MONTREAL — With blanket media coverage and awards shows aplenty, Quebec has long raised its homegrown show-business stars onto a pedestal. The education minister, Sebastien Proulx, said the best way to prevent sexual harassment and sexual assault is through eduction and he vowed to introduce mandatory sex-ed classes, starting in elementary school. In both the Salvail and Rozon cases, industry insiders now say their alleged misconduct was an open secret. “In the Quebec show-business world, everyone knew that Gilbert Rozon had these sorts of practices,” the journalist and author Denise Bombardier told Le Parisien. Cogeco Média announced that the popular Quebec City radio host Gilles Parent has been taken off the air until further notice after the Journal de Québec reported allegations of sexual harassment brought forward by four female co-workers.

Source: National Post October 19, 2017 23:48 UTC