It appears there is little support for a ban on pit bull-type dogs at Québec's National Assembly.

According to a recent Radio-Canada report, the Liberals and Québécois who supported Bill 128 a few months ago are no longer entirely on board.

Since the hearings on the ban that Anne-France attended, support for the bill appears to be fading. You can watch on her Facebook page Anne-France's testimony as director of the Coalition for the Promotion of the Safety of People and Dogs (CPSPC) before the Committee on Institutions at Québec's National Assembly.

Last month, when asked whether amendments to the bill would remove the articles banning certain breeds, Québec's Minister of Public Security, Martin Coiteux, did not close the door: "We'll see if we need to make some amendments or not," he said, according to Radio-Canada. "This bill, in particular, deserves a great deal of attention."

Representatives of the Liberal Party, the CAQ, and the PQ all stated that their parties were listening closely to experts speaking on the bill. This is a much softer position than before, when banning certain breeds, such as pit bulls, was the policy of the day.

Late last month, a Brossard man on Québec's South Shore was sentenced to four years in prison after his dogs mauled a seven-year-old girl in 2015. The man had given his two dogs to his elderly mother to care for. They were off-leash when they attacked the young girl. She suffered severe injuries to her face and hand, and was left with a large facial scar, according to a Radio-Canada report.

In a recent episode of The Goldwaters, Me Goldwater argued that laws like the pit bull ban will not protect people, and that the government needs to think on a larger scale. She said: "You don't want the next bite to come from another dog — whether it's a German shepherd — and for someone to get hurt and for us to do nothing. We really need to target the entire population," during the episode of The Goldwaters where she spoke with Montréal Mayor Valérie Plante, who received strong support from the dog-owner community during her election.

Mayor Plante continued: "I feel like I did what I said I would do regarding the pit bull ban, because I said: 'This has no place in my administration, so we're going to remove it,'" during the same episode.

You can hear more conversations — in English and French! — between Mayor Valérie Plante, Anne-France and Daniel Goldwater, and Marie-Hélène Dubé on your favourite podcast app, or on iTunes.

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