Lawsuit targets Quebec over COVID-19 measures

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Lawsuit targets Quebec over COVID-19 measures

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Presse Canadienne

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https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/lawsuit-launched-against-unreasonable-and-unjustifiable-covid-19-measures

CP-Web. Quebec Premier Francois Legault speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, Thursday, May 28, 2020 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot ORG XMIT: JQB107

Four people, including a physician, as well as the Fondation pour la défense de droits et liberties du people (FDLP), on Monday filed a lawsuit against François Legault’s provincial government and Quebec's public health authority. JACQUES BOISSINOT / THE CANADIAN PRESS

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A group that says it was created to protect fundamental rights has launched a legal challenge of the public security measures taken by the Legault government during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Four people, including a physician, as well as the Fondation pour la défense des droits et libertés du peuple (FDLP) filed a lawsuit Monday against the provincial government and Quebec’s public health authority.