{"id":1993,"date":"2020-02-05T06:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T06:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simarddesrochers.ca\/?p=976"},"modified":"2026-09-27T07:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:14:22","slug":"your-protection-as-a-good-samaritan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtulexavocats.com\/en\/your-protection-as-a-good-samaritan\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Protection as a Good Samaritan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federal government has been promoting for some time its\nnew&nbsp;<em>Good\nSamaritan Drug Overdose Act<\/em>. The measure aims to prevent drug\noverdoses in the context of the opioid crisis. Anyone who calls 911 in such a\ncontext, as well as anyone who remains on the scene until the arrival of\nparamedics or police officers, cannot be charged with drug possession, breach\nof conditions or other similar offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This notion of protection for the good Samaritan is nothing new\nand can be found here and there in several laws. The&nbsp;<em>Civil Code of\nQu\u00e9bec<\/em>&nbsp;is no exception. A person who comes to the assistance\nof another, or who gives property to another cannot be held liable for the\nresulting injury, except in case of intentional or gross fault. For example, if\nyou help a person who has had a bad fall and, without knowing it, you improperly\nmove this person and cause additional damage, you cannot be prosecuted. Same\nthing if you give food to someone in need and they get sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This protection is consistent with the obligation imposed by\nthe&nbsp;<em>Charter\nof human rights and freedoms<\/em>, which provides for the general duty\nto aid anyone whose life is in peril, either personally or calling for aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there is little risk in helping others!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"vx-auteur wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtulexavocats.com\/en\/maitre-william-desrochers\/\">William Desrochers<\/a>, a civil and family litigation lawyer at Virtulex Lawyers in Gatineau, instructor at the \u00c9cole du Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec, accredited family mediator and accredited small claims mediator.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has been promoting for some time its new&nbsp;Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act. 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