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ARTICLE · 12 MAY 2020

Quebec's Environmental Protections Relaxed During Health Emergency

Here is an overview of these measures and the flexibility they bring.

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Since the COVID 19 outbreak was declared a health emergency by the Quebec government on March 13, many measures have been taken, some of which have an impact on businesses' environmental obligations. Here is an overview of these measures and the flexibility they bring.

Essential services and commercial activities – environment and residual materials 

Workplace activities have been suspended since March 25, with the exception of essential services and the minimal operations needed to ensure that businesses providing non-essential services, excluding stores, will be able to resume their activities.1

Essential services include government services provided by the Quebec government's ministries and agencies, such as the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change (MELCC); enterprises involved in environmental emergencies; waste collection and residual materials management; maintenance and operation of strategic infrastructures (which includes

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