National Assembly.

AuthorLabbe, Stephanie
PositionLegislative Reports

Extraordinary sitting

At the request of Premier Philippe Couillard, the Assembly held an extraordinary sitting on April 20, 2015, to complete the examination of Bill 28, An Act mainly to implement certain provisions of the Budget Speech of June 4, 2014 and return to a balanced budget in 2015-2016.

This bill had reached the clause-by-clause consideration stage in committee and was passed on the following recorded division: Yeas 64, Nays 43, Abstentions 0.

Composition of the National Assembly

On April 7, 2015, Gerard Deltell, of the Coalition Avenir Quebec party, handed in his resignation as Member for Chauveau.

On June 8, 2015, by-elections were held in the electoral divisions of Jean-Talon and Chauveau, which had become vacant following the resignations of Yves Bolduc and of Mr. Deltell. Quebec Liberal Party candidate Sebastien Proulx was elected in Jean-Talon, and another Liberal candidate, Veronyque Tremblay, was elected in the electoral division of Chauveau. The new Members will make their official entry into the House when the Assembly resumes on Tuesday, September 15, 2015.

The composition of the National Assembly now stands as follows: 71 Members of the Quebec Liberal Party, 30 Members of the Parti Quebecois, 21 Members of the Coalition Avenir Quebec, and 3 Members under the banner of Quebec Solidaire.

Parti Quebecois leadership election

On May 15, 2015, the results of the Parti Quebecois leadership election were announced. The first ballot results confirmed the election of Pierre Karl Peladeau, Member for Saint-Jerome, as leader of the Parti Quebecois. He became Leader of the Official Opposition, thus replacing Stephane Bedard, who had been interim Leader since April 23,2014. Mr. Bedard is now the Official Opposition House Leader.

Estimates of expenditure and passage of Appropriation Act No. 2, 2015-2016

On April 21, 2015, the Assembly concluded the debate on the budget speech and held recorded divisions on the budgetary policy of the Government and on the motions stating a grievance. On May 6 2015, the Members examined the Assembly's estimates of expenditure in committee of the whole, and on the following day they adopted the estimates of expenditure for 2015-2016 and passed Bill 45, Appropriation Act No. 2, 2015-2016.

Bills passed

Sixteen bills were passed between April and June 2015. It should be noted that many hours were devoted to the passage in principle and clause-by-clause consideration in committee of Bill 37, An Act to...

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