Montreal Business Community: Michel Leblanc

Michel Leblanc: MONTREAL - Montreal's business community has urged the Quebec government to modify its proposed charter of values because it fears the legislation would harm the city's reputation and economic performance. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The government's proposal is generating a great deal of concern in the Montreal business community," Michel Leblanc, president of the organization, said in a statement Thursday. Salam Elmenyawi, left president of the Muslim Council of Montreal, answers questions at a news conference on Thursday. It was held to announce that a multicultural protest will be held Saturday against the Quebec government's controversial proposal for a charter of values. Adil Charkaoui, right spokesman for the Quebec Collective Against Islamophobia, told the news conference the demonstration is the first step in actions that are planned against the Parti Quebecois governments plan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Ray The Montreal Board of Trade is warning that the city has more to lose with the charter than with the status quo. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.