 Judge Yves Alain criticized Mayor Tremblay and said his testimony was rife with "hesitations and contradictions;" he said certain parts were "pure science fiction".Judge Alain said none of the reasons given by the mayor for his decision to fire Girard was valid; in his opinion the mayor was trying to hide a personal animosity toward Girard.In October 2010, the regional Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean of the Federation of Professional Journalists of Québec published a black file on the municipal information in Saguenay.