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A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against McDonald’s that claims the fast food restaurant illegally advertises to children.

Under Quebec’s Consumer Protection Act, “no person may make use of commercial advertising directed at persons under 13 years of age.”

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The lawsuit claims that displays inside McDonald’s restaurants showing Happy Meal toys violate this law.

“The authorization is, of course, preliminary, but the judge basically found that we made an arguable case that the displays when you walk into McDonald’s directly incite children to buy either toys individually or Happy Meals,” said Joey Zukran, the lawyer who filed the suit.

Authorization — similar to a process called certification in other provinces — allows a lawsuit to be filed on behalf of a group, or class.

Anyone who purchased a toy or a Happy Meal for a child under 13 who was present with them at a Quebec McDonald’s while an “advertising campaign directed at children” was happening in the restaurant since Nov. 15, 2013 is now part of the class.