Beaconsfield passes resolution against breed-specific legislation

While Montreal's pit bull bylaw has been suspended until Wednesday, anothermunicipalityon the islandis pushing back against breed-specific legislation.

Beaconsfield passed a resolution last week stating all their animals are "sentient beings and deserve protection."

Mayor Georges Bourellesaid there should be strict rules around dangerous dogs, but that targeting breeds is not the right approach.

"We have a bylaw on dangerous dogs and if a dog is deemed to be dangerous, yes, it needs to be muzzled," he told CBC Montreal's Homerun.

"If the dog's behaviour continues to be dangerous it could eventually be euthanized. But again, it is for any dog, not breed-specific."

Meanwhile, aspokesperson for the City ofKirkland confirmed thatbreed-specific legislation will be discussed in an upcoming caucus meeting.

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Protesters to wait for Coderre tonight

On Tuesday evening,Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre will speak at the Bibliothque et Archives nationales du Qubec (BAnQ) to present his vision for the city's 375th anniversary.

A protest has been planned ahead of the eventin nearby Place milie-Gamelin, the public square near the BAnQ.

The Facebook event page makes reference to Coderrebeing cruel to dogs with pictures of him as the 101 Dalmatians character Cruellade Vil.

More than 1,300 people are listed as interested in attending the event.

Protesters are being asked to bring signs, but no dogs in order to portray themselves as regular citizensagainst the ban as opposed to dog owners against it.

The protest is taking place in the same placeastheannual memorial march for missing and murdered Indigenous womenwhichbegins at 6 p.m. More than 2,000 people are expected at that event.