MONTREAL, March 21, 2021 – Will Premier Legault keep his promise to reform the electoral system in Quebec or will he give in to the fears that some of his caucus members may lose their seats by backing down like Justin Trudeau did at the federal level in 2017?
MDN President Jean-Pierre Charbonneau and Vice-President Françoise David today submitted the organization’s brief to the Commission on Institutions of the Quebec National Assembly, which is studying the draft Act 39, The Act establishing a new electoral system. At the outset, MDN representatives emphasized the historic nature of this exercise.
Coalition for Electoral Reform Now! Following its special general meeting to study the bill that would establish a new voting system, the Coalition for Electoral Reform now! urges the government to quickly set up the parliamentary committee that will examine Bill 39.
The Mouvement Démocratie Nouvelle (MDN) urges the government to form a parliamentary committee without delay to examine Bill 39, “An Act to establish a new electoral system.”
Last week, after the CAQ government introduced its fine-tuned Bill 39, “An Act to Establish a New Voting System”, the Mouvement Démocratie Nouvelle (MDN) spotted what looks like an attempt to favour established parties, especially the dominant party. In article 156, the bill provides that the parties that win the most local constituencies under the current system, will be given the advantage when allocating regional seats. This is a flagrant violation of the spirit of proportional representation.
The FAE is a member of Coalition for Electoral Reform Now!.
Montreal, September 25, 2019 – Despite the fact that François Legault’s government kept its promise to file a bill on electoral reform by October 1, it is the view of the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement (FAE) that the Prime Minister and Sonia Lebel, his minister in charge of the project, display a lack of political courage by proposing their bill be relegated to a referendum –– instead of finalizing a comprehensive reform before the end of their first term in office, as they had promised during the campaign.
