Quebec tables bill to increase number of ridings to 127 after Supreme Court decision
The legislation would keep Montreal and the Gaspé Peninsula from losing seats after a commission proposed shifting representation to faster-growing regions.
- On Wednesday, the Quebec government tabled legislation to increase the number of provincial ridings to 127 from 125, marking the latest attempt to adjust the electoral map.
- An independent electoral boundaries commission previously proposed eliminating one riding in Gaspé and another in Montreal's east end in favor of two new districts in the growing Laurentians, Lanaudière, and Centre-du-Québec regions.
- Minister of Democratic Institutions Jean-François Roberge introduced the legislation with support from the Liberals, Parti Québécois, and Québec solidaire, addressing concerns that the commission's map reduced political weight in eastern Quebec.
- Quebec previously passed a law to block similar boundary changes in 2024, but that legislation was deemed unconstitutional by the Court of Appeal and eventually by the Supreme Court of Canada.
- The government's new bill seeks to finalize a revised map while avoiding the constitutional pitfalls of previous attempts, aiming to balance population growth without making ridings in eastern Quebec overly large.
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The government and the opposition agreed to increase the number of electoral districts on the electoral map from 125 to 127.
Christine Fréchette's government has come back to bear in the debate surrounding the electoral map, this time by introducing a bill that would increase the number of electoral districts from 125 to 127. The two electoral districts that are likely to disappear, including the one in Montreal, would be preserved. Jean-François Roberge, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions, introduced his Bill 3 (PL-3) on Thursday. The bill would use mos…
The bill tabled this morning in the National Assembly to preserve the integrity of the Gaspé constituencies should be adopted this afternoon. It includes the addition of two seats in the National Assembly. The bill of the Minister of Democratic Institutions, Jean-François Roberge, has been worked on in collaboration with all the political parties recognized by the National Assembly. The former MP of Gaspé and the party's national spokesperson, M…
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