The City of Quebec has decided to go to the Superior Court to challenge a decision of the labor court, in a dispute between it and the president of the Brotherhood of police officers.

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The president of the Brotherhood of Police Officers of Quebec City, Martine Fortier, explained on her Facebook page that she was shocked to receive the court documents at her personal residence.

"Words fail me to express what I felt when I had to answer our daughter's many questions, in particular about the contents of this envelope, the identity of its sender, and above all, the reason for which it was delivered. at our residence rather than at my work,” she wrote.

"relentlessness"

She says she feels incomprehension about this way of doing things. “It is now legitimate to wonder how far will the collateral damage of this relentlessness of the city of Quebec extend?”

The dispute stems from an intervention made in the spring of 2021 by Ms. Fortier, who spoke to the media to denounce the lack of staff on the ground to prevent overflows during an episode of deconfinement, at Victoria Park. The City had requested an injunction to prevent Ms. Fortier from disclosing “strategic” information to the media. The City had been dismissed and had subsequently instituted a disciplinary investigation against the unionist. She had turned to the Administrative Labor Tribunal (TAT) to file a complaint for reprisals suffered in the context of union activities.

Success

Martine Fortier had won her case at the TAT. “On June 9, 2022, administrative judge Line Lanseigne of the Administrative Labor Tribunal rendered a decision to the effect that the notice of disciplinary investigation that the city of Quebec had served on me for the same reasons as those having led to the filing of the motion for the issuance of a safeguard, injunction, interlocutory and permanent order, was indeed a measure of reprisal for union activities.”

This time, the City is contesting this judgment and is applying to the Superior Court to have it invalidated or set aside.

“The City confirms that it has filed an application for judicial review of the TAT’s decision in this case. Given the judicialization of the file, the City reserves its comments,” said spokesperson David O’Brien.