The National Assembly unanimously adopted Bill 14 on Thursday, which prohibits vote buying in leadership races, thus closing a loophole in the electoral law.

Last month, the Journal de Montréal published text messages suggesting that sums of money, referred to as “brownies,” had been paid to encourage votes for Pablo Rodriguez in the Liberal leadership race.

The Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) has since launched an investigation to shed light on these allegations.

Élections Québec had stated at the time that “in the context of a leadership race, the Electoral Act does not provide for an offence prohibiting someone from making a donation in exchange for a vote.”

READ: Independent report into Quebec Liberal vote-buying allegations due in January 2026

This practice was therefore permitted, pr

See Full Page