If there were an outbreak of gun violence in Quebec City, Public Safety Minister Geneviève Guilbault would react differently than in Montreal, Liberals believe.
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The government is not doing enough to keep people safe in Montreal, Liberal MP Isabelle Melançon said in a news conference Thursday morning.
“Every time we got up in the Blue Room to ask the Minister of Public Security what she was doing, she said they put the money in it. But people are clearly not safe, they don’t feel safe,” she said.
Ms. Melançon believes that “if that were the case in Quebec City, if unfortunately there were a lot of shootings in Quebec, I don’t know, but I think Geneviève Guilbault would feel even more challenged”.
The MP for Verdun explains the attitude of the minister responsible for public security with a “misunderstanding” of what is happening on the ground today. She also invited them to come to Montreal to see the problem with their own eyes.
For Isabelle Melançon, Ms. Guilbault “needs to understand everything that’s happening, whether it’s in Laval or Montreal. She needs to come and hear what people have to say.”
The Liberal MP made the comments while answering a question about the resurgence of shooting in Montreal. An 18-year-old man was also hit by a bullet in Verdun on Wednesday evening.
Last year, the Montreal Police Service recorded 144 firearm discharges, or one every 2.5 days, compared to 71 in 2020.
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