The Legault government has shown “a lack of sensitivity” in demanding Amira’s resignation Elghawaby the day after the commemoration of the Quebec Mosque massacre, according to Manon Massé.
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Asked if she shares the opinion of her colleague Haroun Bouazzi that the Legault government was trying to create a red herring by demanding the resignation of Amira Elghawaby, Québec solidaire spokeswoman Manon Massé argued that “Mr. Legault said what he thought.
“May I tell you that in my opinion there was definitely a lack of sensitivity on the day after the commemoration of the massacre in the Grand Mosque,” she immediately added.
In addition, Ms Massé reiterated that her party considers Amira Elgahwaby’s past comments “unacceptable” and that Québec solidaire, like the government, is urging her to withdraw and apologize.
To justify Haroun Bouazzi’s message, which accused the government of diverting attention from its energy transition record by pointing the finger at a veiled woman, Manon Massé argued that “we’re not all living this the same way “. .
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On Tuesday, Québec Solidaire was the only party not to support the CAQ’s motion, which called for the federal government to end Ms. Elghawaby’s mandate.
According to the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, this is a sign that Solidarity is “sitting between two chairs” on the issue of rights and freedoms. He also accused them of not taking a position on this “sensitive issue”.
For his part, PQ deputy Pascal Bérubé reiterated that the supporters of solidarity would have distanced themselves from the National Assembly if they had refused to support this motion.
“Yesterday there was a moment of balance of power. The government says: “I have 90 seats, that’s not enough, I’ll add those of the opposition”. He comes in one motion. Québec solidaire says no to that and therefore reduces the balance of power that we want to increase,” he said.
Québec solidaire spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois assures us that this is not the case, but that his party is caught up in a “strategic game” between the parties.
“Yesterday morning we requested a meeting with Ms. Elghawaby. The CAQ was aware that we had made this request, so they knew we could not support a request that required her to be fired if we were to meet her,” he said.
Maccarone admits his mistake
Westmount-Saint-Louis Liberal MP Jennifer Maccarone gave her mea culpa on the message in which she pledged her support to Ms Elghawaby, accusing the government of “unnamed rigidity” and even a “lack of humanity”. show” and refused to endorse the nomination of the activist and ex-journalist.
Ms Maccarone claimed she acted too quickly “without having the full information”.
She assures that she shares the position of her party, which has allied itself with the government on this issue.
“I made a mistake. I’m deeply disappointed in myself,” she said at a press conference in Parliament, with her boss at her side.
In the corridors of Parliament, Prime Minister François Legault said the PLQ’s attitude was embarrassing for the Trudeau government.
“When the Liberal Party of Quebec tells the Liberal Party of Canada to change their decision and fire the lady, I think Mr. Trudeau has a real problem,” he said, he joked.