MONTREAL 鈥� A Quebec religious group has lost a constitutional challenge after getting fined for going door-to-door in Waterloo, Que., to share its message about suicide prevention.
The municipality fined Groupe Jaspe several hundred dollars for violating a bylaw requiring non-profit groups to obtain a permit for 鈥渟elling, collecting or soliciting.鈥�
The group argued in a municipal court that the bylaw infringes on its freedom of religion and expression as enshrined in Canada鈥檚 Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Claude Tremblay, founder of the Magog, Que.-based group, lost his son to suicide.
He says it is his religious duty to go door-to-door to prevent others from taking their own lives.
Tremblay has not said whether he plans to appeal the ruling.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 28, 2025.
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