PQ to table law seeking expenses of 'No' campaign during 1995 referendum
The result of the referendum was so close that supporters have often accused the No side of having bent the rules on campaign financing during the process.
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The result of the referendum was so close that supporters have often accused the No side of having bent the rules on campaign financing during the process.
After being rebuffed by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), the national assembly is back at it again, ordering the CEO on Friday to lift the veil of secrecy on the illegal financing of the No camp in the 1995 referendum. Premier François Legault avoided saying that the referendum was stolen, as supporters of the "Yes" side maintain.
The Legault government will table a new motion to force the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to lift the secrecy surrounding the enquiry into the financing of the No camp in the 1995 referendum on sovereignty.
Elections Quebec intends to respond next week to the national assembly's request to lift the secrecy surrounding the illegal financing of the 'No' camp in the 1995 sovereignty referendum on.