Khadirs-Three Generations of Nutters

As police entered the home of the Amir Khadir family, in search of evidence against eldest daughter Yalda for her part in illegal radical activities, they couldn't help but notice a poster for a Quebec band, lying on the kitchen table, a disturbing and macabre tribute to the ego of Amir Khadir.

Fashioned after Eugène Delacroix's famous painting, Liberty Leading the People, this version has a Bananarchist waving a black anarchist flag, an armed Khadir himself in a top hat standing over a seemingly dead, half-naked and defeated Jean Charest. To Khadir's right is a masked demonstrator and to his left a riot cop bowing down.
When asked about the artwork, Khadir brushed it off, calling it a 'parody.' Link
When the story caught fire in the Press, Khadir threatened to sue the Journal de Montreal for printing the story of the poster, because it was...err......embarrassing.

There's quite an ego hidden under the usually calm and demure Amir Khadir, who in the last week or so, let slip his alter ego, comparing himself to Gandhi and Martin Luther King, after his own arrest for blocking a street, much to howls of laughter and derision in the Press.

Yalda arrested at home, in front of a sign calling for civil disobedience.

When Yalda was first arrested, Khadir told a public audience, that if she did anything wrong she would have to pay the price.
Now that he's had a chance to glimpse at the evidence, the realization that she could go to jail for her acts, he's changed his tune considerably.

For years Khadir has lived a double life, hiding his communist and anarchist affiliations, but no more.

In order to support his daughter, he's now publicly saying that civil disobedience is the route to take in the face of a recalcitrant government;.

"We call on all partners in society.... to disobey this law in a peaceful manner. "- Amir Khadir

At least it's refreshing to finally hear some honesty.

In a courthouse interview, he actaully defended his daughter's violent plan to attack the home of  the ex-cabinet minister.

It isn't any wonder that Yalda, at just 20 years old is a violent anarchist, she comes by her radicalism honestly, learning from her parents, who in turn learned from their parents.
From an early age Yalda was dragged to demonstration after demonstration, a hatred for capitalism, Canada, the United States and of course, the old standby, Israel, pumped into her inquiring and absorbent mind.
She is no doubt, the product of her parents radicalism and in some way reminds me of the product of parents who name their children after Hitler, as a salute to their white supremacism. You just know you're going to end up with one screwed up kid.

Jafar & Amir demonstrating. Like father, like son.

Just like his daughter, Amir was radicalized by his father, Jafar, a longtime communist bigwig who has been banned from entering the United States. He's someone always ready, willing and able to support radical causes, especially when it comes to demonizing Israel, the Khadir clan's favorite foil. You can catch him every now and then in front of the Le Marcheur shoe shop on St. Denis, protesting against the small merchant for selling Israeli shoes.

Grandma Khadir is quite the pistol too, comparing Yalda to poor Palestinian children, whose only crime is throwing stones at police.
In fact she compared the Quebec government to that of the regime of the Shah of Iran, from where she fled to the safety of Canada and remarked to a reporter that she considered Yalda a political prisoner, which made her feel "humiliated to be a Quebecer"

Grandma Farideh showed up to court arm in arm with  grandpa Jafar, so proud of Yalda, that they brought a bouquet of flowers, as if they were attending a recital or graduation.

  As I said in the title, nutters.....

Yalda's mom Nima, is another piece of work, a TRUTHER and self-important radical, she actually demanded that police remove their shoes before they conducted a raid in her home.
I bet you're asking yourself if the police complied...........nope they did not.

And then let's not forget Amir's brother who was arrested in France as a member of a terrorist organization (People's Mujahedin of Iran)  and who was released after a political campaign by Amir to get him out..

According to the Khadirs themselves, both of the two oldest daughters are militants. Daria hasn't been arrested yet, but if all goes according to plan, Grandma will be bringing her flowers very soon.

Quite the family.....
And you thought the Kardashians were one screwed up family.....

At any rate, since Amir has 'come out' in support of anarchism, questions are being raised as to whether he was involved or knew of his daughter activities.

Police are claiming that when they raided the Casa Khadir, alongside that poster found on the kitchen table was a plan to attack the residence of the Quebec cabinet minister.

So the question remains, what did Khadir know about the plan and when did he find out about it.
Inquiring minds want to know....

Further Reading: Amir Khadir Has a Lot to Hide

French versus English Volume 56

Too bad they didn't handcuff his mouth as well!

After arrests, Khadir family embraces its anarchist roots

Not to be outdone by his nineteen year-old daughter, Yalda, who's been arrested a couple of times for various actions in relation to the student demonstrations, Amir Khadir took part in an illegal demonstration and got himself arrested.
He practically begged police to arrest him...Hear him taunt the police.

Explaining that his act of civil disobedience was justified in the face of an unjust law, he compared himself to Martin Luther King and Gandhi...
Really?.... Khadir in the same company as Gandhi and MLK?
Methinks he is starting to become a self-important, pompous ass and I doubt they'll be erecting a statue to his name any time soon! Story of the arrest.

Unfortunately for Khadir, he was slapped with a $495 plus fine for blocking traffic instead of what he had been hoping for, a charge with disobeying Bill 78, which is clearly more heroic than fighting a traffic ticket.

At any rate, he was roasted in a radio interview by the loathsome Benoit Dutrizac, who saw the danger in this new rational of civil disobedience, fretting that Anglos could use the same justification to disobey Bill 101. 

The interview was precious, as Khadir tried to explain that what is sauce for the goose is not necessarily good for the gander.   

Telling the interviewer that his group was justified in disobeying the law because they were in the right while the Anglos are not justified in disobeying Bill 101 because they are in the wrong, Dutrizac mocked him mercilessly for his magical thinking.

If you understand French, you're going to laugh your ass off, as Dutrizac shows him up for a fool. Listen to Radio EGO

"When injustice becomes the law, resistance is a duty"

By the way, Papa Khadir has a way to go to catch up to his daughter, who is turning out to be quite the anarchist. She was arrested  once again yesterday in a sweep by police looking for the perpetrators of the vandalism of the offices of Liberal cabinet minister Line Beauchamp and those who were responsible for the metro smoke bombs. According to ace crime reporter Claude Poirier, Yalda's fingerprints were found in the premises of the office of the minister. Yikes!
In relation to her arrest, the Khadir residence was the subject of a search warrant and was given a good going through..
The Khadirs have clearly given up all pretenses of being law-abiding citizens as the sign on their front door attests.
As policy, I don't usually publish pictures of private residences of public figures, but the Khadirs have made their stoop a billboard promoting anarchy. I have however blurred out the address and will omit to name the street.
How badly do cops want to send a Khadir off to the Clink? ....very much so. Dunno.....

It's a developing story.   Read the story
Further reading;  Amir-Khadir has lot to hide

Separatists not ready to share.

Our good friend Pierre Curzi once again demonstrated that he's a dreamer and political novice by calling for the three separatists parties to join forces in the next provincial election in order to fight the Liberals of Jean Charest. In an open letter printed in the Devoir, he suggested that;

Marois turning her nose up at a coalition

"The purpose of this call is to join forces to promote the election of a progressive and democratic government.
Why join the forces? 

Because the division of votes, especially among francophones, promotes the re-election of the Liberal Party. An ultra dynamic coalition vote would allow abstainers to participate, who are the only ones who can put the Liberals in opposition."

Let's be honest, he's probably right and his idea holds merit, so it isn't any surprise that Pauline Marois rejected the idea out of hand. She must have failed sharing in kindergarten.
Her cavalier decision to keep the separatist vote split sparked the ire of certain diehards who called her decision 'pitiful' and called for her replacement. Link{Fr}

Job Discrimination 'no big deal'

Last year I told you about an educated  francophone Muslim who applied for many a civil service job, only to see his application consigned to the scrap heap. Wondering if it was his obviously Arabic name which was the problem, he sent in two nearly identical applications, one altered to hide the fact that he was an immigrant.
Lo an behold the 'non-immigrant' application received an offer for an interview, while the true application with the Muslim name was passed over.
To make a long story short, he sued and won a settlement for discrimination.
Did the agency take corrective action or even apologize?
What do you think?
As far as the offending government agency was concerned, the fine was just the 'cost of doing business.'

Well a new report prepared by the government's Human Rights Agency tells us that things haven't changed much.

"It sadly comes as no surprise to learn that people with foreign-sounding names have significantly less chance of getting even a job interview, never mind the job, than those with typically Québécois monikers.

A study released this week by the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission found that Quebecers with “Québécois-de-souche” names such as Tremblay or Bouchard are 64 per cent more likely to get invited to a job interview than those with names like Traoré or Ben Amin, even if their qualifications are identical.  Read the rest of the story    Alternate Link

Now one would think that this report would be received with a certain measure of shock and concern but it's hardly the case, the story made hardly a ripple.

Here's the attitude that most Quebecers adhere to;

Census figures augur poorly for Quebec

"Quebec's growth rate pales beside Alberta's (10.8 per cent) and Saskatchewan's (6.7 per cent). At 4.7 per cent, it was only 0.4 per cent higher than the 4.3-per-cent rate it recorded during the period measured by the previous census. Meanwhile, Yukon's rate doubled, as did Manitoba's.

As a result, Quebec's share of the overall Canadian population declined from 23.9 per cent in 2006 to 23.6 per cent in 2011.

During that same period, Quebec sustained a net loss of 50,000 residents to interprovincial migration - though the most recently measured annual net outflow, for 2010, was down to 3,244, much better than during the first two years of the census period, when the net loss was nearly triple that.It is also notable that Montreal does not rank among the 15 fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country, and it is small comfort that Quebec City comes in at No. 14." Read more : ALTERNATE LINK

Francophones watch and listen to English media.

"Earlier this month, Cineplex launched “Les jeudis sans doublage” (no-dubbing Thursdays), in several theaters across Québec. “Your favorite actors! Their real voices!” claims Cineplex’s website.

Several movie theatres have featured films in their original English version in the Montreal area. However, the marketing program “Les jeudis sans doublage” brings them to theatres that, so far, have been catering to mostly francophone audiences: in the Montreal suburbs of Dorion and Delson, in the Québec City area, and in the towns of Victoriaville, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and Sherbrooke. “A good part of our audience has expressed an interest in seeing the latest productions in their original English version” explained Daniel Séguin, vice-president for Eastern Canada and general manager in Québec at Cineplex Entertainment in a press release."

Proving the point that you cannot legislate taste. I can only imagine the outrage and sense of betrayal over at the militant language organizations...
To Mario Beaulieu et als, I can only remind them that ...."The heart wants what the heart wants"

Adding salt to the wound, Francophones also make up the majority of listeners of Montreal English FM radio stations because these stations are not subject to language restrictions.
French stations must play a majority of French music according to CRTC rules, an extreme handicap that they've complained about over the years. The rule's disparity gives their English competitors a BIG advantage.
Such is the perverse result of regulations designed to legislate personal behavior and taste.
Read the rest of the story

How pitiful is this....

I've always maintained that French language militant groups are vastly over-exposed in the press, garnering disproportionate media exposure

For this reason, membership figures are a closely guarded secret, but the Mouvement Laval français let the cat out of the bag.

The Laval version of the MQF, was created last November to save Laval from the scourge of English, but it hasn't exactly attracted a big following.

According to Manon Arsenault, the president of Mouvement Laval français, it's membership is but a handful of people. Link{Fr}

It has set the rather ambitious goal of attracting 250 members and raising $2,500.

This in Quebec's second largest city with a population of over 400,000 people.

Good luck with that.

Holocaust survivor makes stunning gift to Montreal museum.

A Jewish Holocaust survivor donated a $75 million art collection as a “thank you for everything” that Montreal, Quebec and Canada had offered his family.
This gift is in addition  to the $50 million the Hornsteins had already donated . Read the story

This week I took a walking tour of downtown Montreal in preparation for Monday's post and I noticed that the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has both the English and French versions of the name of the museum equally displayed outside the building, something rare these days in Montreal.

Could it be that that the overwhelming majority of patrons and donators are Anglophones?

Weekend Reading

A while back I wrote a somewhat prescient article declaring Montreal the riot capital of North America. Read it HERE
Kristian of Coolopolis has a nice piece about some of the more obscure riots that have taken place in Montreal.
Read: Obscure riots from the city's past.

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Funniest interview of an anti-government protestor . See it HERE in French

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Here's an interesting retrospective of West Hill high school by a Montreal ex-pat living in Vancouver . Link

Thought of the week

Background:

"Concordia University students who blocked others from attending classes and exams during the now four-month-old “student strike” protests will face sanctions, reports the Montreal Gazette."

The university’s Office of Rights and Responsibilities has charged a number of students under the Code of Rights and Responsibilities and will try them this month. Sanctions may include payment for damaged property, community service, suspension or expulsion, a university spokesperson has said.  Link

  Given that Concordia has taken action against certain students who disrupted classes, it's entirely possible that francophone schools will also take action.

UQAM remedy?----Extra Credit. 

Readers:

Don't miss Monday's post which I am in the process of putting together this weekend.

In response to the OQLF report about English signage in downtown Montreal, I set out for myself to see if their conclusions were accurate.

For hours, I walked the streets of several blocks in the downtown 'English' core, entering each store and recording what I saw, exacting a very detailed study of the signs.

 As you can imagine, my version of the truth is far from that of the OQLF.

In the meantime have a very good weekend.  

Très bon week end à tous !!

Amir Khadir Losing His Shine

Khadir  and David in better times.

If one takes heed of the latest CROP poll published in La Presse, it may just be that Amir Khadir's political star is eclipsing.

The Quebec solidarnik has taken a preciptious tumble in popularity and the fortunes of the party he represents, as it's lone sitting member in the National Assembly, are no better.

As you can see by the polling numbers below, Kahdir's personal popularity has hit an all-time low as  he is now perceived by just 4% of Quebeckers as Premier material.
When you hit a number that low, you're taken about as seriously as  Bonnehomme Carnaval.

That being said, Khadir would probably be able to defend his seat in Mercier, it seems that half of those voters who make up that 4% number, live in the Plateau Mont-Royal!

That's no comfort to Francoise David and the rest of the Quebec Solidarniks, who must be thunderstruck by the numbers, which indicate clearly that they could not come close to electing any one else and are destined to remain a fringe element in Quebec politics.
Their biggest accomplishment is to split the separatist vote to the benefit of the federalist parties, so in that respect all I can Say is "Long live the QS!

Mr Khadir had remained popular in his constituency by maintaining an image as the Ralph Nader of Quebec politics, assailing government, entrenched politicians, as well as hectoring the rich and powerful, much to the delight of his supporters, who forgive his many excesses as a small price to pay for his defence of the 'little guy'.

It seems that Quebeckers have taken in stride Mr. Khadir's continuous attacks on the establishment and  even forgave him his support of a wildly unpopular boycott against a small Montreal Shoe merchant for selling Israeli shoes. It did not seem to harm him politically and so until quite recently Mr. Khadir appeared to be the ultimate Teflon politician.

I'd like to believe that the relentless pounding Khadir has taken in the press (and in the blogosphere) for his leftist views and his unpopular stances, has finally made an impact on his popularity but alas, I fear it is wishful thinking.
If Mr Khadir has suffered a permanent loss of support, it is not based on the cumulative effect of his past excesses, but rather it can be attributed to one issue and one issue alone.

Mr. Khadir is being widely lambasted for scuppering a National Assembly law that would hold Quebec City legally harmless for bypassing the tendering process in order to fast track the building of a hockey arena.

And so the people are not amused.
Over 70% of Quebec voters are in favour of the law and the arena project, most of them quite passionate about the issue.

As for Mr. Khadir, it may be acceptable to screw with the rich and famous, the monarchy, big business, Anglos, Canadians, Americans and Jews...but as for Quebeckers there is one inviolate rule;

DON'T SCREW WITH HOCKEY!   

Can it be that Quebeckers are so shallow? Is hockey a bigger issue than everything else?
More important than sovereignty?
More important than the deficit?
More important than high taxes?
More important than emergency room wait-times?
More important than foreign policy?
More important than crumbling infrastructure?


YUP! Apparently, it is! 

Poor Amir himself is stunned at this turn of events. Asked to comment on his Humpty-Dumpty fall, Mr. Khadir admitted that it is "Remarakable, something that can't be denied" Link{FR}

And so a lesson is learned...Sort of.

If anyone expects Mr. Khadir to change his opinions or in any way modify his political activism, they don't know him very well.

In a week where the Syrian government killed its weekly quota of 25 to 50 of its own citizens and while the Libyan government continues to prosecute a war of attrition on its own civilians which has already resulted upwards of 10,000 mostly civilian causalities, it is the government of Greece that is firmly in Mr. Khadir's sight for its refusal to sanction the departure from Greek ports of the Gaza blockade-busting flotilla.
And so, considering all that he has said and all that he has done, it is Mr. Khadir's position on the Quebec City arena, which is his undoing. Unbelievable!

But this is Quebec......

Quebec Solidaire's Communist Manifesto

There's an interesting news piece making the rounds of the French media which unfortunately hasn't crossed over to the English side of the media.

A Quebec City reporter for the Journal de Quebec got around to reading a Quebec Solidaire document written a while back, that outlined its vision of a 'new' Quebec.

Since then, the story has been picked up by various media outlets and Mario Dumont did a piece on it on his daily news and interview show. If you understand French, you can watch the seven-minute piece here, on YouTube

The French language document (not available in English,) entitled "Cahier de perspectives- Pour une société solidaire et écologique" can be downloaded  HERE

Now every time I describe Quebec Solidaire and it's chief cook and bottle washer, Amir Khadir as 'communist,' I get a slew of comments from the indignant, accusing me of slander and yellow journalism. (it should be libel, not slander. Perhaps Todd our resident language expert, can set them straight!)

Because Khadir and his family are long time communists and the Communist Party of Quebec is an integral part of Quebec solidaire, I find it difficult to understand why all the objections to the label. After all if the shoe fits....

By the way, just last week, Jafar, Amir's father, was out campaigning for Fidel Castro and mugged for a television news camera framed by an inspiring portrait of Che Guevara. 

It may pain the Quebec Solidarniks (wow, I've coined a new phrase!) to be outed, but the Cahier de perspectives is the smoking gun that will convince even the most ardent skeptic that the QS is exactly what I, other bloggers and journalists have been calling them - a communist inspired party.

The aforementioned document, is nothing less than a modern re-hash of the Communist Manifesto and I'm a bit surprised that no commentator has yet made the connection, since the document borrows quite heavily from Comrades Marx and Engels.

Marx & Engels-  Inspiration for Quebec Solidarniks

Now to the Solidarniks who complain that there's nothing wrong with being a communist, I can only say that there's nothing wrong with being a member of the Flat-Earth Society, or just a plain idiot for that matter, but at least idiots bear no personal responsibility over their reduced mental acuity and as such, their propensity to be gullible.
A modern-day Communist however, is a willing stooge, one who fully ignores the historical reality of a failed ideology and continues to support a discredited, destructive and fatally-flawed model, that country after country around the world has abandoned.
There is no excuse for being a communist other than mindless self-deception, which unlike idiocy is a conscientious choice.

Now before I offer highlights of the 'Cahier de perspectives,' it is useful to review the ten principles of the Communist Manifesto, written over 150 years ago. I shall grant readers leave to draw their own conclusions as to how much of influence that treatise had on the Solidarniks who drafted the 'Cahier de perspectives' 

The 10 principles of the Communist Manifesto 

1. The expropriation of landed property and the use of rent from land to cover state expenditure;
2. A high and progressively graded income-tax;
3. An abolition of the right of inheritance;
4. The confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels;
5. The centralization of credit in the hands of the state, by the establishment of a state bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly;
6. The centralization of transport in the hands of the state;
7. An increase in the state ownership of factories and instruments of production, and the redistribution and amelioration of agricultural land on a general plan;
8. Universal obligation to work and creation of labour armies especially for agriculture;
9. The unification of agricultural with industrial labour, and the gradual abolition of the differences between town and country;
10. The public education of all children. Abolition of factory labour for children in its present form. Unification of education with economic production.

(Note; the yellow highlighted parts below are in my estimation, directly lifted from the Communist Manifesto.)

Gentle reader, all I can say to prepare you for what comes, is to be prepared to laugh out loud..

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And so let's begin with the preamble of the document, which pretty much says it all.

STATEMENT ON THE ECONOMY (page 2)

"...The capitalist economic system is based on infinite growth which is a source of social inequality, in addition to being non-sustainable in the long term. This is an expropriation of the future by short-sighted interests. Based on competition and laissez-faire, rather than solidarity, capitalism excludes not only the collective control and democratic process, but also the more equitable distribution of the  collectively-produced wealth..."

See where we're headed?

The rest of the document contains a mixture of propositions and philosophical dissertations. Here is a selection of my favourites.

STATEMENT ON PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS (page 3) 

"...These proposals seek to determine how we want to maintain a  private element in our economy, and under what conditions. It also asks us to consider the integration of new types of economies. Finally, if we opt for the elimination of the private sector, we must determine how we see to the gradual implementation, management and socialization of the economy..."

PROPOSITION 1.1.1.c (page 3)

Excessive or unwanted  economic growth should be limited by;

1. Regulation (or)
2. Reversing  economic growth (or)

It is proposed to replace the Gross Nationa Product (GNP) with Gross Naional Happiness Index which includes unpaid work...

PROPOSITION 1.1.1.A (page 3)

1. Allow private ownership of business under strict limits  (or)
2. Center the economy around small and medium business and either nationalize or turn  large business into cooperatives  (or)
3. Convert all business' to cooperatives.(or)
4. Socialize the economy by converting business to cooperatives and by the nationalization of strategic sectors

STATEMENT ON PRIVATE CAPITAL (page 5)  

"The financial sector has become the dominant pillar of the contemporary capitalist economy. The proposals in this section are intended to limit, regulate or even eliminate the influence of private financial capital in Quebec..."

PROPOSITION 1.1.2.A (page 3)

1. Regulate interest rates and financial charges
2. Create a government owned bank
3. Convert all business' to cooperatives.
4. Nationalize all the banks

PROPOSITION 1.2.1.A (page 7)

It's proposed that we nationalize the following;

1. Natural resources (forests and mines)
2. Green energy
3. Hydrocarbons (Oil and Gas)
4. Public Transport
5. Large industries like aluminum, pulp and paper manufacturing
6. Telecommunications (Internet and telephone)
7. Recycling industries 

STATEMENT ON PERSONAL WEALTH (page 9)  

"..In addition, a tax reform on the transmission financial assets by inheritance would limit the ability of the wealthiest to transfer their wealth from one generation to another and thus continually reproduce their privileges.

PROPOSITION 1.2.2.A (page 9)

1. Increase the number of tax brackets from 3 to 10.
2. Enforce strong anti-tax evasion measures,
3. Limit the right to inherit money except for the home, furniture and personal items.
4. Nationalize all the banks

STATEMENT ON OVER-CONSUMPTION (page 10)  

"....To discourage the unnecessary consumption of pollutants and / or  of sexist stereotype products, it is proposed to introduce forms of taxation aimed at promoting behaviour corresponding to the values ​​of Quebec Solidaire.

PROPOSITION 1.2.2.c (page 10)

1. Abolish the provincial sales tax
2. Impose taxes on luxury items
3. Impose taxes on products that are a nuisance to the environment
4. Impose taxes on sexist products (topless bars, cosmetics)
   

ECOSOCIALISM (page 11)

"...In its logic of infinite production of goods and the promotion of consumerism, the capitalist system is intrinsically environmentally harmful and destructive..."

PROPOSITION 2.1.3.B (page 15)

1. Limit the use of cars, particularly in urban areas.
2. Encourage people to adopt eco-friendly driving habits.
3. Introduce a transportation tax on food and goods  to encourage local shopping
4. Increase gas taxes and introduce road tolls
   

OR:

1. Over a period of ten years, ban personal car ownership by way of a series of measures including restricting car access downtown and increasing the cost of vehicles.
2. Over a period of ten years ban the transport of goods by any truck that is not a hybrid or totally electric.
3. Ban the building of anymore freeways

STATEMENT ON OVER-CONSUMPTION (page 20)  

"One consequence of over-consumption that characterizes our society is the increasing production of  residual material  too often considered and treated as waste. We should organize ourselves collectively and gradually to move towards a society that does not produce garbage."

 PROPOSITION 2.3.4 A (page 20)

1. Establish production quotas to prevent overproduction. 
2. Phase out the big shopping centres and return to local shopping.
3. Require manufacturers to take back their containers for reuse or recycling.   
4. Establish standards to minimize packaging and replace them with more   environmentally friendly packaging. 
5. Require manufacturers to guarantee the durability to their products, to extend the guarantee and to design products that are more easily repaired. 
6. Encourage the installation of thrift stores, eco-centers and other local depots for the exchange and reuse of materials and consumer goods of all kinds

STATEMENT ON FULL  EMPLOYMENT  (page 23)  

"Many  proposals supporting a policy of full employment is related to the policy of the reduction of part time employment and the profound transformation of the economy with a view to overcoming capitalism and suppression of wage labour.

PROPOSITION 3.1.1 A (page 23)

1. Expansion of public service employment in the areas of social services, construction and maintenance of the infrastructure, clean environment and key sectors of the industry.
2. Creating an active and effective employment policy that includes retraining and continuing education programs, voluntary, free and funded by business and government, with financial support including relocation allowances for workers who want employment in another region.
3. Reduction of working time.
4. Require the Central Bank to give priority to employment and not to fighting inflation

PROPOSITION 3.1.1 5 (page 25)

1. Increase minimum wage to $10.66 an hour (for 40 hours work-week)  (OR)
2. Base minimum wage on 60% of the median Quebec salary ($12.05)          (OR)
3.  Make minimum wage 50% higher than the poverty line ($15.99)

STATEMENT ON FULL  EMPLOYMENT  (page 25)   

Capitalism is characterized by a profound power imbalance between employees and employers. This situation is intolerable in a democratic society...

PROPOSITION 3.2.2D (page 27)

1. Strengthen penalties for anti-union practices.
2. Ensure that workers have access to information on the economic health of the company by opening the books. 
3. Grant all workers an annual day off  for training in trade unionism, labour standards and union organization.  Introduce into the high school curriculum, courses on the history of the labour movement and trade unionism.

PROPOSITION 3.3.1D (page 29)

1. Immediately reduce the work week to 35 hours and gradually reduce it to 32 hours without loss of pay, without increasing the workload or forced overtime, to be offset by increased hiring. 
   OR 
2. Reduce the workweek to 32 hours without loss of pay.
   OR
3. Reduce the work week to 32 hours without loss of pay with the alternative possibility of extending holidays. In the business that are cooperatives this should be a voluntary measure, but still with minimum requirements to avoid voluntary overwork.

And of course this wouldn't be a real communist manifesto without a demand that May Day become a national holiday!

The entire document is a childlike description of a Utopian society that cannot exist in the real world.
I have much to critique but will turn it over to the Commentors to have their say. Go to it!

As for the Solidarniks who continue to hide the truth from the public about the political leanings of the QS, I would ask them to consider the advice that Karl Marx offered in the face of critics who had the audacity to call out communists;

"It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the spectre of communism with a manifesto of the party itself.

To everyone, have a great weekend!