After investing more than $700,000 in a lawsuit to declare the health measures implemented by Quebec unconstitutional, the Foundation for the Defense of People’s Rights and Freedoms (FDDLP), which denies the very existence of the pandemic, is trying to get the Superiors to convince court that his steps in court are still relevant.
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The organization, funded by public donations, filed a lawsuit in April 2021 largely based on reports from European dissidents, including infectious disease specialist Christian Perronne and anti-vaccination public health expert Astrid Stuckelberger.
The lawyer who originally led the action, Me Dominic Desjarlais, suddenly announced that he stopped representing the FDDLP in October 2021 when two of its leaders fell ill with COVID-19 and one of them had to be hospitalized for tests.
The President of the FDDLP, Stéphane Blais, admitted in court that he had to sell his house in order to put “a lot of personal money” into the adventure and to complete the process, which had to accept numerous discounts. As of June 2022, the organization had a deficit of more than $225,000, according to an interim report released by the FDDLP.
On Wednesday, Quebec’s attorney general moved to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the end of the public health emergency announced by the Legault administration in June 2022 “made the litigation moot.”
“There is no longer a health emergency; [les plaignants] got what they wanted,” pleaded Attorney General Lizann Demers.
The lawsuit is also in an “embryonic stage”, particularly because the FDDLP is no longer officially a party to the dispute, since it no longer has a lawyer. “Declaring the decrees unconstitutional would not have retroactive force,” added the Attorney General’s attorney.
“Not an easy process”
With no attorney representing the lawsuit, it is currently being defended by five active citizens within the FDDLP, who describe themselves as “whistleblowers” who deny the very existence of the pandemic. They want the decrees to be declared “void and ineffective” and are asking the court to order the Attorney General “to take all reasonable steps to ensure that citizens who have received a speeding ticket [pour violation des décrets] be refunded”.
“Ninety-seven per cent of PCR tests are false positives,” Mr Blais argued before Judge Michel Pinsonnault, citing a report by British pathologist Clare Craig, who is part of the panel of experts the FDDLP plans to testify. “The survival rate for COVID-19 is 99.88%. It’s the same as the flu,” he added.
Mr. Blais, a former accountant, recalled that following an investigation initiated by the CPA, he was himself stripped of the CPA’s order for life and fined US$20,000 for making remarks related to the honor and dignity of the profession The order’s syndic vilified with COVID-19 days after his foundation launched legal proceedings to bring down health measures. “This is an indicator that we are being watched by political eyes,” he argued before the judge.
If the Supreme Court agrees to a hearing of the five plaintiffs, they want to prove that the hygiene measures such as wearing a mask and compulsory vaccination were “extremely crazy and inconsistent”.
“Getting vaccinated is not a just and sufficient reason for losing your job,” said Lily Monier, one of the five plaintiffs.
“We still spent $705,000 [dans l’action]. I do not call this a frivolous procedure. We have several reports from world-renowned experts. The procedure is quite well performed and of good quality,” she stressed.
According to her, more than 17,000 people support the FDDLP’s action and moves, but more opponents of the health measures would do so if they weren’t “pulled in the mud by calling them conspirators, covidiotes or toothless” when they surface publicly , pleaded Mrs. Monier.
The judge made the motion for dismissal under deliberation. He promised to issue a written decision as soon as possible.