Yearly Archives: 2022

Open letter to our Prime Minister Hello Mr. François Legault, My name is Ilias Benz and I am a teacher, owner and director of a Salsa and Latin dance school.  I am out of breath, out of patience, out of hope and especially out of financial resources. Before I begin, I would like to mention that I am double vaccinated and have followed all the rules since the beginning of the pandemic. My business has been greatly affected a little more with each new wave and new measures.  I have not been able to pay myself a salary for two years now. At the beginning, I had some confidence in your decisions, I was a good player and I was hopeful that better days were around the corner. (The time of rainbows on the windows after having reimbursed clients thousands of dollars...) But this confidence has slowly eroded following your often incomprehensible and contradictory interventions. First of all, I would like to know what your plan is for the future, apart from the repeated confinements and business closures. I am now wondering if I should change fields or continue to lose money every day... But for how much longer? I know it's serious situation, but when the measures are no longer sustainable, maybe we should think about a new approach, right? As Einstein said: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result" At least, your paternalistic speech should be stopped. I believe that people are responsible enough, that they have done more than their best and that they have had enough.   Everyone has made the necessary efforts, but those whose business is closed at a loss, dance, [...]