Montreal Sued For Banning Woodstoves

On possibly the hottest day of the summer here in St. John's (25C at 2:30PM - could get warmer later), here I am writing about woodstoves.

I've partially heated my home with woodstoves for over 25 years. Back in the day, that was the environmentally friendly thing to do. So I don't know how I missed this:

Back in April, the City Nannies, er Fathers and/or Mothers, of Montreal banned the installation of new woodstoves. Now the city is being sued by a group of woodstove sellers and wood burning homeowners. The Montreal Gazette reports that the city "did not present any sound, reliable scientific study" as part of the process which led to the ban.

They don't need to. All they need to say is that it is in the "public good". It's not like Montreal has never had any blackouts or anything.