MONTREAL —
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Maisonneuve Park on Aug. 28 in protest of numerous COVID-19 restrictions — and some health-care workers were among the ranks.
The protest, called “Professionals United,” was arranged by Reinfo Quebec, a group which describes itself as a collective of “caregivers, physicians and citizens” concerned with the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the website.
Although a number of healthcare workers attended the protest, the majority of demonstrators fell beneath the citizen category.
The protest’s main area of focus was vaccine passports, but other issues were covered as as well. Marching along Sherbrooke St., some demonstrators sported signs with anti-vaccine slogans, while others protested the enforcement of masks in schools.
“Science is the art of debating. It’s the art of asking questions,” said demonstrator Dr. Robert Beliveau, a Reinfo Covid representative and…
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