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Québec debout | |
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| Founded | February 28, 2018 (As theGroupe parlementaire québécois) June 6, 2018 (AsQuébec debout) |
| Dissolved | September 17, 2018 |
| Split from | Bloc Québécois |
| Merged into | Bloc Québécois |
| Ideology | Regionalism[1] Quebec nationalism[2] |
| Colours | Light blue |
Québec debout (French pronunciation:[kebɛkdəbu]), sometimes styledQuébec Debout (transl.Stand Up, Quebec orRise Up, Quebec), formerly theGroupe parlementaire québécois (transl. Quebec Parliamentary Group) was a Quebec-basedparliamentary group in theHouse of Commons of Canada during the42nd Canadian Parliament which consisted of members who resigned from theBloc Québécois caucus.[1][3] The group did not have a formal leader, butRhéal Fortin acted as the group's spokesperson.[4] The group was dissolved on September 17, 2018 with all remaining Québec debout MPs rejoining the Bloc Québécois caucus.[5]
The Groupe parlementaire québécois (GPQ) was formed on February 28, 2018 by sevenMembers of Parliament (MPs) who resigned from the caucus of the Bloc Québécois (BQ) due to their opposition to the leadership ofMartine Ouellet, as well as political differences with her strategy of emphasizing the party's stance regarding active advocacy forQuebec sovereignty rather than a pragmatic approach that focuses on the practical interests of Quebec.[6][7][8]
While the seven MPs left the BQ parliamentary caucus, they initially remained members of the BQ party itself and had expressed the desire to remain so.[9] The BQ party executive, in a meeting one week after the group's formation, ruled that the seven defecting MPs would not be expelled from the party for leaving the caucus, and would be allowed to rejoin the caucus in the future.[10]
On May 1, 2018, the seven MPs announced that they were severing all ties with the BQ and considering founding a new political party.[11] The GPQ members announced on May 9, 2018 that their new party would be registered under the name "Québec debout" and would no longer includeQuebec sovereignty in its platform.[1][12]
Following Ouellet's decision to resign after losing aleadership review,Terrebonne MPMichel Boudrias andMirabel MPSimon Marcil announced that they would rejoin the Bloc Québécois caucus.[13] The same day, citing the Bloc's vote to focus exclusively on Quebec sovereignty, Québec debout spokesman Rhéal Fortin announced that he and the party's other four MPs would not rejoin the Bloc Québécois.[13]
The five Groupe parlementaire québécois MPs were formally redesignated as Québec debout MPs in the House of Commons on June 6, 2018.[citation needed] On September 17, 2018, they rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus.[5]
Hours later, the seven protesting MPs assembled in the House as independent members who now refer to themselves as the Groupe parlementaire Québécois.
The seven MPs who left the party — reducing the Bloc to only three sitting members, fewer than the four seats the Bloc was left with after 2011 — will now sit as a 'Quebec Parliamentary Group'. They say they will focus on defending Quebec's interests, which was how the Bloc Québécois' role was defined under former leader Gilles Duceppe.