On the eve of Monday’s October 3 Quebec elections, it appears to be a foregone conclusion that François Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec will win a comfortable majority. However,
Quebec media outlets are denouncing the decision to hold a trial in secret, a practice reminiscent of the middle ages that reflects an extremely worrying abuse of our justice system.
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Editor s note: Nineteen Quebec media outlets, including the CTV News Montreal, have signed an open letter to the Quebec government, calling for public health officials to give journalists access to health-care facilities in the province. The letter is below. In March of 2020, the world started to grasp the magnitude of the developing public health crisis when disturbing images began to emerge from Italy. Photos and videos showed patients crammed into hospitals, many of them intubated, while distraught doctors bore witness to the seriousness of the situation. It was this imagery, more than any World Health Organization announcement or press release, that made people the world over aware of the gravity of the pandemic. It also helped many of them more readily accept government confinement measures.