(Quebec) A few hundred people once again demonstrate their opposition to health measures in front of the National Assembly in Quebec on Sunday.
Posted at 12:08 p.m.
Updated at 1:06 p.m.
The demonstrators are gathered in front of the Tourny fountain, a crossroads located between the gardens of the Parliament and the Esplanade park, facing Old Quebec. Dressed warmly – the place is located in a windy corridor – they took part in a collective meditation session at the end of the morning while waiting for speeches.
Truck horns parked along René-Lévesque Boulevard have been honking for nearly 11 a.m. The trucks display signs announcing a “freedom convoy”, flags of Quebec, Canada and patriots, as well as slogans inveighing against Prime Ministers François Legault and Justin Trudeau.
In a festive atmosphere, the demonstrators dance and hug each other while waving signs demanding the end of health measures and the state of emergency. Hundreds of children’s stuffed animals are also hung on the fountain installations and on nearby trees, a symbol used to ask the government to remove sanitary measures in schools.
PHOTO CAROLINE GRÉGOIRE, THE SUN
Several demonstrators demand the end of the wearing of masks for children and the definitive abandonment of the vaccine passport.
Several children accompany their parents for this second weekend of demonstrations against health measures in Quebec. “We are here to defend freedom, it is an extremely important issue,” said a father to his son who was running on the many snowbanks on Parliament Hill.
By late Saturday, Quebec City police said they had made four arrests: two for assault and indecent action and two under peace and good order regulations.
Close to a hundred tickets were issued, including 46 under municipal regulations, 40 under the Highway Safety Code and 13 under parking rules.
With The Canadian Press