Business Coalition Sues Quebec Government for ‘Excessive’ Lockdown Measures

Business Coalition Sues Quebec Government for ‘Excessive’ Lockdown Measures
Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to reporters during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic at the legislature in Quebec City on April 13, 2020. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press
Justina Wheale
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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.