Eyes on Bill 61
Quebec politics alert: Bill 61. CAQ is trying to pull a collection of fast ones while everyone’s looking in another direction. The Gazette meekly calls it a bill to cut red tape and restart Quebec’s economy. But note the following points, culled from Xavier Camus’s Facebook (my translations):
Article 6: Government expropriations can’t be challenged
Articles 3 and 50: Government contracts awarded without bidding process
Articles 15 to 26: Construction permits to be allowed in previously protected areas
Article 51: No one can sue the government or any of its members
Article 4: No future law can be debated for more than one hour
Articles 31 and 32: Government can change any law or rule
Please read what this UdeM law professor has to say about this power grab. It’s a brief comment but a trenchant one.
Ian 08:03 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
Ah yes, the old “I’m going to pass a law so I can do what I want so you won’t be allowed to say or do anything about it” trick. A classic.
DeWolf 09:57 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
Truly insane. If this passes we’ll be electing dictatorships – governments that can do whatever they want, with no checks and balances, so long as they have a majority.
Tim 10:12 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
“Government contracts awarded without bidding process.” Has nothing been learned? WTF?
Daniel 10:29 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
Well, that’s depressing on so many levels.
JaneyB 11:06 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
“Government contracts awarded without bidding process.”…all I can say is ‘Ilot Voyageur’, Charbonneau…sigh.
Ian 11:13 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
Ah well so much for ever having bridges that don’t fall down 🙁