A Pierrefonds garage owner is refusing to close his doors after Montreal police demanded he cease all operations following the provincial government’s orders to shut down during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Claudio Gentile’s Autoworx garage on Monk Street received an official warning from police officers on Wednesday after it was deemed a non-priority service. “I was stunned.
I was treated like I was committing a crime,” Gentile said. Gentile was reportedly told not to continue his operations, but he has refused to follow those orders, saying he believes his business is a necessity because his garage services the vehicles of several essential service employees.
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