If the armed violence that we see these days in the streets of Montreal persists, it is because the provincial government does things from a distance and does not invest enough in prevention and repression.
Posted at 10:15 a.m.
This was declared in Montreal Thursday morning by the leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, Dominique Anglade.
“On the issue of violence in Montreal, François Legault made a Zoom, a tweet. We, on the ground, what we see is that it deteriorates a little more each time. »
Mme Anglade was speaking rue Saint-Denis, near UQAM, in front of the Napoli pizzeria, where Diego Fiorita, a regular customer of the establishment, was killed by an assailant on the terrace on Wednesday afternoon. Reserved for pedestrians for the summer and equipped with several terraces and other facilities, this section of rue Saint-Denis was very busy at the time the crime was committed.
“We have our children who come here regularly, I have employees whose children work here, continued Mme England. It’s a street that is frequented by everyone, by students, by tourists… In broad daylight, you can have someone who decides to shoot, like an open bar. This situation is no longer acceptable. »
Also on Wednesday, Maxime Lenoir, a man linked to the bikers, was shot dead in a parking lot on Rockland Road, in the Town of Mount Royal. Occurred in broad daylight in public places, the two murders took place 30 minutes apart.
Mme Anglade proposes to invest in increasing the number of police officers in Montreal. “It’s also 90 million dollars that should be invested in prevention, it’s been said for months. »
The candidate also called for better funding from the City of Montreal on this issue. “Every day is worse than the day before. You have to be on the ground, talk to people and find concrete solutions. »
In a note sent to the media on Thursday, the spokesperson for Québec solidaire, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, and the incumbent deputy for Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Alexandre Leduc, said they were concerned to see that organized crime is increasingly on the rise. comfortable to act with impunity, anywhere and at any time in Montreal.
“I understand the concern of the population and I share it: we must stop the bleeding,” lamented Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. The shootings perpetrated in recent days by organized crime are the straw that broke the camel’s back: action must be taken now so that the police are able to do their job properly in the fight against organized crime. Where was François Legault’s CAQ throughout his term in the National Assembly? Montreal is not and has never been a priority for François Legault. »
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