Chamber
quebec
Stage
Introduced
This Quebec bill establishes a process for publicly releasing documents from an inquiry into Option Canada's activities during the 1995 Quebec referendum.
Key Changes
- Establishes a formal legal process for publishing documents from the Bernard Grenier inquiry
- Addresses the public release of evidence related to Option Canada's activities during the 1995 Quebec referendum
- Reinstates a bill from a previous legislative session, allowing it to continue through the legislative process
Gotchas
- The bill's full text was not available for review; the summary is based on the title and contextual information from the National Assembly website.
- The bill is a private member's bill, meaning it was introduced by an individual MNA rather than the government, which typically gives it a lower chance of passing.
- The Grenier inquiry documents may be subject to privacy, confidentiality, or legal restrictions that could complicate their release.
- The bill was reinstated from a previous session, suggesting it did not pass during its original introduction and its progress remains uncertain.
Who's Affected
- Quebec government and National Assembly
- Historians and researchers studying the 1995 referendum
- Members of the public seeking transparency about referendum spending
- Former participants or organizations connected to Option Canada
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Gotchas
- The bill's full text was not available for review; the summary is based on the title and contextual information from the National Assembly website.
- The bill is a private member's bill, meaning it was introduced by an individual MNA rather than the government, which typically gives it a lower chance of passing.
- The Grenier inquiry documents may be subject to privacy, confidentiality, or legal restrictions that could complicate their release.
- The bill was reinstated from a previous session, suggesting it did not pass during its original introduction and its progress remains uncertain.
Summary
Bill 793 is a private member's bill introduced by Pascal Bérubé, MNA for Matane-Matapédia, in the Quebec National Assembly. It deals with how documents from an inquiry led by Bernard Grenier should be published. That inquiry investigated the activities of Option Canada, a federalist organization accused of spending irregularities during the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum. The 1995 referendum was an extremely close vote on Quebec independence, and questions about whether Option Canada violated spending rules have remained controversial for decades. The Grenier inquiry gathered documents and evidence related to these activities, but those documents have not been fully made public. This bill would create a formal legal process to determine how and when those documents can be released to the public. The bill was first introduced in the 43rd Legislature's 1st Session and was reinstated in the 2nd Session on October 1, 2025, meaning it carried over when a new session began rather than starting from scratch.
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