Montreal transit agency mulls discipline for driver who showed support for Bill 62 protest
A Montreal city bus driver who showed support for protesters denouncing Quebec’s new religious neutrality law could face disciplinary action, a spokesperson for the city’s public transit agency has confirmed.
Amélie Régis of the STM said the driver, who has not been identified, will meet with a superior and could face consequences for “inappropriate behaviour.”
“We ask our employees to adopt apolitical behaviour,” Régis said in an email.
She told CBC that the driver could face suspension but that the sanction handed down would depend on his previous employee record.
The driver was seen and heard honking and covering his face during a protest against the new law, known as Bill 62, on Friday morning.
And here we see what “apolitical” means. It means the passive support of the oppression of religious minorities. It means standing by and saying nothing when the state decides that it’s going to scapegoat a group of innocent people. It means looking the other way when a dominant group decides that it can treat others as if they were less than human.
Fuck you, Amélie Régis. Moral cowards like you should never be in such a position of authority.
STM isn’t demanding mere passive, silent complicity from this driver.
Bill 62 will force this driver to be a direct, front-line ENFORCER of state-mandated oppression.