(CBC) The Coalition Avenir Québec government will invoke closure this weekend to force passage of two controversial pieces of legislation — one that reforms the province’s immigration system and another that bars civil servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols.
The centre-right party will use its majority to shut down debate and call a vote on the religious symbols bill at some point this weekend.
Bill 9, the immigration reform bill, is also to be sent to the floor of the National Assembly for a vote Saturday or Sunday.
For months, Premier François Legault has maintained that passing both bills before the summer was a priority for his majority government.
