The feeling of insecurity is present in Quebec

News 9 December, 2017
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    Danny Side

    Saturday, December 9, 2017 18:14

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    A man stabbed a woman in the middle of the street in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, city of Montreal, in the night from Friday to Saturday, a resident of sector of Vanier in Québec city has been threatened to the point of a knife Friday night: events such as these increase the feeling of insecurity in the population.

    Moreover, statistics show that Quebecers feel more and more the need to protect himself.

    According to a recent report from the Institut de la statistique du Québec, 25 % of Quebecers have noticed the social disorder in the neighbourhood, either to vandalism, drug use and people loitering.

    Always according to this study, 86 % of the people have taken at least one precaution to enhance their security. A citizen, for example, has installed an alarm system in his house, locks the doors of his car and his residence, some take self-defense courses.

    Despite these fears, the crime rate for the province of Quebec, remains one of the lowest in the country.