Court upholds $100 fine imposed by Chambly mayor when he was interrupted

Chambly municipal court has upheld a $100 fine imposed last year by Mayor Denis Lavoie on an opposition councillor who repeatedly interrupted him.
In a ruling rendered Oct. 17 and made public last month, Judge Pierre-Armand Tremblay found that Francine Guay, who then sat as an independent on Chambly’s municipal council, had indeed violated an article of council’s rules procedure that required her not to interrupt once her turn to speak had ended.
The clash that led to Lavoie’s