Liberal MNA calls for inquiry on "organized crime's grip" on bars and restaurants

Quebec Liberal MNA and public safety critic Jennifer Maccarone is calling for a parliamentary commission into how many of Quebec’s bars and restaurants appear to have been targeted recently by organized crime groups seeking to extort merchants through arson, shootings and other forms of violence. “There is a real culture of fear among business owners, with criminal groups extorting money from them through threats of violence. While the CAQ (government) is slashing the budgets of the