The leader of the Green Party of Quebec, Alex Tyrrell, believes that Russia’s demands are reasonable.
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In a Twitter post, Alex Tyrrell said Russia’s demands, which include demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, among other things, “are reasonable demands that [lui] should be accepted.”
Quickly, the former politician Bernard Drainville reacted. “You seriously insult the Jewish community and adopt #Putin’s rhetoric which makes you his accomplice (sic),” he wrote on Twitter, adding that the Green Party should be ashamed of its leader. and that he should resign.
For his part, CAQ MP Christopher Skeete believes that this request that the Canadian government endorse Russia’s demands is “a horrible insult to the Jewish community of Quebec”.
The Minister for the Fight against Racism, Benoit Charette, also commented on Twitter on the exit of the leader of the Greens.
“We all escape it sometimes. There, you escaped it solidly… The only thing to do in the circumstances is to recognize it and apologize, especially to Ukrainians and Jews from here and elsewhere, “he said. .
Early Saturday afternoon, Alex Tyrrell tried to rectify the situation in a post he shared on Twitter and Facebook. “To be clear, I condemn the Russian invasion and the violence on both sides of this conflict,” wrote the leader of the Green Party of Quebec, specifying that he is for negotiations and that he believes that both parties have to compromise.
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Reference-www.journaldequebec.com