[2] When Drapeau announced his retirement in 1986, Beaudoin supported Claude Dupras's successful bid to become the Civic Party's new leader and mayoral candidate.
Rosemont's Member of Parliament (MP) at the time was Suzanne Blais-Grenier, who questioned the legitimacy of Beaudoin's election and suggested that it was part of an effort to pressure her into resigning.
[8] In December 1991, Canadian federal justice minister Kim Campbell appointed Beaudoin as a judge on the Quebec Superior Court.
The litigant was seated in a car that was not moving at the time of the incident, and Beaudoin ruled that only the Quebec automobile-insurance board (rather than the company) could be held liable for "damage caused by an automobile."
Wal-Mart claimed that the store was not sufficiently profitable, while opponents argued the company's decision was intended to intimidate workers in other branches.
[12] Beaudoin ultimately ruled that the lawsuit could not proceed, on the grounds that the dispute with Wal-Mart was the exclusive jurisdiction of the Quebec labour board.