{"id":1901,"date":"2015-10-09T08:27:42","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2016-03-29T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T18:56:48","slug":"quebec-voters-must-not-fall-into-niqab-trap-communists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communist-party.ca\/fr\/quebec-voters-must-not-fall-into-niqab-trap-communists-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec voters must not fall into sexist and racist traps, Communists say."},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Friday, Oct. 9th 2015<\/span><\/h6>\n<h6>Speaking in Montreal today, the leader of the Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa sharply condemned the use of fear mongering and blackmail by the Harper Conservatives with their so-called anti-Niqab campaign, which he said was targeted at confusing the people of Quebec.<\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe politicization of the Niqab is not only a distraction from the main issues of unemployment, poverty wages, and economic crisis,\u201d Figueroa said. \u201cIt is a dangerous distortion of what Quebecers and all Canadians really cherish,\u201d pointing to the fact that protecting peace, democracy, and social programmes like public health care consistently polls as what is really important to the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince their first minority government nine years ago, the Conservatives have been using racism and sexism to divide and conquer,\u201d Figueroa said. \u201cWith Harper\u2019s attempt to impose new regulations on the citizenship oath, ban members of the public service from wearing the Niqab, and establish a \u2018barbaric cultural practices\u2019 tip line, he is not just pandering to reactionary sentiments, but actively creating them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy willingly associating themselves with this fear mongering, the Bloc is letting itself be used as a tool of the Conservatives, which does not help the Quebec people,\u201d said Pierre Fontaine, leader of the Communist Party of Quebec and candidate in Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie. \u201cLast Saturday\u2019s demonstration of 150,000 trade unionists in the streets shows workers are fighting for their rights and against austerity, which demands we dump Harper on October 19th, not help him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeminists in Quebec have explained that women\u2019s liberation can never come by demonizing and even criminalizing women who chose to wear certain clothes,\u201d said Marianne Breton Fontaine, candidate in Hochelaga. \u201cThe Conservatives have launched one of the most misogynistic, pro-patriarchal attacks on women in recent history \u2013 including closing women\u2019s centers and trying to restrict the right to control our bodies \u2013 so it is distressing to see the Bloc be part of this agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bloc\u2019s team-up with Harper on this issue may win them some votes but will leave Quebecers again with a bad taste in their mouths just like after the failed Charter of Quebec Values,\u201d said Adrien Welsh, candidate in Outremont. \u201cWasn\u2019t the genocidal Indian Residential School System a real \u2018barbaric cultural practice,\u2019 and why won\u2019t the Conservative implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation report?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Conservative\u2019s anti-Niqab law will likely violate both the Quebec and Canadian charters of Rights and Freedoms, just like they flagrantly did with Bill C-51,\u201d said William Sloan, candidate in Ville-Marie \u2014 Le sud-ouest \u2014 \u00cele-des-s\u0153urs. \u201cWhile most Quebecers are opposed to imperialist wars for oil that have seen the bombing of Arab and Muslim countries \u2013 like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and now Syria \u2013 Harper\u2019s Islamophobia helps camouflage what is really going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Figueroa and the Quebec candidates of the Communist Party will be speaking at an election rally this Saturday at 6:30 pm, at 5359 ave. du Parc.<\/p>\n<p>-30-<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, Oct. 9th 2015 Speaking in Montreal today, the leader of the Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa sharply condemned the use of fear mongering and blackmail by the Harper Conservatives with their so-called anti-Niqab campaign, which he said was targeted at confusing the people of 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