The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) spoke at a campaign stop in Trois-Rivières on Thursday morning, following recent violent incidents involving two Liberal candidates, as well as threats against Conservative party volunteers. “What I’m saying is be careful. If you have any concerns, call [Sûreté du Québec]. Talk to the SQ and hopefully the SQ can find solutions where people don’t have to stay at home,” he said. Marwah Rizqy, the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate running for re-election in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent, said she already had to think twice about continuing the campaign. Speaking on Wednesday, Rizqy described how a man called her local police station last week and told them to go to her driveway, saying they would find her body there. The police told her not to leave her house. “I was really scared… I was in my bathroom and my knees started shaking,” she said. Premier François Legault is asking all Quebecers “not to provoke anger” and for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) to be available to candidates who feel threatened. (CBC) Rizqy, who is eight months pregnant, said the harassment began on August 19 when the man posted a threat on her Facebook page. He called the police, but the threats escalated. Rizqy said the man then called her fellow Liberal candidate Enrico Ciccone to tell him she was dead. The man from Sorel-Tracey, Que., was arrested last Thursday and appeared in court on Friday. He is charged with criminal harassment and harassing calls. He was then released on conditions including not to contact or approach Rizqy. “At some point I’m like, I don’t know if I want to continue,” she said. On Thursday, Rizqy urged Quebec’s National Assembly to create a “panic button” to ensure the safety of elected officials on the campaign trail. “Not just for me, but for everyone who faces a real threat they should have protection,” he said. Rizqy’s experience echoes other recent incidents involving women in politics, including one involving verbal harassment against Deputy Premier Chrystia Freeland in Alberta.
Other candidates suffer threats, vandalism
Rizqy is not the only candidate raising concerns. On Tuesday night, the constituency office of Ciccone, the Liberal candidate running for re-election in Marquette, Montreal, was vandalized. Ciccone said when officials arrived at Lachine’s office Wednesday morning, they found a wall broken in and drawers emptied of their contents. Enrico Ciccone, the incumbent Liberal MNA in Marquette, Montreal, said his constituency office was broken into and vandalized Tuesday night. (Radio-Canada) Computers and documents were stolen as well as several other items, including a small wallet containing checks. Ciccone said he also received a threatening message on his office voicemail. Ciccone said he is devastated by what happened, saying he is concerned confidential information may have been stolen. “I’m also very worried about my staff,” he said. “That’s why I told them to stay home now, work from home until we get things fixed.” The candidate said he would take “full responsibility” if the privacy of the stolen documents was compromised. The SQ confirmed that an investigation has been launched into the incident. Meanwhile, Sylvain Lévesque, the CAQ candidate running for re-election in Montreal, said he filed a police report Thursday morning after an image showing his campaign poster dripping with blood went online. I went to file a complaint at the police station this morning. This type of posting is unacceptable. We can be against ideas, but violence and bullying will never be tolerated. Nevertheless, nothing will prevent me from going to meet its citizens pic.twitter.com/DOqMyxwX77 —@SLevesquedepute “This type of publication is unacceptable,” he wrote. “We may be against ideas, but violence and intimidation will never be tolerated.” On Thursday, Rizqy told reporters in Sherbrooke, Que., that Quebec Conservative Party leader Éric Duhaime was partly to blame for the highly charged political climate. He pointed to comments Duhaime made last June when he said his party’s goal was to bring voter discontent to the legislature. “If your democratic legacy shows you’re going to channel hate and anger, that’s a very bad democratic legacy,” he said. Later in Montreal, Duhaime said Rizqy’s comments crossed the line. He said politicians of all stripes were facing hate, pointing to an incident at the weekend where two of his party’s sign-posting volunteers were threatened with knives.
The campaign is no place for violence, party leaders say
Quebec’s other major party leaders came together in a united front to denounce these recent acts of violence and call for more security during the campaign. Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade said she wants reassurance that her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. “We’re in politics because we want to build Quebec. We’re in politics to bring ideas. We want to campaign in a climate that will allow us to do that,” he said. Quebec Liberal leader Dominique Anglade, right, answers questions from reporters Wednesday, Aug. 31. She says she wants to be assured her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press) Legault, speaking Thursday, said all Quebecers have a responsibility “not to provoke anger.” He also shared a video on Twitter of himself urging Quebecers to “watch out.” “Unfortunately we’re seeing more and more … threats that are real, that are really unacceptable,” he said. Hate on social media is nothing new, but he said the tone has gotten worse during the pandemic. “I don’t like it of course … it’s not the type of society we want to have in Quebec,” he said. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the co-spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, also denounced the threats on Wednesday, as well as outright acts of hostility and violence. “Everyone has noticed in the last two or three years an increase in tensions,” Nadeau-Dubois said. “It worries me, it’s not normal. All parties are being targeted.” Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called for respect for rules and people during an election period. Since the start of the campaign, the SQ has beefed up security around party leaders due to increased threats. Provincial police told Radio-Canada they have received 221 complaints of threats against politicians so far this year. In all of 2019, they received 16.
title: “Legault Asks Quebec Police To Support Candidates After Death Threats Violence Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-09” author: “Mark Ortiz”
The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) spoke at a campaign stop in Trois-Rivières on Thursday morning, following recent violent incidents involving two Liberal candidates, as well as threats against Conservative party volunteers. “What I’m saying is be careful. If you have any concerns, call [Sûreté du Québec]. Talk to the SQ and hopefully the SQ can find solutions where people don’t have to stay at home,” he said. Marwah Rizqy, the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate running for re-election in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent, said she already had to think twice about continuing the campaign. Speaking on Wednesday, Rizqy described how a man called her local police station last week and told them to go to her driveway, saying they would find her body there. The police told her not to leave her house. “I was really scared… I was in my bathroom and my knees started shaking,” she said. Premier François Legault is asking all Quebecers “not to provoke anger” and for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) to be available to candidates who feel threatened. (CBC) Rizqy, who is eight months pregnant, said the harassment began on August 19 when the man posted a threat on her Facebook page. He called the police, but the threats escalated. Rizqy said the man then called her fellow Liberal candidate Enrico Ciccone to tell him she was dead. The man from Sorel-Tracey, Que., was arrested last Thursday and appeared in court on Friday. He is charged with criminal harassment and harassing calls. He was then released on conditions including not to contact or approach Rizqy. “At some point I’m like, I don’t know if I want to continue,” she said. On Thursday, Rizqy urged Quebec’s National Assembly to create a “panic button” to ensure the safety of elected officials on the campaign trail. “Not just for me, but for everyone who faces a real threat they should have protection,” he said. Rizqy’s experience echoes other recent incidents involving women in politics, including one involving verbal harassment against Deputy Premier Chrystia Freeland in Alberta.
Other candidates suffer threats, vandalism
Rizqy is not the only candidate raising concerns. On Tuesday night, the constituency office of Ciccone, the Liberal candidate running for re-election in Marquette, Montreal, was vandalized. Ciccone said when officials arrived at Lachine’s office Wednesday morning, they found a wall broken in and drawers emptied of their contents. Enrico Ciccone, the incumbent Liberal MNA in Marquette, Montreal, said his constituency office was broken into and vandalized Tuesday night. (Radio-Canada) Computers and documents were stolen as well as several other items, including a small wallet containing checks. Ciccone said he also received a threatening message on his office voicemail. Ciccone said he is devastated by what happened, saying he is concerned confidential information may have been stolen. “I’m also very worried about my staff,” he said. “That’s why I told them to stay home now, work from home until we get things fixed.” The candidate said he would take “full responsibility” if the privacy of the stolen documents was compromised. The SQ confirmed that an investigation has been launched into the incident. Meanwhile, Sylvain Lévesque, the CAQ candidate running for re-election in Montreal, said he filed a police report Thursday morning after an image showing his campaign poster dripping with blood went online. I went to file a complaint at the police station this morning. This type of posting is unacceptable. We can be against ideas, but violence and bullying will never be tolerated. Nevertheless, nothing will prevent me from going to meet its citizens pic.twitter.com/DOqMyxwX77 —@SLevesquedepute “This type of publication is unacceptable,” he wrote. “We may be against ideas, but violence and intimidation will never be tolerated.” On Thursday, Rizqy told reporters in Sherbrooke, Que., that Quebec Conservative Party leader Éric Duhaime was partly to blame for the highly charged political climate. He pointed to comments Duhaime made last June when he said his party’s goal was to bring voter discontent to the legislature. “If your democratic legacy shows you’re going to channel hate and anger, that’s a very bad democratic legacy,” he said. Later in Montreal, Duhaime said Rizqy’s comments crossed the line. He said politicians of all stripes were facing hate, pointing to an incident at the weekend where two of his party’s sign-posting volunteers were threatened with knives.
The campaign is no place for violence, party leaders say
Quebec’s other major party leaders came together in a united front to denounce these recent acts of violence and call for more security during the campaign. Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade said she wants reassurance that her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. “We’re in politics because we want to build Quebec. We’re in politics to bring ideas. We want to campaign in a climate that will allow us to do that,” he said. Quebec Liberal leader Dominique Anglade, right, answers questions from reporters Wednesday, Aug. 31. She says she wants to be assured her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press) Legault, speaking Thursday, said all Quebecers have a responsibility “not to provoke anger.” He also shared a video on Twitter of himself urging Quebecers to “watch out.” “Unfortunately we’re seeing more and more … threats that are real, that are really unacceptable,” he said. Hate on social media is nothing new, but he said the tone has gotten worse during the pandemic. “I don’t like it of course … it’s not the type of society we want to have in Quebec,” he said. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the co-spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, also denounced the threats on Wednesday, as well as outright acts of hostility and violence. “Everyone has noticed in the last two or three years an increase in tensions,” Nadeau-Dubois said. “It worries me, it’s not normal. All parties are being targeted.” Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called for respect for rules and people during an election period. Since the start of the campaign, the SQ has beefed up security around party leaders due to increased threats. Provincial police told Radio-Canada they have received 221 complaints of threats against politicians so far this year. In all of 2019, they received 16.
title: “Legault Asks Quebec Police To Support Candidates After Death Threats Violence Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-30” author: “Sam Sims”
The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) spoke at a campaign stop in Trois-Rivières on Thursday morning, following recent violent incidents involving two Liberal candidates, as well as threats against Conservative party volunteers. “What I’m saying is be careful. If you have any concerns, call [Sûreté du Québec]. Talk to the SQ and hopefully the SQ can find solutions where people don’t have to stay at home,” he said. Marwah Rizqy, the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate running for re-election in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent, said she already had to think twice about continuing the campaign. Speaking on Wednesday, Rizqy described how a man called her local police station last week and told them to go to her driveway, saying they would find her body there. The police told her not to leave her house. “I was really scared… I was in my bathroom and my knees started shaking,” she said. Premier François Legault is asking all Quebecers “not to provoke anger” and for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) to be available to candidates who feel threatened. (CBC) Rizqy, who is eight months pregnant, said the harassment began on August 19 when the man posted a threat on her Facebook page. He called the police, but the threats escalated. Rizqy said the man then called her fellow Liberal candidate Enrico Ciccone to tell him she was dead. The man from Sorel-Tracey, Que., was arrested last Thursday and appeared in court on Friday. He is charged with criminal harassment and harassing calls. He was then released on conditions including not to contact or approach Rizqy. “At some point I’m like, I don’t know if I want to continue,” she said. On Thursday, Rizqy urged Quebec’s National Assembly to create a “panic button” to ensure the safety of elected officials on the campaign trail. “Not just for me, but for everyone who faces a real threat they should have protection,” he said. Rizqy’s experience echoes other recent incidents involving women in politics, including one involving verbal harassment against Deputy Premier Chrystia Freeland in Alberta.
Other candidates suffer threats, vandalism
Rizqy is not the only candidate raising concerns. On Tuesday night, the constituency office of Ciccone, the Liberal candidate running for re-election in Marquette, Montreal, was vandalized. Ciccone said when officials arrived at Lachine’s office Wednesday morning, they found a wall broken in and drawers emptied of their contents. Enrico Ciccone, the incumbent Liberal MNA in Marquette, Montreal, said his constituency office was broken into and vandalized Tuesday night. (Radio-Canada) Computers and documents were stolen as well as several other items, including a small wallet containing checks. Ciccone said he also received a threatening message on his office voicemail. Ciccone said he is devastated by what happened, saying he is concerned confidential information may have been stolen. “I’m also very worried about my staff,” he said. “That’s why I told them to stay home now, work from home until we get things fixed.” The candidate said he would take “full responsibility” if the privacy of the stolen documents was compromised. The SQ confirmed that an investigation has been launched into the incident. Meanwhile, Sylvain Lévesque, the CAQ candidate running for re-election in Montreal, said he filed a police report Thursday morning after an image showing his campaign poster dripping with blood went online. I went to file a complaint at the police station this morning. This type of posting is unacceptable. We can be against ideas, but violence and bullying will never be tolerated. Nevertheless, nothing will prevent me from going to meet its citizens pic.twitter.com/DOqMyxwX77 —@SLevesquedepute “This type of publication is unacceptable,” he wrote. “We may be against ideas, but violence and intimidation will never be tolerated.” On Thursday, Rizqy told reporters in Sherbrooke, Que., that Quebec Conservative Party leader Éric Duhaime was partly to blame for the highly charged political climate. He pointed to comments Duhaime made last June when he said his party’s goal was to bring voter discontent to the legislature. “If your democratic legacy shows you’re going to channel hate and anger, that’s a very bad democratic legacy,” he said. Later in Montreal, Duhaime said Rizqy’s comments crossed the line. He said politicians of all stripes were facing hate, pointing to an incident at the weekend where two of his party’s sign-posting volunteers were threatened with knives.
The campaign is no place for violence, party leaders say
Quebec’s other major party leaders came together in a united front to denounce these recent acts of violence and call for more security during the campaign. Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade said she wants reassurance that her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. “We’re in politics because we want to build Quebec. We’re in politics to bring ideas. We want to campaign in a climate that will allow us to do that,” he said. Quebec Liberal leader Dominique Anglade, right, answers questions from reporters Wednesday, Aug. 31. She says she wants to be assured her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press) Legault, speaking Thursday, said all Quebecers have a responsibility “not to provoke anger.” He also shared a video on Twitter of himself urging Quebecers to “watch out.” “Unfortunately we’re seeing more and more … threats that are real, that are really unacceptable,” he said. Hate on social media is nothing new, but he said the tone has gotten worse during the pandemic. “I don’t like it of course … it’s not the type of society we want to have in Quebec,” he said. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the co-spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, also denounced the threats on Wednesday, as well as outright acts of hostility and violence. “Everyone has noticed in the last two or three years an increase in tensions,” Nadeau-Dubois said. “It worries me, it’s not normal. All parties are being targeted.” Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called for respect for rules and people during an election period. Since the start of the campaign, the SQ has beefed up security around party leaders due to increased threats. Provincial police told Radio-Canada they have received 221 complaints of threats against politicians so far this year. In all of 2019, they received 16.
title: “Legault Asks Quebec Police To Support Candidates After Death Threats Violence Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-06” author: “Willard Decambra”
The leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) spoke at a campaign stop in Trois-Rivières on Thursday morning, following recent violent incidents involving two Liberal candidates, as well as threats against Conservative party volunteers. “What I’m saying is be careful. If you have any concerns, call [Sûreté du Québec]. Talk to the SQ and hopefully the SQ can find solutions where people don’t have to stay at home,” he said. Marwah Rizqy, the Liberal Party of Quebec candidate running for re-election in Montreal’s Saint-Laurent, said she already had to think twice about continuing the campaign. Speaking on Wednesday, Rizqy described how a man called her local police station last week and told them to go to her driveway, saying they would find her body there. The police told her not to leave her house. “I was really scared… I was in my bathroom and my knees started shaking,” she said. Premier François Legault is asking all Quebecers “not to provoke anger” and for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) to be available to candidates who feel threatened. (CBC) Rizqy, who is eight months pregnant, said the harassment began on August 19 when the man posted a threat on her Facebook page. He called the police, but the threats escalated. Rizqy said the man then called her fellow Liberal candidate Enrico Ciccone to tell him she was dead. The man from Sorel-Tracey, Que., was arrested last Thursday and appeared in court on Friday. He is charged with criminal harassment and harassing calls. He was then released on conditions including not to contact or approach Rizqy. “At some point I’m like, I don’t know if I want to continue,” she said. On Thursday, Rizqy urged Quebec’s National Assembly to create a “panic button” to ensure the safety of elected officials on the campaign trail. “Not just for me, but for everyone who faces a real threat they should have protection,” he said. Rizqy’s experience echoes other recent incidents involving women in politics, including one involving verbal harassment against Deputy Premier Chrystia Freeland in Alberta.
Other candidates suffer threats, vandalism
Rizqy is not the only candidate raising concerns. On Tuesday night, the constituency office of Ciccone, the Liberal candidate running for re-election in Marquette, Montreal, was vandalized. Ciccone said when officials arrived at Lachine’s office Wednesday morning, they found a wall broken in and drawers emptied of their contents. Enrico Ciccone, the incumbent Liberal MNA in Marquette, Montreal, said his constituency office was broken into and vandalized Tuesday night. (Radio-Canada) Computers and documents were stolen as well as several other items, including a small wallet containing checks. Ciccone said he also received a threatening message on his office voicemail. Ciccone said he is devastated by what happened, saying he is concerned confidential information may have been stolen. “I’m also very worried about my staff,” he said. “That’s why I told them to stay home now, work from home until we get things fixed.” The candidate said he would take “full responsibility” if the privacy of the stolen documents was compromised. The SQ confirmed that an investigation has been launched into the incident. Meanwhile, Sylvain Lévesque, the CAQ candidate running for re-election in Montreal, said he filed a police report Thursday morning after an image showing his campaign poster dripping with blood went online. I went to file a complaint at the police station this morning. This type of posting is unacceptable. We can be against ideas, but violence and bullying will never be tolerated. Nevertheless, nothing will prevent me from going to meet its citizens pic.twitter.com/DOqMyxwX77 —@SLevesquedepute “This type of publication is unacceptable,” he wrote. “We may be against ideas, but violence and intimidation will never be tolerated.” On Thursday, Rizqy told reporters in Sherbrooke, Que., that Quebec Conservative Party leader Éric Duhaime was partly to blame for the highly charged political climate. He pointed to comments Duhaime made last June when he said his party’s goal was to bring voter discontent to the legislature. “If your democratic legacy shows you’re going to channel hate and anger, that’s a very bad democratic legacy,” he said. Later in Montreal, Duhaime said Rizqy’s comments crossed the line. He said politicians of all stripes were facing hate, pointing to an incident at the weekend where two of his party’s sign-posting volunteers were threatened with knives.
The campaign is no place for violence, party leaders say
Quebec’s other major party leaders came together in a united front to denounce these recent acts of violence and call for more security during the campaign. Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade said she wants reassurance that her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. “We’re in politics because we want to build Quebec. We’re in politics to bring ideas. We want to campaign in a climate that will allow us to do that,” he said. Quebec Liberal leader Dominique Anglade, right, answers questions from reporters Wednesday, Aug. 31. She says she wants to be assured her party can campaign across the province without being subject to violence. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press) Legault, speaking Thursday, said all Quebecers have a responsibility “not to provoke anger.” He also shared a video on Twitter of himself urging Quebecers to “watch out.” “Unfortunately we’re seeing more and more … threats that are real, that are really unacceptable,” he said. Hate on social media is nothing new, but he said the tone has gotten worse during the pandemic. “I don’t like it of course … it’s not the type of society we want to have in Quebec,” he said. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the co-spokesperson for Québec Solidaire, also denounced the threats on Wednesday, as well as outright acts of hostility and violence. “Everyone has noticed in the last two or three years an increase in tensions,” Nadeau-Dubois said. “It worries me, it’s not normal. All parties are being targeted.” Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon called for respect for rules and people during an election period. Since the start of the campaign, the SQ has beefed up security around party leaders due to increased threats. Provincial police told Radio-Canada they have received 221 complaints of threats against politicians so far this year. In all of 2019, they received 16.
