Published on 09/12/2022 at 16:52
The three elected PQ members who refused to take the oath to the king will finally be able to sit when parliamentary work resumes. (Photo: The Canadian Press)
Quebec — The three elected Péquistes who refused to take the oath to the king will finally be able to sit when parliamentary work resumes in January.
In fact, on Friday afternoon, the National Assembly finally passed legislation making this oath optional.
However, it still needs to get royal approval from the Lieutenant Governor for it to go into effect.
The three elected PQ members had been waiting for the passage of this law to enter the Blue Room since the session began two weeks ago, as the Sergeant-at-Arms refused them entry.
Therefore, they could not even enter the house for this short session, which ended on Friday afternoon.
The minister who pushed Bill 4 forward, Jean-François Roberge, nonetheless welcomed the swift passage of the bill in collaboration with the Liberal Party and Québec Solidaire.
However, in his closing remarks, Liberal spokesman Monsef Derraji said he preferred consultations and feared the law could be challenged in court.
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