The co-owners of a Montreal restaurant are urging Quebec Premier François Legault to remove restaurants from the province’s list of essential services that will remain open as it grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Legault recently asked a majority of the province’s business owners to put their operations on pause for three weeks, with only essential services remaining open.
The move came one day after the provincial government’s decision to close shopping malls, dine-in restaurants, beauty salons and barbershops. “We are asking all stores and businesses to close at the latest tomorrow (Tuesday) at midnight,” said Legault, calling his decision a difficult but necessary one to fight the spread of COVID-19.