The event was scheduled for June 23 to July 2. The promoter, Harvest Ministries International, based in Kelowna, British Columbia, planned to accommodate 1,000 people a day.
The group’s website promotes the event under the name Battle for Canada – Preparing the Way
and allows you to buy tickets for $22. A tab refers to another site titled wall of fire
where the defended values are listed.
Among these, a mobilization to end access to abortion. This measure made the womb the most dangerous place for a child in Canada
, is it written. We denounce the political leaders passed under the direction of demonic influences
as well as the drastic moral decline
from Canada.
Informed of the event, Minister Proulx concluded that he was not welcome in a government institution. Our government is resolutely pro-choice. And it is a subject on which there is a broad consensus in Quebec.
his office wrote to us in an email exchange.
The Convention Center will comply with the request
The Convention Center, a state-owned company, will cancel the activity, the contract for which was signed in February. Freedom of expression is the rule. In this case, as a government corporation, we think it is our role to adhere to certain values that the government promotes
said in an interview the CEO of the Center des congrès, Pierre-Michel Bouchard.
According to him, there is no way to verify the content of the activities. He denies not having properly assessed the scope of the event. We rent buildings and we rent facilities. As it becomes clearer, we react. We don’t spend our time in theaters
he told us.
The cancellation will result in a loss of $50,000 to $75,000, in addition to causing the termination of subcontractor contracts. Mr. Bouchard could not say whether a penalty should also be paid. We are not there yet, but if there are consequences, we will assume them
he added.
The CEO of the Convention Center clarified that such cancellations have happened twice in the past few years. The first, because the client refused to translate documents into French, and the second, because it was about cannabis, which created discomfort.
Find another place?
It is not excluded that the event will still be held in Quebec, in another establishment that does not come under the government. The Convention Center is even ready to guide the promoter to find a new location and thus avoid canceling all the hotel rooms that had been reserved.
Obviously, the members of this organization have the right to rent a private place to hold their event.
added the office of Minister Proulx.
