To obtain the cancellation and reimbursement of the fines linked to the tickets, the applicants alleged that COVID-19 does not represent a serious threat to the health of the population of Quebec, real or imminent, and that it does not exists and there was, therefore, no valid reason for the state of health emergency […] to have been maintained in Quebec in connection with COVID-19 until 1 is June 2022
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They went further, asserting that the state of health emergency had only been declared for political and opportunistic reasons
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