(Quebec) The Minister of Culture, Mathieu Lacombe, deplored the fact that a Quebec book was burned by an American politician, as well as the apparent blacklisting of certain works by author Élise Gravel.
On Wednesday, the video of a Republican candidate caused a stir in Quebec. Missouri Secretary of State candidate Valentina Gomez could be seen burning the book Nakedthe English version of the book All naked!by author Myriam Daguzan Bernier and illustrator Cécile Gariépy.
The Press also revealed Thursday that the Jewish Library of Montreal had removed from its shelves around thirty books by children’s author Élise Gravel, including the very popular A potato on a bike.
“Putting books on the index, I think that sounds a bit old priest from the 1900s, we are elsewhere,” said Minister Lacombe in a press scrum at the National Assembly.
“Burning books, there, at some point, it’s 2024.”
Québec solidaire must also present a motion on Thursday morning for the National Assembly to “affirm its support for Quebec writers Élise Gravel and Myriam Daguzan Bernier, as well as for the illustrator Cécile Gariépy, whose books were recently the target of censorship” and that it “reiterates its support for freedom of opinion, freedom of expression and the free circulation of ideas”.