{"id":956632,"date":"2026-11-03T10:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/956632\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:36:28","slug":"judge-denies-request-to-suspend-montreal-bylaw-banning-insults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/956632\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies request to suspend Montreal bylaw banning insults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused a request to suspend a new bylaw banning insults against employees of the City of Montreal, including police officers.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Eleni Yiannakis says the lawyers arguing for the measure didn\u2019t meet the high bar of proof needed to suspend the application of a law.<\/p>\n<p>The bylaw prohibits insults, harassment, threats, abuse and intimidation, as well as offensive and aggressive behaviour and can lead to fines of between $300 and $1,000 for a first offence, with subsequent offences carrying fines of up to $2,000.<\/p>\n<p>A jurists\u2019 association and a legal clinic argued last month that the law is too broad and encroaches on fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p>But Yiannakis wrote in an Oct. 29 decision that the arguments for and against the bylaw and its constitutionality will be heard in court at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>She said the applicants didn\u2019t prove that allowing the bylaw to remain in place until then would result in irreparable harm.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793702188_60_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused a request to suspend a new bylaw banning insults against employees&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-956632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}