Skunks, garbage and femicide at Tout le monde en talk

Guy A Lepage’s guests had a lot of things “to sell” while there was even one who went “confessional”.

We opened the evening with Miss Bottinea film which tells the story of Philippe, a pianist suffering from anxiety disorder and lacking inspiration, whose life will be turned upside down when he has to take care of his niece Simone, a rebellious little girl who loves animals.

This film is a reinterpretation of the classic Bach and Bottine by André Melançon, released in 1986 after The tuque war in 1984 and Pinotte butter operation in 1985 and which starred Raymond Legault and Mahée Paiement.

For this production which will be released on Friday, Antoine Bertrand and Marguerite Laurence form a duo as dysfunctional as they are endearing and they were the first guests of the evening.

The young actress charmed the set with this endearing face and her rather surprising repartee for an 11-year-old girl.

“She would make an excellent president of the world,” said Antoine of his young partner. It’s impossible to be cynical in his presence.”

We also returned to the role of Antoine Bertrand in STAT where he plays a public relations specialist. “Sloppy, intelligent and charismatic, that’s what describes my character well… not so far from me, after all,” he joked.

And when asked the “killing question”, choosing between being an actress and a musician, Marguerite was unable to make a choice. “I’m going to do both,” she said after a short thought.

History of drains

Simon Paré-Poupart has been collecting garbage for around twenty years. Year after year, he throws 70,000 tonnes of waste into his truck.

His university studies in sociology and international administration in addition to his years as a social worker did not get rid of his vocation as a garbage collector. Garbage! Diary of a drainer is his first book.

“This job has integrated well into my life. I’m lucky to work with people I wouldn’t have been able to meet otherwise, while this job also allows me to break the sedentary lifestyle.”

The “garbage collector poet” is concerned about social disempowerment in the face of waste. “It’s too easy to throw away,” he said. We collect waste so quickly that it seems like it disappears like magic.”

Simon Paré-Poupart has an enlightened and very informed vision of our relationship with waste and waste. He also sees his profession as a very effective community intervention tool.

“Pludging is a powerful form of social integration for many of the neglected people in our society,” he says. They can do a job without being judged, regardless of their past.”

As for his move to writing, we risk finding his name on the cover of another book, he confided.

And politics

The leader of the Parti Québécois Paul St-Pierre Plamondon arrived at Studio A with his familiar smile, but also with the obligation to follow up on his intervention on “wokism” in the wake of the MP’s affair solidarity Haroun Bouazzi.

“There are behaviors that are easy to explain that no longer work,” he says. We can serve justice without intimidating others, nor by launching accusations of racism or “phobia” as our political adversaries do.

MC Gilles insisted on giving the definition of wokism that he took from the Office of the French Language, which did not seem to move the politician.

The Bedford School affair has resurfaced, under the theme of religious entryism. This term is a political strategy that basically involves bringing an ideology into another organization.

“Religious entryism is linked to certain ideological excesses which unfortunately are taking up more and more space in our society,” he added.

A quick look back at Northvolt while the leader of the PQ believes that “Quebec is due for a shift towards our SMEs” instead of putting all our eggs in one basket.

The Santé Québec agency was also on the discussion agenda, as was independence and the party’s place in the polls.

A very nice interview, but rather useless. As if we absolutely had to have a politician among the guests. To be honest, we would have done without it.

A “cheater” in Panama

The actor and host Guy Jodoin came to talk about his role as a defrocked priest in a Télé-Québec web series entitled The last communion.

A non-practicing believer, Jodoin believes that religion was a source of wealth for several generations of Quebecers. And to stay on the theme, the actor made a confession by affirming that his “heart is no longer for sale”.

The host of Cheater will be in command of Get me out of here during the next season which will be filmed in Panama starting next week. Believing to be a participant in the show, it is rather the animation that he will assume.

Finally, Captain Patenaude who led the Romano Fafard In A Galaxy near uslooked back on the 25 years of the cult show which will be revived on Crave.

Stories of femicide

In the podcast series The night I almost diedjournalist Bénédicte Lebel gives a voice to women who have survived an attempted femicide. On the set, she was accompanied by Sabrina Bélair-Dubois who can be heard on the latest episode of the podcast.

The journalist wanted to go further into these sad stories by speaking directly to these women who survived.

“The story of the survivors and the victims is the same,” believes the journalist. The only thing that separates them is the outcome. The four women who testify in my podcast have common elements. There is always violence, not always physical, before the fatal act.

She explains that if there is strangulation during an assault, there is a seven in 10 chance that attempted murder will follow.

“There is a gradation, there are things that settle in,” she adds. One in three women are victims of domestic violence in their life. So, I wanted to look into the plot that leads to this violence.”

On October 29, 2021, Sabrina, mother of two children, was violently attacked by her partner who stabbed her 19 times.

“After shouting my children’s names, he released me and I was able to escape,” she explains. I collapsed outside and a walker found me.”

The abusive partner is in prison, but he could be released soon, which worries Sabrina. In addition to dealing with her trauma, she will lose financial assistance for victims of crime. The $1,800 per month allowance ends in December, adding another stress to Sabrina’s shoulders. At this point, a question to the leader of the Parti Québécois would still have been relevant.

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Rapping to help young people

Rapper and youth worker Rymz has just launched Live to die.

Originally from Saint-Hyacinthe, the 35-year-old rapper, whose real name is Rémi Daoust, highlights his 15-year career and a decade since his first effort on record with this fifth solo album.

For him, music is a passion, but helping young people in difficult situations is a vocation. For more than 15 years, he has worked at the Maison de la Paix in Longueuil.

“It takes a great, accommodating team, which allows me to pursue my musical career at the same time as doing my work with young people,” he says.

Recently married to singer Naomi, he says he “dared happiness”.

Rymz is truly committed to young people and is also organizing a fundraising campaign on December 7, for the benefit of the Maison de la Paix. You can find out more on the artist’s social networks.