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troutman · 06-06-2011, 05:45 PM

MNAs quit Parti Québécois over Pauline Marois's leadership style

http://www.montrealgazette.com/sport...948/story.html

On Monday, three leading members of the PQ caucus, Lisette Lapointe, accompanied to the capital by her husband, Jacques Parizeau; Louise Beaudoin, a former cabinet minister and once Quebec’s delegate general in Paris; and Quebec movie actor Pierre Curzi, resigned from the PQ caucus and the party.

They left because PQ leader Pauline Marois told them they had to vote for Bill 204, a private member’s bill, presented by Agnès Maltais, PQ MNA for Quebec City’s Taschereau riding, or quit.

Bill 204 would retroactively make legal an agreement the city of Quebec reached with Quebecor Media Inc. to manage for 25 years a proposed $400-million multi-functional amphitheatre.

The amphitheatre would double as home ice for a future National Hockey League team.

In return, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau made a commitment to the city to bring back that NHL team to the capital.

But in negotiating its agreement with Quebecor, the city neglected a call for public tenders, as required by Quebec’s Cities and Towns Act.

06-06-2011, 05:45 PM	#34
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	MNAs quit Parti Québécois over Pauline Marois's leadership style http://www.montrealgazette.com/sport...948/story.html On Monday, three leading members of the PQ caucus, Lisette Lapointe, accompanied to the capital by her husband, Jacques Parizeau; Louise Beaudoin, a former cabinet minister and once Quebec’s delegate general in Paris; and Quebec movie actor Pierre Curzi, resigned from the PQ caucus and the party. They left because PQ leader Pauline Marois told them they had to vote for Bill 204, a private member’s bill, presented by Agnès Maltais, PQ MNA for Quebec City’s Taschereau riding, or quit. Bill 204 would retroactively make legal an agreement the city of Quebec reached with Quebecor Media Inc. to manage for 25 years a proposed $400-million multi-functional amphitheatre. The amphitheatre would double as home ice for a future National Hockey League team. In return, Quebecor CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau made a commitment to the city to bring back that NHL team to the capital. But in negotiating its agreement with Quebecor, the city neglected a call for public tenders, as required by Quebec’s Cities and Towns Act.