Les recours collectifs qu茅b茅cois contre les fabricants de cigarettes ou le r么le des litiges judiciaires dans la poursuite d'objectifs de sant茅 publique
The Research Group in Health and Law welcomes Me Jean Saint-Onge, Dr Alain Poirier and Cynthia Callard for a bilingual interdisciplinary panel on the role of litigation in pursuing public health objectives.
Ce panel interdisciplinaire se penche sur le r么le des litiges judiciaires dans la poursuite d'objectifs de sant茅 publique en portant une attention particuli猫re sur les deux recours collectifs qu茅b茅cois contre les fabricants de cigarettes qui se sont sold茅s par un jugement conjoint en faveur des requ茅rants pour la somme de 15 milliards de dollars en mai 2015 (L茅tourneau c. JTI-Macdonald Corp. et Conseil qu茅b茅cois sur la sant茅 et le tabac c. JTI-Macdonald Corp.). L'affaire est pr茅sentement en appel. Cette d茅cision et la question g茅n茅rale du r么le des litiges judiciaires dans la poursuite d'objectifs de sant茅 publique seront envisag茅es sous la lorgnette du droit, de la sant茅 publique et des politiques publiques.
Download a case summary in English [.pdf] or聽in French [.pdf], the full text of the decision [.pdf], or all three [.pdf].
The Speakers
Me Jean Saint-Onge est un associ茅 au sein du groupe Litige du cabinet Lavery. Sa pratique se concentre principalement dans les domaines des recours collectifs, de la responsabilit茅 du fabricant et du vendeur, du droit de la concurrence et du droit de l'environnement. Il a plaid茅 plusieurs causes qui ont fait jurisprudence et a repr茅sent茅 plusieurs soci茅t茅s multinationales dans le cadre de recours collectifs multiterritoraux et transfrontaliers, notamment en droit de la concurrence et en droit de la consommation. Il est reconnu comme un avocat chef de file en mati猫re de recours collectifs transfrontaliers selon le Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross border Litigation Lawyers in Canada. De plus, l鈥檈xpertise de Me Saint-Onge est soulign茅e dans dans le r茅pertoire Chambers Global (茅d. 2015) et, dans le r茅pertoire The Best Lawyers in Canada (茅d. 2015). Il a de plus 茅t茅 d茅sign茅 芦 Lawyer of the Year 2013 鈥� Class Action Litigation 鈥� Montreal 禄 par The Best Lawyers in Canada. Me Saint-Onge est aussi Fellow du Litigation Counsel of America et de l鈥橧nternational Academy of Trial Lawyers et est le r茅cipiendaire du Prix de la justice du Qu茅bec 2007.
Dr Alain Poirier is the Vice-president Scientific Development and Communication, INSPQ, Associate Professor, 脡cole de sant茅 publique,聽Universit茅 de Montr茅al. He is a specialist in community health and internal medicine. He is currently the Vice-president Scientific Development and Communication at INSPQ, an Associate Professor for the Department of social and preventive medicine at University of Montreal鈥檚 脡cole de sant茅 publique, as well as a consultant for the World Health Organisation in African countries preparing and responding to Ebola. From 2003 to 2012, he was Assistant Deputy Minister and National Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Quebec (MSSS). He previously worked as Public Health Advisor for Quebec鈥檚 Ministry of Water and Environment and in regional public health organisations. He has worked in public health for more than twenty-five years in Quebec, while concurrently realising missions in international health and developing health promotion in written and electronic media.
Mrs. Cynthia Callard is the executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada. She has worked as an advocate for tobacco control since the mid-1980s, when she was involved in the development of Canada's first federal laws to constrain tobacco advertising and smoking in public places. She provided technical support to British Columbia during the lead up to its filing of the first government lawsuit to recover the costs of treating tobacco-caused disease in the late 1990s, and has remained a critical observer of tobacco litigation. Most recently, she was engaged by the Quebec Public Health Association to provide a daily blog of events in the Blais-L茅tourneau class action trial, Canada's first large tobacco trial.
This seminar is accredited by a recognized provider for 1.5 hours of continuing legal education (Quebec Bar) / Formation d鈥檜n dispensateur reconnu aux fins de la formation continue obligatoire du Barreau du Qu茅bec pour une dur茅e de 1.5 heures.
