Tag: Quebec pandemic response

Civil Liberties Groups Raise Concerns About New Quebec Curfew

The Quebec government says it trusts police judgement in enforcing the province’s new curfew measures announced on Jan. 7, but civil liberties groups are voicing concern about the move. This week, Quebec became the first province in Canada to impose a pandemic-related curfew, with premier Francois Legault pointing to the province’s overburdened hospitals as justification…


Business Coalition Sues Quebec Government for ‘Excessive’ Lockdown Measures

A coalition of Quebec business leaders has filed a lawsuit against the Legault government, saying the province’s decision to continually extend its state of health emergency and impose widespread lockdown measures is unconstitutional.    The recently formed group “Entrepreneurs en Action du Québec (EAQ) filed the appeal, which seeks to obtain “the nullity of decrees…