Legal experts join COVI contact tracing app project

MONTREAL — Former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour and former Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Louise Otis are now helping Montreal-based contact tracing mobile app developer COVI Canada, it was announced Tuesday. Arbour, who was also the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2004 to 2008, is joining the COVI mobile app project as honorary president of COVI Canada, and Otis will serve as chair of the non-profit organization’s board of directors. “COVI Canada has a well-defined mission to protect the health, privacy and dignity of citizens. The application provides tools to empower citizens to take action...