(Montréal) Québec solidaire believes that the government’s priority should not be to pass a law to guarantee the right to abortion, but to widen access to it.
The Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Martine Biron, recently affirmed her desire to legislate to protect the right to abortion in Quebec.
According to solidarity MP Ruba Ghazal, the right to abortion is not threatened in Quebec, but it is necessary to remain vigilant.
The subject returned to the news on Friday. Radio-Canada revealed that the Minister of Tourism, Caroline Proulx, intervened to have an event of an anti-abortion group canceled at the Quebec City Convention Center.
The three opposition parties in the National Assembly all agreed that this was the right thing to do.
Interim Liberal Leader Marc Tanguay believes that while freedom of expression is fundamental, you don’t have to accept everything. According to him, Quebecers do not want to reopen this debate.
According to PQ member Pascal Bérubé, the state should not promote, through the Convention Centre, a group that goes against its values.
Ruba Ghazal believes the group can hold their event elsewhere.