(Quebec) Thousands of demonstrators converged on Parliament Hill in Quebec City on Saturday to demand an end to sanitary measures, and dozens of trucks began arriving from all over the province.
Posted at 10:41 a.m.
Updated at 12:05 p.m.
“No to segregation” or even “Fuck Legault” could be read on the signs of the demonstrators, who marched to the deafening sound of horns.
“I came to denounce the people who humiliate, who despise and stigmatize the non-vaccinated in the public square. We are talking about human beings, full-fledged Quebecers, ”denounced Bruno Cossette, met in the shadow of parliament.
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Bruno Cossette came from Mauricie to demonstrate.
This Afghanistan veteran came from Mauricie to ask for the end of the health emergency in Quebec.
“It’s a cry from the heart. I ask for the end of the state of health emergency and that we restore democracy in this building, he explained to The Press. Freedom of expression in Quebec for 18 months has been a ten-lane highway that only goes one way. »
A handful of trucks had arrived Thursday and Friday. But on Saturday, they began to arrive in large numbers from Beauce, eastern Quebec and even Montérégie.
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Trucks parked along René-Lévesque Boulevard
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Quebec police only allow trucks to stop along René-Lévesque Boulevard. Several demonstrators in cars or vans are therefore forced to drive around in their vehicles.
A handful of counter-demonstrators had agreed to meet. “A horn for vaccination,” they shouted.
“Yes, it is possible to be angry, to be tired, but it is unrealistic to think that we can put an end to sanitary measures immediately. It’s completely wacky. These claims make no sense, ”said Jean-Sébastien Ménard, who was there with four other counter-demonstrators.
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Jean-Sebastien Menard
“The population of Quebec has been united for two years, fighting against a virus. We are in solidarity with the truckers who work and who allow us to maintain a comfortable life. We are in solidarity with the hospital staff who are struggling. They are the ones who are at the front, ”added the man who created the Facebook page Observatory of conspiratorial delirium in Quebec.