Quebec's lieutenant-governor says her role is more than rubber stamping

Manon Jeannotte, 57, says she is far more than a rubber stamp and sees her role as helping reconciliation between the state and First Nations. She is the first Indigenous person in the post.

“My power of reserve applies if a government decides to do whatever it wants against rights and freedoms. I can take the law under advisement and refuse it.”

— Manon Jeannotte

She declined to discuss Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's plan to abolish the monarchy in Quebec. Abolishing the office would take a constitutional change with the other provinces' unanimous consent.

Operating budget, funded by Quebec

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Her salary, about $147,000, is paid by Ottawa, while Quebec funds an operating budget of nearly $1.3 million that the premier wants to put toward homelessness.

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Quebec's lieutenant-governor says her role is more than rubber stamping

Manon Jeannotte, 57, says she is far more than a rubber stamp and sees her role as helping reconciliation between the state and First Nations. She is the first Indigenous person in the post.

“My power of reserve applies if a government decides to do whatever it wants against rights and freedoms. I can take the law under advisement and refuse it.”

Her salary, about $147,000, is paid by Ottawa, while Quebec funds an operating budget of nearly $1.3 million that the premier wants to put toward homelessness.

Quebec's lieutenant-governor says her role is more than rubber stamping

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