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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.
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COVID-19 in Quebec: What you need to know Tuesday
As Canada s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 15,000, the number of new cases and hospitalizations continued to rise in Quebec.
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020 7:35 AM ET | Last Updated: December 29, 2020
Active hospitalizations, including intensive care patients, continue to trend upward in Quebec.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
Quebec wants travellers returning from holidays abroad to test negative for COVID-19 before boarding planes
Health Minister Christian Dubé says he has been shocked by the behaviour of some Quebecers vacationing in the south during the holiday break. He is asking the federal government to implement COVID testing at airports of departure, upon arrival and also to put more resources into enforcing strict quarantine measures here.
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Health Minister Christian Dubé doesn t want a repeat of the spring break, which led to a surge in cases
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020 1:55 PM ET | Last Updated: December 30, 2020
Travel over the holidays was not recommended, but thousands still headed to airports to leave Quebec during the holiday break.(Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
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More than half of the Montreal region’s hospital beds set aside for the pandemic are currently occupied by COVID-19 patients and their capacity risks being exceeded by Jan. 12, according to the latest projections by a government health institute.
At the same time, Montreal health workers are upset hospitals are forcing many staff to work longer shifts and more days, even though they’re exhausted and desperately in need of some time off.
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