Protestors gather to protest against police-based solutions to the health crisis
“Money for the health, not for the police,” shouted protestors.
A group of organizations and protestors joined to march against the police-based solutions facing the COVID-19 pandemic on Feb. 6. The group of 300 people met at Place Émilie-Gamelin and walked down De Maisonneuve Boulevard.
Collectively, Meals For Milton-Parc, The Racial Justice Collective, Solidarity Across Borders, Ensemble Contre la Gentrification, L’Association Québécoise pour la promotion de la santé des personnes utilisatrices de drogues (AQPSUD), Pas de solution policière à la crise sanitaire, and many more marched.
The groups demanded new systemic solutions such as reinvestment in the social safety net, such as housing to fight against the pandemic.