{"id":12388,"date":"2019-12-06T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T13:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?p=12388"},"modified":"2020-12-09T10:22:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:22:36","slug":"leaf-statement-on-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-montreal-massacre","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/leaf-statement-on-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-montreal-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAF Statement on the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On December 6, 2019, <\/span>LEAF <\/span>commemorates<\/span> the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada<\/span>, which marks the 30<\/span>th<\/span> anniversary of the Montreal Massacre <\/span>when <\/span>14 women were murdered because they were women. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this day in 1989, a man entered<\/span> an engineering classroom at<\/span> <\/span>l\u2019<\/span>\u00c9cole Polytechn<\/span>i<\/span>que<\/span> in Montreal<\/span>,<\/span> carrying both a knife and an assault rifle.  <\/span>In that classroom, h<\/span>e <\/span>separated the wome<\/span>n from the men and<\/span> opened fire <\/span>on <\/span>the women, <\/span>yelling <\/span>that<\/span> <\/span>he hated<\/span> feminists. <\/span> <\/span>H<\/span>is act of terror was fueled by misogyny.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourteen <\/span>women<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> lives were cut short <\/span>during the Massacre.<\/span>  They were daughters, sisters, friends, <\/span>classmates, colleagues, <\/span>and<\/span> partners.  They were loved.  They<\/span> <\/span>had promising future<\/span>s<\/span>.  Today we remember<\/span>:<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n