Dangerous dogs: “I am very afraid that the bill slides,” says Lise Vadnais

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Thursday, march 8, 2018 05:00

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Lisa Vadnais, the sister of Christiane Vadnais, who had been killed by a dog in June 2016 in Montreal, said to be “extremely scared” that the government Couillard is decreasing in its intention to ban pit bull type dogs in Quebec.

“My fear is that the bill slides in order to not make too many waves,” said Ms. Vadnais, in an interview with the QMI Agency.

The government Couillard was filed in April last year a piece of legislation to ban pitbulls in Quebec. On Tuesday, Lise Vadnais will participate in the special consultations of the draft act, which begins, finally, to the national Assembly.

“It drags, and we are terribly scared, because the elections are coming. This is a big issue politically, so is it that the government will risk to focus on a controversial project?”, she asked, hoping for a positive response.

“The more one reads on this subject, the less one understands that one is still in a scramble to adopt the draft law”, she added.

Even if the delays in the”insécurisent”, she says in spite of “still believe” that the law will be adopted before 1 October, the date of a general election in Quebec.

“This is a wish serious a public safety issue,” she argued.

Quebec is encroaching on cities

Also invited to the consultations on the draft law, the quebec Federation of municipalities criticized the government Couillard to encroach on the powers of cities wanting to ban the dangerous dogs across Quebec.

She also believes that Quebec should put an end to its intention to ban the pitbulls “wall-to-wall” to leave to the municipalities to decide.

“If cities are to have this responsibility, we consider that it should be a local decision, not a provincial decision”, explained in the interview, the president of the FMQ, Jacques Demers.

Special consultations will begin next Tuesday.