COVID-19 crisis.The class-action brought on by a group of parents, represented by human rights lawyer Julius Grey, is asking for parents’ ability to be able to decide whether to physically send their children to school or not, asking for the right to opt for at-home learning.“We are not contesting the opening of schools.
We are contesting the right to chose — it should be up to each individual family,” said Grey during Thursday’s hearing in the Quebec Superior Court.“It’s a matter of who has the right to chose what is best for their family.” Quebec premier warns most lockdown measures to continue Grey argued that lower-income families will suffer due to smaller living spaces as well as relying on grandparents for childcare.