COVID-19 pandemic.Quebec’s director of criminal and penal prosecutions (DPCP) announced the decision in a statement Thursday following a review of the case of the long-term care home that was ravaged by the health crisis.“Given the sufficiency of evidence requirements to bring forward a criminal prosecution, prosecutors concluded that the evidence did not allow charges to be laid,” the DPCP said in a statement.
Montreal families reach $5.5M settlement in lawsuit against Herron long-term care home The office says the decision “in no way trivializes the tragic events” that unfolded at the CHSLD Herron in spring 2020.“Nor does it mean that any fault of civil or ethical nature could not have been committed,” the DPCP said.The Crown.