Keven Bilodeau.
“He threatens us. He doesn’t want us here. »
Bruno Marchand retorted that “young people in elementary school are taught to defend their points of view with respect. I think we can do better than that”. “But a fondue fork has teeth, it’s sharp. To defend my city, I will never stand in my way,” he added.