Class Actions

COVID-19 - Écoles privées - Frais de scolarité

***Update: The class action has been certified against most schools. The case will go on trial. More details to follow soon.

This class action seeks the partial reimbursement by the Private Schools of the Montreal Metropolitan Community of the tuition fees paid after the closure of the schools in connection with COVID-19.

The Authorization hearing before the Superior Court of Quebec is scheduled to be hard on June 9th, 10, and 11 starting at 9:30AM. Members of the public may attend virtually by copy pasting the following MS Teams permanent link below into their web browser:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWU0ZjVjOTEtMTg0Yy00YTQ1LWE1MWMtNzZjOTE4NTJiZmY0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223f6dec78-7ded-4395-975c-6edbb7d10b16%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f2de948d-851d-47f4-9953-579062f424eb%22%7d

Please note the following mandatory guidelines when participating in the above hearing:

PARTICIPANTS:
• MUST NOT under any circumstances record images and broadcast a recording sound or images of all
or part of the audience held in a virtual or semi-virtual room.
• MUST NOT in any way reproduce or communicate in any way all or part of the images or voices of the audience held in a virtual or semi-virtual room;
• SHOULD keep their microphone on "Mute" at all times, so as not to disrupt the hearing.

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** NOTE THAT NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTION. IF THE TRIBUNAL AUTHORIZES THE CLASS ACTION, ALL PARENTS WITHIN THE DEFINITION WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ACTION WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM THEM. **

Enter your name and email address below to be kept informed of developments.

Also, in the "Tell us about your experience" space below, tell us, for the 2019-2020 school year and since March 2019, how many hours of total live and pre-recorded video material were been provided by your school per day / week?

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