LETTER FROM MONTREAL
It is not the practice of Canadians to put their feet on the plate by putting out disturbing truths. It is an understatement to say that the recent cry from the hearts of political women, Quebecers in particular, has not gone unnoticed.
Even before the start of the year with their American neighbors, the trial of Harvey Weinstein which brings the headlines of women in certain circles to the headlines, they have chosen to express their fed up. Tired of being the privileged victims of cyber harassment, fed up with sexist and misogynistic insults.
At the end of November 2019, the member for Québec solidaire (leftist independence) Christine Labrie threw a cobble in the pond. Under the gold of the Blue Salon of the National Assembly of La Belle Province, she is making public the litany of insults that she and her sisters in her political group have received on social networks. She apologizes in advance for the words that will be spoken in this noble parliamentary chamber: "Poor idiot", "what an idiot", "damn crazy", "if I were your son or your daughter, I would be ashamed of my mother", "hey nunuche, go get dressed or kill yourself".
His throat is tied to the list of collected insanities. " It's difficult, she continues, but it’s a reality that we have to hear, because it’s happening here in Quebec right now. " Because she fears that such attacks will deter women from entering politics, she chooses to ring out these dirty words: "My way of replying is not to be silent, not to be influenced or censored by people who would like us not to occupy public space. "
"Fuck you Barbie about the climate!" "
Shock wave in this country which is seen as a model of openness and progressiveness. Women of all political stripes support him, a motion to denounce cyberbullying against women is adopted by the Assembly of Quebec.
A few weeks later, the member went a step further by filing a complaint against the authors of some of these messages. In the aftermath, the Quebec Minister of Culture and Communication, Nathalie Roy, announced in her turn that she had just made a report to the Sûreté du Québec for hate messages received on social networks.
Catherine McKenna would probably have something to write a complete and desperate collection of what she personally suffered. Responsible for the environment in the Trudeau 1 government, the Canadian minister has been the target of all the anti-feminist and climatosceptic trolls in the country.
