Quebec anti-suicide group loses legal challenge against municipality over ticketing
MONTREAL – A Quebec religious group has lost a constitutional challenge after getting fined for going door-to-door in Waterloo, Que., to share its message about suicide prevention.
The municipality fined Groupe Jaspe several hundred dollars for violating a bylaw requiring non-profit groups to obtain a permit for 'selling, collecting or soliciting.'
The group argued in a municipal court that the bylaw infringes on its freedom of religion and expression as enshrined in Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Claude Tremblay, founder of the Magog, Que.-based group, lost his son to suicide.
He says it is his religious duty to go door-to-door to prevent others from taking their own lives.
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Tremblay has not said whether he plans to appeal the ruling.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 28, 2025.
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