François Legault is still convinced that "the situation has improved a lot at the Joliette hospital" since the death of Atikamekw mother Joyce Echaquan.
Atikamekw chiefs were stunned by premier François Legault saying the "problem that happened at the Joliette hospital with Mrs. Joyce is now resolved" two years after Joyce Echaquan's death, saying that is not the case.
Police provided no details of the complaint, and no arrests have been made so far.
The Atikamekw Nation Council says in a statement that an individual threatened the oldest member of the Echaquan Dubé family during an outing in Trois-Rivières after the adjournment of a coroner s hearing on Joyce Echaquan s death in hospital last year.
Calling the event unacceptable, the council says police were quick to reassure family members that hate speech does not reflect the feelings of Trois-Rivières residents, a view it says the family shares.
The alleged threat is the latest blow against a family that has sat through a week of traumatic details emerging from a Quebec coroner s inquest into the circumstances of Echaquan s death on Sept. 28, 2020, at the hospital in Joliette, Que., northeast of Montreal.
TROIS-RIVIERES Police in Trois-Rivieres, Que., say they are investigating a criminal harassment complaint filed by a member of Joyce Echaquan s family who was allegedly threatened in town on Friday. Sgt. Luc Mongrain says officers met with the complainant immediately after the alleged incident to draft her complaint and collect information to identify the suspect. Police provided no details of the complaint, and no arrests have been made so far. The Atikamekw Nation Council says in a statement that an individual threatened the oldest member of the Echaquan Dube family during an outing in Trois-Rivieres after the adjournment of a coroner s hearing on Joyce Echaquan s death in hospital last year.