QUEBEC CITY: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is funding the legal representation of Harvest Ministries International, a Christian organisation based in British Columbia, in a case that sounds like something out of a dystopian novel.

On or about June 2, 2023, Québec’s Minister of Tourism, Caroline Proulx, instructed the CEO of the Société du Centre des congrès de Québec in Québec City to cancel the rental of a hall planned for a religious, cultural and artistic event organised by Harvest Ministries. Minister Proulx and CEO Pierre-Michel Bouchard made no secret of the fact: their decision to cancel the contract was in response to the rally’s allegedly anti-abortion theme, which was said to contradict fundamental Québec principles.