Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante faces online threats over secularism stance
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante spoke out Thursday about threats directed against her over her stance on the province’s secularism bill.
Plante told reporters Thursday the online attacks have intensified, and she is taking them seriously.
“I’m always open for debate, but I will not accept that,” Plante said. “This is not the kind of society we want. This is not what we want to encourage.”
The threats, including some of physical violence, are in messages posted online or sent directly to her social media accounts. “Freedom of speech is important, but we need to realize we’re also talking to human beings,” Plante said.