MONTREAL — A judge is expected to rule today on whether the estranged wife of ex-Parti Quebecois leader Pierre Karl Peladeau will be allowed to know who ordered somone to tail her.
The injunction request filed by Julie Snyder's lawyers resumed earlier today after attempts at reaching an out-of-court agreement failed.
Her lawyers initiated the request, suggesting their client has suffered from stress and has been fearful for her safety and that of her children since June 26.
That is when she was informed a man in a black hat was inquiring about her at the Quebec City airport.
The popular TV host and producer is also asking for a halt to any current and future surveillance.
She took legal action against the man and his employer, Garda, in an attempt to unveil the identity of the person behind the surveillance.
On Thursday, lawyers emerged from a lengthy attempt to broker a deal and told Quebec Superior Court Justice Paul Mayer they'd failed.
Snyder's lawyer, Mathieu Piche-Messier, called the surveillance of his client a serious violation of her right to privacy and said it's unclear why the information is being gathered.
"You've seen as I have, this is everywhere in the media," Piche-Messier told the court. "How is at that John Doe hasn't shown up? ... If they have nothing to hide, we'd have someone here saying what their reasons are (for the tailing)."
Lawyers for Garda have said Snyder has failed to show the urgency and that their clients are subject to confidentiality.
Snyder has not been present for the proceedings this week and the case has yet to be argued on its merits.
She and Peladeau are in divorce proceedings after announcing in January their relationship was over. They married last August.
