“Spoken words matter,” Couillard said at one point. “Written words matter.”RelatedHere, he was not urging censorship, not even self-censorship, but rather kindness to others and care with facts. Yes, he acknowledged, the same devils that haunt every society — “zenophobia, racism, exclusion” — are present here, but Quebec and Canada remain “a good, generally loving society.”“We are envied by the whole world,” Couillard said. The premier stood Monday at a press conference in Quebec City beside Mohamed Labidi, the dear broken man who is vice-president of the mosque and who knew some of the victims. But Couillard was the giant, happy to admit ours isn’t a perfect society, but damn sure it’s worth the fight to keep.

Source: National Post January 30, 2017 23:53 UTC