Labeaume and Gosselin oppose

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Régis Labeaume. Outgoing mayor

Stephanie Martin

Saturday, 21 October, 2017 22:14

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Régis Labeaume and Jean-François Gosselin adopt opposite positions on the application of the law 62 on the religious neutrality.

Saturday, on the sidelines of the match of Red and Gold, the two candidates for mayor were asked about the output of the mayor of Montréal, according to which the law will not be applied in his city.

Jean-François Gosselin has said that he would do the same thing. “I abounds in the same direction as him. Because I don’t see how it could apply. It is so blurry. “

He gives the example of a person who would have the face hidden by a scarf and who would like to take the bus. “We’re going to do what, in the winter, in -40 ? “

Mr. Gosselin, unless it is for security reasons, has “no problem” with the fact that a person has the masked face to receive a service. “It is the freedom of each individual. “

“We’re going to submit,”

Régis Labeaume believes for its part that the services must be received face to face. “We’re going to do. We are going to submit. It is a question of organization. We’re going to watch it with all the world. “

The outgoing mayor submits that the application raises a lot of questions. “You know very well that it’s going to be complicated in the application. It makes me think of cannabis. Governments make laws and it is always us who pick up the problems. I wonder how one is going to refuse someone who wears a burqa on the bus. A bus driver, this is not a police officer. It is sure that it’s going to be extremely complicated. “

The head of Democracy Quebec, Anne Guérette, believe that the law is a step in the right direction, but it has reservations about its application.

Debate

In addition, the candidates are preparing for the next debate, which will take place on Tuesday.

“Everything is done. There will be no issues of inter-planetary here. We know our records, ” said Mr. Labeaume. Mr. Gosselin has the intention to hook the outgoing mayor on his draft of the SRB.

“I want to talk to me about his project. There has been a lot of questions on it. “