26 April 2020 – Childcare priority services extended, statutorily public meetings must be accessible

Type of Intervention: Executive Order
Sectors Involved: Finance/Economy, Local Government, Social Services
Intervention Categories: Legal and policy; Regulatory change; Electoral changes
Level of Jurisdiction: Quebec
Lead People/Agency: Health and social services minister (Danielle McCann)

Overview: Extension of child-care priority services to army personnel and slaughterhouses workers;
Authorization of touristic housing rentals for food industry workers;
If law requires a meeting to be held in public, that meeting must be publicly accessible by all technological means ; If votes are required, they must be collected by all communication means possible. These means must preserve vote secrecy;
This executive order cancel previous measures on elections
Full details here: http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/actualites-salle-presse/conferences-points-presse/ConferencePointPresse-59731.html

Type of Justification: Perception of an increased threat