Québec solidaire wants to dust off the dance floors. The opposition party’s co-spokesperson, Manon Massé, asks Public Health to seriously consider the possibility of allowing an almost complete recovery of nightlife, karaoke and discos included.
In Quebec, bars will soon be operating at full capacity. The government of François Legault announced last week that they will be able to remain open until the wee hours of the morning from the beginning of November.
However, the return to prepandemic normality has not been achieved. In these establishments, dancing and singing activities remain strictly prohibited. “In fact, for the moment, almost everything that is done standing is not allowed”, notes the elected representative Manon Massé in an interview with The duty.
In restaurants and bars, you have to be seated to eat and drink. In theaters, “people must remain seated in their place” during the services, underlines the Ministry of Health.
“There is an entire ecosystem that is currently suffering,” says Mme Mass. I realize that there are people, night owls, who, for twenty months, have lost their places of socialization. It has impacts on mental health. “
The Montreal MP urges Public Health to sit down with stakeholders in the field in order to find solutions adapted to the rules of public health. In Belgium, nightclubs have been operating since 1er October. In France, for even longer, on condition of presenting a vaccination passport upon entry.
“Can we consider adapting the concept of bubbles? Can we invent a physical barrier in karaoke? “Asks the co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire.
“Because right now, what is happening is that there are all kinds of illegal events happening in unsafe places,” she adds.