Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante & opposition leader Lionel Perez are opposing the provincial government’s secularism bill. Plante is being targeted for violent threats.

She has received hateful comments after criticizing Bill 21. This bill will prohibit police officers, public school teachers, judges and other civil servants to wear religious symbols if passed.

She says that these attacks are increasing and the situation is even worse. Therefore, she has raised her security measures.

Valerie Plante said, “I’m taking this very seriously, people think they can sit behind their computer, not care about anything, say whatever they want: that’s false. It’s zero tolerance for me.”

The staff of Plante without revealing exact numbers say that the Mayor has been receiving several hateful & sexist messages and emails. Not just that, people also threaten her to do physical harm.

They have reported extreme threats to the Montreal Police Service.

The police didn’t comment on whether they started an investigation or not. However, Plante has not filed official police complain yet.

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Valerie Plante Expanded Her Security:

Noticing all these threats, Valerie Plante expanded her security. Her security now involves a bodyguard who doubles up as a driver. Additionally, police also make its presence at her public events.

She believes that all these threats increased after a rumoured involvement in the protest along with Adil Charkaoui, a controversial Montreal imam. While she was in South America at that time.

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante joined her adversaries at city hall to issue a joint declaration expressing the objection of people against the bill.

Not just Plante, but Ensemble Montreal Lionel Perez has also received hateful comments after raising her voice against Bill 21. Although, she hasn’t received any violence threat.

Lionel Perez wears Jewish Kippa. She said, “I will always speak with conviction. I will always say what I think on important topics, as an elected official, I think I have a duty to do so.”

Montreal Mayor thinks that her gender might also contribute to the threats she’s been receiving.

She says that criticism and insult are two different things. It’s a personal attack on her.