Lise Theriault said she was "horrified" when she learned that prisoners at a detention centre in Amos, about 600 kilometres northwest of Montreal, had been watching porn on TV with cable access.
Her lawyer, Marc Labelle, wanted to seek leave to appeal today, a day after Thibault was sentenced to 18 months in jail on fraud and breach of trust charges.
The province's Emergency Measures Organization says the downpour Wednesday and early today damaged infrastructure and closed roads.
The COC received a complaint last Friday about Aubut and has retained Francois Rolland, former Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court, to head an independent investigation.
Alex Gervais fell from a fourth-floor window of an Abbotsford hotel on Sept. 18, and children's representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has said she believes he killed himself.
The challenges are expected to bring new scrutiny to the government's environmental approval process and its responsibility to consult with aboriginal groups.