PQ MP Pascal Bérubé, in turn, is asking the Liberals to “do the right thing,” recognizing his party and Quebec Solider as parliamentary groups. If the Legault government intends to do so, the formation of Dominique Anglade, which has 21 seats, refuses to confirm it.
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“It is a matter of justice. […] I would like to say M.me We cannot accept that it is legitimate for a party with fewer votes than us to represent more voters. We humbly invite them. Those who say no to us are short on votes! “, hammered the re-elected MP for Matane-Matapedia during a press conference held Friday at the PQ’s Montreal office.
He condemns the Liberals for making a calculation of “visibility” first, saying they “don’t want to split with other parties within their caucus”. “I invite them to be better,” Mr. Berube said. According to him, there is an “urgency” to act as the inauguration ceremony scheduled for October approaches.
With 21 seats, the Liberal Party actually got slightly less votes than the PQ (14.37% vs. 14.61%), which has only three seats: Pascal Perroupe, their leader Paul St-Pierre Plamonton elected in Camille-Laurin. , and of Joel Arseneau in the Magdalen Islands. Québec solidaire, for its part, elected 11 representatives and collected 15.43% of the vote.
In concrete terms, a caucus position would allow the PQ and Solidarity parties, with a total of 14 MNAs, to receive a larger budget — roughly a million extra dollars — and speaking time in the Blue Room. To be recognized as a parliamentary group, a party must secure 20% of the vote or elect 12 representatives. However, this status may be granted to other political entities that do not meet these conditions if all recognized parties agree unanimously.
Anglade will not negotiate in public
In the post-election Liberal caucus, Morrissey, Yamachichi, Dominic Anglade, QS and PQ declined to say on Wednesday whether they wanted to see them officially recognized as parliamentary groups. “If the government is not open to parliamentary reform, it will be very difficult,” he said of his potential support.
The next day, outgoing Deputy Prime Minister Genevieve Guilbault, Mrs.me Angled to show more “openness”. “I call us.me Anglade to participate in this momentum of mutual transparency that we all have with each other,” he said.
On Friday, Communications Director Mme Jeremy Ghio of Anglade noted that the chef “doesn’t negotiate in the public square.”
“It’s healthy in a democracy for the opposition to have ways to do their job, especially when we consider the significant means of government,” Mr. Berube continued, ruling that having 14 representatives would have a “crippling” effect. National Assembly by engaging it in practical games. If the Liberals continue to “block” recognition of parties, the PQ member says, “there will be pressure.” “We request citizens to continue to call representatives. There will be mobilization,” he assured.
When asked again about the possibility of a merger between Québec solidaire and the Parti Québécois, Pascal Bérubé was unequivocal. “This is political fiction. Attempts have already been made in the past and you know the result. […] We said yes, they said no. We will not be caught twice,” he said, adding that now the PQ “really wants to have its own parliamentary committee.”
The king has no oath
MPs Bérubé and Arseneau also confirmed on Friday that they would not take the oath to King Charles III when they were sworn in as MPs, as Speaker Paul St-Pierre Plamondon had already confirmed. Mr. St-Pierre Plamondon says he wants to “confront” rules requiring all members of parliament to swear an oath to the British monarch. However, the law gives no sanction to elected officials who do not do so. In 2018, Unity pronounced out of sight before condemning this “archaic” practice.
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