(Quebec) The chief of the Bloc Québécois denounced on Monday the use by the conservatives of Pierre Hairyvre of images of the killing at the Grande Mosque de Québec, gesture with the “very republican American” fragrance according to him.
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Updated at 12:54 p.m.
“I exclude the politicization of this gesture,” said Yves-François Blanchet on Monday during a press briefing in front of the Quebec courthouse.
Chance made sure that both the head of the Conservative Party of Canada (PCC) and that of the Bloc Québécois (BQ) made announcements on Monday morning. Pierre Poilievre has announced its intention to use the derogatory clause to reintroduce the sorrows consecutive to multiple murderers.
Mr. Poilievre made it the announcement on Monday morning on the X network, by publishing a video full of images of the killing of the Great Mosque of Quebec, which left six dead in 2017. An image even shows traces of blood on the walls.
The Blocker chief believes that the use of these images was bad. “It should not become the case of species which justifies a very sensational electoral propaganda. Exposing people to the images of such violence is a fairly heavy gesture in my opinion, ”said Yves-François Blanchet.
“There is something very American in the process,” he added.
On the merits, Mr. Blanchet believes that the conservative proposals in matters of justice go too far and pour into the “escalation”.
“If everyone had to put everyone in prison that Mr. Hairy wants to put in prison for the period he wants to put them in prison, we would no longer have traffic problems,” he said in a joke.
Recall that the author of the killing at the Grande Mosque de Québec would have been liable to 150 years in prison, 25 years per victim. The consecutive sentences for multiple murders had been introduced by the conservative government of Stephen Harper in 2011.
The article in question had been invalidated by the Supreme Court in 2022. The Court had concluded that these extremely long sorrows “are degrading in nature” and “contrary to human dignity”. Alexandre Bissonnette therefore received life prison without the possibility of liberation before 25 years, in 2042.
It is this measure that Mr. Hairy promises to restore, despite the opinion of the highest court in the country.
Yves-François Blanchet also opposes the use of the derogatory clause by the federal government. According to him, this tool was created to guarantee the autonomy of the provinces. His use by the federalty to evade decisions of a federal court, although legal, represents, according to him, “a vice of design”.
For his part, the chief of the block proposed on Monday to “modify the criminal code so that the defense relying on the Jordan judgment could not apply in the event of a serious crime”.
Mr. Blanchet said that failing to ask Ottawa to use the derogatory clause to get there – what he denounces for consecutive penalties – he would ask the government to hire more federal judges.
The Jordan judgment provides for the judgment of procedures during unreasonable deadlines before the courts. In 2024, 274 criminal trials were abandoned because of the Jordan judgment in Quebec, noted the Bloc Québécois.
Mr. Blanchet also proposed to harden sentences for criminals who recruit minors and restore minimum sentences for crimes committed with firearms.
Arrows for Carney
The chief of the block also dowled some arrows towards the liberal chief. Mark Carney, according to him, committed several blunders during his Sunday evening, on the show on Sunday evening Everyone talks about it.
Mr. Blanchet notably ticked on a statement by his opponent. When Mr. Carney spoke of his preference for the tasks of a Prime Minister to those of a candidate, he said: “In a crisis, decisions must be made. You have to have audacity. Being a candidate is different. We make speeches, we shake hands. We look at cows. »»
“We have a chief who does not want to campaign, and who reduces campaign, talk to journalists, meet citizens, businesses, agricultural producers, caricature to look at cows. It is symptomatic of a contempt, ”says Yves-François Blanchet.
According to him, these Gaffes by Mr. Carney reflect an incompetence that could prove to be dangerous for the next four years. The block chief therefore reiterated his call to Quebecers, enjoining them to send several deputies from his training to Ottawa and not to “give a mandate in white” to Messrs Carney or Hairyvre.
