Last week’s massive power outage in Montreal’s west end left thousands of residents without electricity and heat for up to three days during an extreme cold snap. About 15,000 households across Côte-des-Neiges, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Côte-Saint-Luc, and Montreal West were affected, with some residents forced to leave their homes and at least two deaths now under investigation. A Montreal law firm has filed a proposed class action against Hydro-Québec, alleging the outage was not only foreseeable, but preventable. David Assor, founder of Lex Group Inc., the firm behind the proposed class action, spoke to Andrew Carter.

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