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Supreme Court rejects Quebec’s attempt to block changes to election map boundaries
The 7-2 ruling keeps the revised map in place, shifting 51 ridings after courts found Quebec’s blocking law violated democratic rights.
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected Quebec's appeal, allowing the province's revised electoral map to take effect as planned.
- The Commission modified 51 of 125 ridings to ensure roughly equal voter numbers, but the Coalition Avenir Québec government passed legislation to block these changes, citing regional representation concerns.
- In a 7-2 decision, the Court ruled the government's attempt to freeze the map violated Charter guarantees of democratic representation, eliminating one riding on the Gaspé Peninsula and one in Montreal.
- Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette announced her government will table a new bill with opposition parties to protect the ridings of Anjou-Louis-Riel and Bonaventure. "For me, it is absolutely essential that all regions of Quebec are well represented," Fréchette said.
- A coalition of municipal officials from the Laurentians, Laval, the Outaouais, and the Eastern Townships led the legal challenge against the freeze. The revised map will apply to the provincial election scheduled for this fall.
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Supreme Court rejects Quebec's attempt to block changes to election map boundaries
MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected an appeal by the Quebec government that sought to block a redrawing of the provincial electoral map. The 7-2 decision delivered from the bench means that a riding on the Gaspé Peninsula and another in Montreal’s east end will be eliminated in favour of two new […]
·Toronto, Canada
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The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Quebec City on Wednesday on the division of the electoral map.
·Montreal, Canada
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The Supreme Court rejected the motion to suspend the reorganization, which withdrew two electoral districts in Montreal and Gaspésie.
·Montreal, Canada
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Leaning Left18Leaning Right0Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution82% Left
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- 82% of the sources lean Left
82% Left
L 82%
C 18%
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