Quebec tables bill to increase number of ridings to 127 after Supreme Court decision

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Quebec tables bill to increase number of ridings to 127 after Supreme Court decision

Quebec Minister of the French Language Jean-Francois Roberge tables legislation on French language at the legislature in Quebec City, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

The bill is the government’s latest attempt to prevent Montreal and the Gaspé Peninsula from losing ridings in the redrawn map by the independent electoral boundaries commission.

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