QMI vs the hijab
QMI commentators are getting bent out of shape that city hall is including images of women in hijab as representative Montrealers. Sophie Durocher has already done two columns on the topic: “Est-ce qu’on est à Montréal ou au Montrealistan?” and Martineau, on the weekend, did a heavily ironic “interview with Valérie Plante” in which he too leaned hard on the hijab image.
Le Devoir also has a brief op‑ed criticizing this choice.
Plante has said before that she is a mayor of all Montrealers, and that includes women who choose to wear hijab. I’m glad she isn’t caught up in this latter‑day attempt to revive the crusades here.
Ephraim 11:47 on 2024-07-22 Permalink
Seem that maybe it’s time someone ask the question about how QMI does it’s hiring and if it’s hiring is also full of such discrimination.
Taylor 19:50 on 2024-07-22 Permalink
This city’s provincialism is sometimes on par with deep red states souht of the border. Not a good look.
bob 20:15 on 2024-07-22 Permalink
The Outremont pieds-noirs do give the Westmount Rhodesians a run for their money.