Assemblee Nationale Quebec.

• Author: Voyer, Manon
• Position: Legislative Reports

Dissolution of the Assembly, general election and composition of the Assembly

On 5 March 2014, at the request of Premier Pauline Marois, the Lieutenant-Governor dissolved the National Assembly, calling the next Assembly to meet on May 6 2014. The call for an election ended the 40th Legislature. At its dissolution, the Assembly was composed as follows: Parti Quebecois,

54 Members; Quebec Liberal Party, 49 Members; Coalition Avenir Quebec, 18 Members; four independent Members (two under the banner of Quebec Solidaire and two without any affiliation).

The provisional results indicate that the new composition of the Assembly following the general election of April 7 is the following: Quebec Liberal Party, 70 Members; Parti Quebecois, 30 Members; Coalition Avenir Quebec, 22 Members; three independent Members elected under the banner of Quebec Solidaire.

Debates on reports from committees, budget speech and passage of a bill

Between the adjournment of the parliamentary proceedings before the holiday season and the dissolution of the Assembly on March 5, the National Assembly sat from February 11 to 20. It should be noted that, during this period, before being able to carry out any other business, the Assembly was required to hold six limited debates on standing committee reports containing recommendations.

On February 20, the last sitting of the 40th Legislature, the Minister of Finance and the Economy, Nicolas Marceau, delivered his budget speech. During the same sitting, the Assembly unanimously passed Bill 28, An Act to establish the new Code of Civil Procedure. This bill establishes the new Code of Civil Procedure, whose main objectives are to ensure the accessibility, quality and promptness of civil justice, the fair, simple, proportionate and economical application of procedural rules, the exercise of the parties' rights in a spirit of co-operation and balance, and respect for those involved in the administration of justice.

Standing committees

The Committee on Public Administration (CPA) carried out two orders during the first quarter of 2014. First, it heard the Auditor General on his annual management report and his financial commitments for 2012-2013. The Standing Orders of the National Assembly provide that this order must be carried out every year. Second, following the release of the Auditor...