A Quebec judge has given the green light to a class-action lawsuit that alleges the Quebec government made a series of mistakes when the pandemic began that contributed to large outbreaks and thousands of deaths.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes (or CHSLDs as they’re called in Quebec) that experienced major COVID-19 outbreaks between March 13, 2020, and March 20, 2021.
That means there are 118 long-term care homes included in the class-action lawsuit, according to Patrick Martin-Ménard, the lawyer who pushed for the suit to be authorized.
“What happened in March 2020 was not a
