Projet Montréal looks to make Montreal fully allied with 2SLGBTQ+ communities if re-elected

With election day just right around the corner, Projet Montréal announced that if they are re-elected, they will be looking to make Montreal a city fully allied with 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

Projet Montréal says this is due to the “alarming rise of hatred and disinformation against sexual and gender minorities,” noting that they will look to implement all the recommendations from the Quebec LGBT Council’s report on municipalities inclusive of 2SLGBT+ communities.

“For generations, 2SLGBTQ+ youth from across Quebec have chosen Montreal as a refuge. We have a duty to ensure that they continue to feel welcome, respected, and safe here. At a time when the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ people are being challenged, here as elsewhere, Montreal must remain an allied, proud, and inclusive city. We will therefore continue to take concrete steps to defend the dignity and the right to exist proudly for all,” said Luc Rabouin, leader of Projet Montréal and mayoral candidate.

Projet Montréal will be looking to take the following steps:

• Strengthening safety and trust by improving police training on 2LGBTQ+ realities, revising regulations that can lead to racial and social profiling, and supporting community-based intervention approaches.
• Appointing a commissioner for 2LGBTQ+ issues as recommended by the Quebec LGBT Council, which would monitor various files related to 2LGBTQ+ communities, and facilitate relations with LGBTQ+ community organizations, and work with community organizations to develop an awareness campaign against the rise of hate and disinformation.
• Paying tribute to the struggles of 2LGBTQ+ communities by creating a memorial space to celebrate the struggles, progress, and resilience of 2LGBTQ+ communities.
  • This would include a $200 million investment for the Heart of the Village Through the pedestrianization project on Sainte-Catherine Street and a $200 million investment in the Village, which would include financial assistance to businesses during the construction period.
• Joining the Rainbow Cities International Network and amending the Montreal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities to include gender identity and expression.

“Listening to 2LGBTQ+ communities means understanding that they have built much more than a neighbourhood: they have built a piece of our collective identity. We will continue to work with them, hand in hand, so that Montreal remains a city that protects and celebrates,” said Robert Beaudry, City Councillor for the Saint-Jacques district.