Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said in a statement in French that the government is using the special rapporteur to keep Parliament and the public in the dark.

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While it's fortunate that nobody was hurt, Blanchet said members of the artistic community are "in mourning" for the concert space and looking for other places to carry out their programming.

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