The\u00a0Ligue des droits et libert\u00e9s\u00a0and Amnesty International cooperated to conduct an observation mission and deployed a team of about 40 civil observants to promote and protect the civil liberties of protestors. There were no mass arrests, but many protestors commented that the presence of more than a thousand police officers instilled a climate of fear and intimidation. This sentiment was exacerbated by the assault rifles and crowd-control weapons carried by some officers.[2]\n
The\u00a0Service de police de la Ville de Qu\u00e9bec (SPVQ)\u00a0declared some of the protest to be illegal, since protesters had not provided their itinerary to the police. A Quebec City by-law forbids citizens from participating in a protest without informing the SPVQ of the time and place or the itinerary of the protest beforehand.[3]\u00a0CCLA has denounced these types of by-laws since the adoption of a similar policy by the City of Montreal in 2012, since these constitute a violation of the right to free speech, free association and freedom of peaceful assembly protected by Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.<\/p>\n[1]\u00a0Julia Page, Jonathan Montpetit, \u201cAnti-G7 activists in Quebec City call for end to remote meetings as summit in La Malbaie ends\u201d,\u00a0CBC News<\/em> (9 June 2018), online: <http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/saturday-anti-g7-events-1.4699042<\/a>>.<\/p>\n[2]\u00a0Ligue des droits et libert\u00e9s, Release, \u201cBilan pr\u00e9liminaire de la mission d\u2019observation : Un G7 entre peur et intimidation\u201d (10 June 2018), online: <http:\/\/liguedesdroits.ca\/wp-content\/fichiers\/missiong7-cp-conjoint-dimanche-10-juin-2018.pdf<\/a>>.<\/p>\n[3]\u00a0City of Qu\u00e9bec, by-law R.V.Q. 1091, R\u00e8glement sur la paix et le bon ordre, s. 19.2.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=\u00a0\u00bbin_container\u00a0\u00bb full_screen_row_position=\u00a0\u00bbmiddle\u00a0\u00bb column_margin=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_direction=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_direction_tablet=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb column_direction_phone=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb scene_position=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb text_color=\u00a0\u00bbdark\u00a0\u00bb text_align=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb row_border_radius=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb row_border_radius_applies=\u00a0\u00bbbg\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3″ gradient_direction=\u00a0\u00bbleft_to_right\u00a0\u00bb shape_divider_position=\u00a0\u00bbbottom\u00a0\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb][vc_column column_padding=\u00a0\u00bbno-extra-padding\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_tablet=\u00a0\u00bbinherit\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_phone=\u00a0\u00bbinherit\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_position=\u00a0\u00bball\u00a0\u00bb column_element_spacing=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb background_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1″ background_hover_color_opacity=\u00a0\u00bb1″ column_shadow=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_radius=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_link_target=\u00a0\u00bb_self\u00a0\u00bb gradient_direction=\u00a0\u00bbleft_to_right\u00a0\u00bb overlay_strength=\u00a0\u00bb0.3″ width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb tablet_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb phone_text_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb bg_image_animation=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb border_type=\u00a0\u00bbsimple\u00a0\u00bb column_border_width=\u00a0\u00bbnone\u00a0\u00bb column_border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb][nectar_global_section id=\u00a0\u00bb1461″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last weekend, protesters assembled in Quebec City to express their opinions on the G7 Summit which was held nearby, in La Malbaie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,31,78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-freedoms-expression","8":"category-fundamental-freedoms","9":"category-right-to-protest"},"yoast_head":"\n