Quebec.

AuthorDrouin, Cedric
PositionLegislative Reports

National Assembly

The National Assembly held an extraordinary sitting on July 3, 2014 to complete the consideration and adoption of the estimates of expenditure for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. This sitting, held outside of the parliamentary calendar, was a follow-up to the standing committees' examination of the 2014-2015 estimates of expenditure that was exceptionally carried out after the Assembly had adjourned for the summer recess on June 13, 2014.

The National Assembly resumed its proceedings on September 16, 2014. Bills introduced in September include: Bill 10, An Act to modify the organization and governance of the health and social services network, in particular by abolishing the regional agencies, which modifies the organization and governance of the health and social services network through the regional integration of health services and social services, the creation of institutions with a broader mission, and the implementation of a two-tier management structure; and Bill 11, An Act respecting the Societe du Plan Nord, which establishes the Societe du Plan Nord (the Company), whose mission is to contribute to the integrated and coherent development of the area covered by the Northern Plan, in keeping with the principle of sustainable development and in accordance with the policy directions defined by the Government in relation to the Northern Plan.

Composition and parliamentary offices

Two Members handed in their resignation in recent months: Christian Dube, Coalition Avenir Quebec Member for the electoral division of Levis, on August 15, 2014; and Elaine Zakaib, Parti Quebecois Member for the electoral division of Richelieu, on September 29, 2014.

The composition of the Assembly is now as follows: Quebec Liberal Party, 70 Members; Parti Quebecois, 29 Members; Coalition Avenir Quebec, 21 Members; 3 independent Members, all of whom sit under the banner of Quebec Solidaire; and two vacant seats.

Rulings and directives from the Chair

On September 23, 2014, the Chair gave the following ruling on a point of order raised by the Government House Leader concerning the receivability of a motion without notice moved by the Member for La Peltrie, who had quoted from a letter containing arguments and unparliamentary language.

"When there is consent to move a motion without notice, the Chair generally does not rule, on its own initiative, on the motion's receivability. It therefore happens that motions which do not entirely comply with the...

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