Business Coalition Sues Quebec Government for ‘Excessive’ Lockdown Measures
A coalition of Quebec business leaders has filed a lawsuit against Premier François Legault’s 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 declaring the health emergency in Quebec,” just before Christmas.
“‘Since last March, Quebecers have suffered, to varying degrees, attacks on their physical and mental health, not from a virus but from political decisions. The infringements also affect several fundamental rights guaranteed by our Charters,” said EAQ spokesperson Benoit Girouard in a Dec. 21 release.
Posted: Dec 29, 2020 3:00 PM ET | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
Single use plastic containers and cutlery. (Michael Wilson/CBC)
On New Year s Day, Fort Frances will become the first municipality in Ontario to implement a comprehensive single-use plastics ban, according to information compiled by the Retail Council of Canada.
The new bylaw bans the distribution of plastic grocery bags and prohibits businesses from providing single-use plastics for carrying and consuming food. It was remarkably easy, actually, said Coun. Douglas Judson of bringing the community and his fellow council members on board with the changes.
The bylaw, which is modelled on legislation in Nova Scotia and Thompson, Man., contains a number of exceptions. It allows plastic bags to be used to carry items such as fresh fish, dry-cleaned clothes, and loose items such as screws and nails, he said.
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As Uday Peddakotla waited in line outside the Best Buy in Beacon Hill on Saturday morning, he said he felt confident that health precautions being taken by customers and staff would justify his venture out in search of Boxing Day deals.
Peddakotla had planned to buy a vacuum cleaner and an air fryer, but said shopping in person at the northwest location was simply more advantageous than searching for the right price online, even as COVID-19 has turned the annual holiday-turned-commercial bonanza upside down in 2020.
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