(CBC) Opposition parties are accusing Quebec’s Legault government of trying to run the National Assembly like a business, as they attempt to extend the debate of its two flagship Bills 9 and 21.
Members of the National Assembly are sitting this weekend after Premier François Legault announced he would invoke closure to ensure the bills pass before summer.
Both of the proposed laws have been overseen by the province’s new immigration minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette.
“We aren’t an elective monarchy; François Legault is not the king of the National Assembly and Monsieur Jolin-Barrette is not his prince,” said Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, co-spokesperson of the left-wing party Québec Solidaire.
