Quebec's CAQ party says among proposals it is debating is a call from the party's youth wing to ban social media access for those under the age of 16.
Some 700 members of the Coalition Avenir Québec gathered in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., on Saturday and Sunday for a general convention, and among the proposals they’re debating is a call from the party’s youth wing to ban social media access for those under the age of 16.
Speaking with reporters on Saturday, Legault described social media platforms as “virtual pushers” and compared them to addictive substances.He was dismissive earlier this month when Party Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon suggested following the lead of governments in France and Florida, which have banned youth under 14 from opening social media accounts.And on Thursday, the Legault government refused to debate a PQ motion dealing specifically with the issue.
Elsewhere at the convention, members of several unions held a demonstration outside the venue where party members were gathering to denounce the government’s handling of labour talks with the province’s workers. Among them were members of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec, commonly known as FIQ, which represents 80,000 nurses, practical nurses, respiratory therapists and clinical perfusionists.
FIQ members have been striking since November amid stalled efforts to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement and rejected the government’s last contract offer in April. Saturday’s demonstrators called on Legault’s government to return to the bargaining table and put forward a proposal that would improve working conditions and increase wages.The rejected deal, which had been endorsed by union leadership, included general salary increases of at least 17.
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