(CBC) Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has been the target of an escalating series of violent threats, apparently sparked by her staunch opposition to the provincial government’s secularism bill.
Plante spoke publicly last month about receiving hateful comments after she first criticized Bill 21, which, if passed, will prohibit public school teachers, police officers and judges, among other civil servants, from wearing religious symbols.
In an interview with Radio-Canada, she said those attacks have become even worse in recent days, prompting her to employ additional security measures.
“I’m taking this very seriously,” Plante said. “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.”
