Montreal police investigate mock beheading of Quebec labour minister at May Day protest

Montreal police have opened an investigation after a May Day demonstration in the city featured a mock beheading of Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet. A video shared on social media showed demonstrators using what appeared to be a guillotine on a papiermâché figure of Boulet. Police said the matter is under investigation and did not provide further details. Quebec political leaders and labour officials condemned the incident, calling it unacceptable and saying protests are allowed but violence and threats are not. The group that organized the performance said it was intended as a symbolic protest against political and economic elites and argued it was responding to labour grievances.