The new candidate for the Conservative Party of Quebec in Abitibi-Est Maxym Perron-Tellier made remarks in favor of citizens carrying firearms to defend themselves from compulsory vaccination – which he compares to rape – in last December. “Second degree” and “caricature”, according to him.
Posted at 6:42 p.m.
“I have never called for violence,” assures the new Conservative candidate for Val-d’Or Maxym Perron-Tellier on the phone. I want to use democratic means. »
A discussion on Maxym Perron-Tellier’s Facebook account regarding the curfew and compulsory vaccination resurfaced on Sunday when he was shouted at by Internet users.
The targeted Facebook discussion took place on December 31, during the alert received on the phones to impose the curfew by the Quebec government. “Is it serious to make an emergency alert on all devices for their curfew?, Then launches Mr. Perron-Tellier. We start 2022 as a beautiful banana republic… It is used in emergencies for lives at stake, preventing people from going out will precisely put more lives at stake with depression and suicide. »
Long-time friends then comment on Mr. Perron-Tellier’s publication. One person evokes a “Third World War”. In response, Mr. Perron-Tellier affirms that “If this continues, the government will launch vaccine bombs on the population”.
Shortly after, Mr. Perron-Tellier added: “If it’s an idea that allows the population to take up arms against the government in a legal way as far as international law is concerned, I don’t see a problem with it. We can defend ourselves and bring them down there. »
SCREENSHOT OF CANDIDATE’S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
“Humor and exaggeration”, according to Maxym Perron-Tellier
“I used humour, exaggeration and satire to change the perception [des gens à qui je parlais], says Maxym Perron-Tellier. And to say something comical through this New Year’s Day where we had received an alert by text message. »
The Conservative candidate recognizes that these remarks should have been made by a private discussion with his long-time contacts.
In his view, the carrying of firearms by citizens is valid only in situations like the one in Ukraine, in the face of the Russian invasion. “Weapons are extreme [des moyens à utiliser] “, he believes.
Compulsory vaccination and rape
That same evening, Maxym Perron-Tellier compared compulsory vaccination online to rape. “For next year, don’t come and talk to me about defenses of people who are raped, if you’re in favor of forcing a chemical substance into someone. It’s literally the definition of rape, he wrote. Finally, the left was right. There is indeed a culture of rape in Quebec. »
Mr. Perron-Tellier acknowledges that his publication was intended to provoke a debate. “I used the broad definition of rape, the word rape, and the notion of consent where we say that each person’s body is an inviolable sanctuary,” he says.
A perhaps “clumsy” approach, he admits in an interview. In addition, the candidate claims not to be against vaccination, but indeed the vaccination obligation which was publicly debated at that time. “I want freedom of choice to prevail. »
Maxym Perron-Tellier was announced as a candidate for Éric Duhaime’s Conservative Party of Quebec on July 11. This is his second attempt at provincial politics. In 2014, then aged 20, he had amassed 1% of the vote, according to the newspaper Le Citoyen.