Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand is reassuring residents and visitors to the annual Carnaval de Québec that the city will be safe during weekend protests calling for an end to COVID-19 restrictions.
“It will be secure to be in Quebec City this weekend. It will be a very nice weekend to be here,” Marchand said. He said so far protesters have been “totally respectful.”
The first demonstrators, travelling mostly in smaller vehicles but with some in large trucks, arrived Thursday night in the area around the National Assembly.
In a Facebook video posted Friday, two organizers, Kevin Grenier and Bernard Gauthier, called for
