On Monday July 21, Justice Catherine Piché of the Quebec Superior Court issued two rulings aimed at implementing the tobacco settlements.
The first - "official confirmations" - includes a dozen specific orders establishing the authority and responsibility of the Quebec health insurance system in assisting the payment of compensation to injured Quebec Smokers. The Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ) is directed to providing information which facilitates the eligibility of claims and which safeguarding the confidentiality of this information.
The second - Come-in-Aid - provides assurance that the Quebec courts will "recognize, assist and give effect to" the CCAA application as though they had been issued in Quebec.
