The CAQ minister and MP for Rimouski, Maïté Blanchette Vézina, wrote on Facebook about La guignolée des medias: “It’s the time of year to help the most deprived. My team will be there until 3 p.m. to collect your donations. »
If I understood correctly, dear minister, you are encouraging the population to show charity temporarily to relieve poor people through your policies and bills? You are asking the population to soften the consequences of your bad CAQ decisions, such as offering $7 million to the Los Angeles Kings, exactly the amount that is missing in funding food banks, which are in distress. You also ask him to carry cans of food or change for the poor, while your bills encourage the housing crisis, especially among the most vulnerable. […]
Yet you have granted billions in tax cuts to the wealthiest. You distributed checks as electoral gifts instead of investing in the social safety net. And your government is undermining food sovereignty, leaving our fertile lands that could feed Quebec in the hands of speculators and businessmen. […]
You maintain poverty by waging war on the poor. The media food drive was founded to respond to the food emergency that your neoliberal policies are creating. In such a rich country, this is not a source of pride, but a shame. It is the symbol of your government’s failure in matters of social justice.
To add insult to injury, you are asking us to take our non-perishable goods to the Colisée Financière Sun Life, which has just received almost 2 million from the City of Rimouski to build lodges which will be used to accommodate businessmen who will invite you to watch a hockey game while chatting about “projects”.
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