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First I want to say a few words about the tragic death of George Floyd in the
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United States. As Premier of Quebec, I stand in solidarity with the people who
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denounce racial violence we must continue to build a society free of
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racism. I want to thank the vast majority of people who respected the distancing
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measures and who were a mask at the protest in Montreal yesterday. On the
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other hand, those who took advantage of it to loot and vandalize must face the
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legal consequences.
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Mr. Premier, going back to yesterday's protest one of the
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main messages from the protesters was that systemic
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racism is not just a U.S. problem, that there is systemic racism with Montreal
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police and the SQ. Do you agree with those protesters?
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I would say that
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yes, we have to admit that we have some problems in in Montreal, in Quebec, but
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the problem is not as worse as in the United States, I would say. But still, I don't
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like to see that few — it's a real very, very small minority of our police people
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that they choose a bit the people arrested, so I would like that we stop
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that and I want to make sure that the study that is done and the book that
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will be presented, the green book by Geneviève Guilbault, this problem will be studied
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in order to that we make sure that it doesn't happen anymore.
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I'm gonna retake the question of my colleague from CBC and I'll just go in
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a little more detail here. Justin Trudeau, earlier today he said
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regarding the protests in the U.S., but in Canada as well, he said anti-black racism
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is real, unconscious bias is real, systemic discrimination is real and they
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happen in Canada. So do you still think that Trudeau is wrong and that the
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protesters yesterday are wrong and that there is no systemic discrimination and
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systemic racism in Quebec?
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We have this discussion very often. I think there
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is some discrimination in Quebec but there is no systemic discrimination.
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There's no system in Quebec of discrimination. It's a very, very small
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minority of the people that are doing some discrimination.