Radical Islam is ‘a risk,’ Marois says, PQ candidate intolerance

More measured than the Charter of Values promotion, but still appealing to the same base.

Radical Islam is ‘a risk,’ Marois says in radio interview.

One PQ candidate, Louise Mailloux, has been caught out for intolerance (while aimed at Jews, could also apply to Muslims with hilal certification):

In previous writings, Mailloux, who teaches philosophy at a Montreal college, called kosher certification “robbery” and a hidden “tax.”

In a 2012 newspaper article, Mailloux said Christians “missed a great opportunity to make lots of money” when they decided that all food is permissible. “Ding, ding, ding! You can imagine the trick, getting paid to bless bottles of Coke,” she wrote. “There are even rabbis who bless an entire truck (of Coke) in one go. It is more profitable, and it can bless the truck at the same time.”

She called for kosher slaughter to be banned, and for the government to provide rules to “secularize” food and no longer “promote religious accommodation” in food.

Quebec premier defends candidate accused of spreading anti-Semitism

The PQ is becoming the party of small-minded atheists (Jonathan Kay)

Another had to withdraw following his “F**k Islam” comment:

«Fuck Islam»: Roland Richer doit «au moins» s’excuser, dit Legault