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By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that Marc Demers was eligible to run for office when he was elected mayor in November 2013.<\/p>\n

The appeal justices upheld a December 2014 Quebec Superior Court judgment. Demers, who lived and worked in Laval throughout his life, successfully contended that his move to the Laurentians following his retirement was temporary, pending the acquisition of a new home in Laval.<\/p>\n

Jacques Foucher, who filed the lawsuit after he unsuccessfully ran for mayor against Demers, told The Suburban<\/i> that it was too early to say whether he intends to appeal the latest ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will have to read the entire judgment first,\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cWe will then see. The role of the court is to interpret the law. For me, this is not a political matter. We appealed to ask the tribunal to examine at the rules [that govern Quebec municipal elections].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was never a big concern for us,\u201d Laval executive committee vice-chairman David De Cotis told The Suburban. \u201cWe had done all our legal homework before Marc Demers submitted his candidacy in June 2013. The mayor was confident that this was not an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

De Cotis said that the judges didn\u2019t even ask Demers\u2019 lawyers to state their defence during the appeal hearing. He suggested that the only losers in this lawsuit were Laval citizens. He estimated that the city\u2019s legal bills from the case totaled $50,000-$70,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only drawback is that the people who got the short end of the stick were the taxpayers,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve turned the page again,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s business as usual for us. Nothing has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Laval<\/a>

Laval Mayor Marc Demers<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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