Walking your dog is no longer an exception to Quebec's curfew
However, the provincial government indicated it would again permit dog walking as soon possible.
La Presse Canadienne
Jan 01, 2022 • 1 hour ago • 1 minute read • 20 Comments
Walking the dog near the vaccination centre at the Palais des congrés on Nov. 23, 2021. ( PHOTO BY PIERRE OBENDRAUF /Montreal GazetteArticle content
Stuck at home after curfew and your dog has to do his business? If you have a backyard, no problem, but live in a walkup — you better look for some newspapers.
Unlike the one that ended in May 2021, the provincewide curfew that went into effect on Friday does not include an exception allowing people to walk their dog between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., Presse Canadienne has confirmed.
The decree for the previous curfew specified a person would be permitted outside after hours for the purpose of walking a dog, so long as they stayed within one kilometre of their residence.
Other exceptions to the previous curfew, such as going to a gas station or accompanying someone in need of help, are still included in the new decree.
“As currently drafted in the ministerial decree, the fact of leaving your residence to walk your dog is not one of the exceptions to go out outside of curfew hours,” the ministry of Health and Social Services said in an email to Presse Canadienne.
“However, it is the government’s intention to include this missing exception again as soon as possible,” added spokesperson Marie-Hélène Émond. |
