Last night, I participated in the annual demonstration against police brutality.
It is not surprising that with the lack of a true independent office of investigation into the work of police officers, the deaths of several citizens at the hands of police officers and the behaviour of intervention units during...
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- Anniversary of the Quebec City Mosque Shooting -
A year ago today Muslim community of Québec city was the victim of a terrorist act that was carried out by a young man who was a supporter of right wing nationalism and identity groups.
This tragedy saddened...
Here is an article about the protest I attended in Lac-Mégantic on Sunday.
“The people of Lac-Mégantic are victims of our collective dependence on fossil fuels,” said Green Party leader Alex Tyrrell who attended the protest, “they deserve our full support, and the fact that they are taking to the...
On Friday, December 19, 2014 at 5:45 p.m., I witnessed this muscular arrest by STM security guards at the Vendôme metro station.
The video begins at the moment I entered the station, so I did not witness what provoked this intervention. However, several people at the scene have maintained that...
Alex Tyrrell and Green Party Candidates announce their support for alternatives to prisons, solitary confinement and unveil their plan to transition to a prison model based on rehabilitation rather than punishment.
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Alex Tyrrell issued the following statement on November 13, 2019
The Mayor of Montreal has just announced that the city will abolish their highly controversial anti-protest by-law known as P-6.
As someone who has been arbitrarily arrested, searched and handcuffed behind...
As long as Denis Coderre is mayor of Montreal, police will surround and arrest peaceful demonstrators.This goes against many of the recommendations put forward in the Ménard report on the 2012 student movement.
Premier Philippe Couillard had criticized his own party on Bill 78 anti protest legislation in the past.Today...
I was on CTV Montreal News at 11:00 last night calling for the progressive withdrawal of firearms from police officers on patrol in Québec.
There have been too many deaths of people with mental illness who are shot in the chest for doing things like holding knives while in crisis....
As a survivor of the shooting at Dawson College, I strongly deplore the holding of a pro-firearms demonstration at the memorial in front of École polytechnique, named la place du 6 décembre.
This memorial exists to commemorate the 14 women who were murdered at École Polytechnique in 1989.
The fight for...