Montrealer: “If I can’t shop at my favourite vintage leather store than I must burn it down. There is no middle ground.”

By Scott Slute

Old Montreal - In protest to Montreal’s 8PM curfew, residents took to the streets last night and decided to just absolutely fuck up all the stuff they were protesting to protect.

With the curfew in effect, residents of the city are no longer able to purchase takeout poutine or shop for Doc Martin boots past 7:30PM, which has lead to anger and frustration for not only small business owners, but the city dwellers as well.

“It is ridiculous that this government is treating us like we’re children,” one protestor told us while they were lighting a garbage bag on fire, “These business are struggling to stay afloat, which is why we decided to just put them out of their misery. If we cannot support them, then they must be destroyed.”

The organizers of the protest made a clear distinction that it was not a riot, but what they referred to as “small business euthanasia”.

“It’s the humane thing to do,” protest organizer Jean-Pierre-Henrie Leflor tells us, “If your grandfather is sick and dying and in pain, would you not wish to end his suffering? That’s exactly how I feel about my favourite used book store, and is the reason I threw a Molotov cocktail through the window last night. It is the storefront equivalent of smothering your face with a pillow.”

Protestors said they would continue to burn every store until there was no more stores for the city to close.

Scott Slute is the Editor in Chief at The Toronto Harold