Canada · 14 d ago
Quebec's lieutenant-governor stays away from the new cabinet's swearing-in
Alexis G. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lieutenant-Governor Manon Jeannotte will watch Wednesday's ceremony on television from her office, at the request of premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. She will still sign each minister's appointment as it happens.
The Parti Québécois is "firmly committed to abolishing the monarchy in Quebec, both within our democratic institutions and in our civil society."
— Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, premier-designate
Yearly cost of the Crown's offices, he says
60 million $
He says the offices of the Governor General and the lieutenant-governors cost taxpayers $60 million a year, money he would put toward homelessness.
What's next
His minority government promises a law to abolish the office of lieutenant-governor. Constitutional experts say doing that alone would be unconstitutional and end up in court.
On Tuesday, a Quebec Superior Court judge heard a challenge to the 2022 law that lets MNAs skip the oath to the King. Justice Ian Demers will rule at a later date.
