Quebec’s legislature has unanimously adopted a movement calling on the province’s chief electoral officer to launch all paperwork associated to an investigation into unlawful spending forward of the 1995 referendum.
The 2006 investigation, overseen by retired choose Bernard Grenier, concluded that two federalist organizations funded by Ottawa did not report spending of greater than $500,000.
More than 90 witnesses appeared throughout the closed-door inquiry and greater than 4,500 paperwork have been entered into proof, all of which have been ordered to be completely sealed by Grenier, who was appointed by the chief electoral officer.
The Parti Québécois, which launched the movement, says the general public has a proper to know what’s in these paperwork.
PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon informed the legislature earlier this week that there’s no cause for the information to stay labeled perpetually and that there are lots of unanswered questions in regards to the 1995 vote, which was narrowly gained by the No facet.
The PQ had initially launched a movement that may have known as on the federal government to go a invoice ordering the discharge of the paperwork, however amended it after discussions with the governing Coalition Avenir Québec.
