Polls apart: concern for Quebec municipal election clash if federal date moved back

Moving the fixed federal election date from Oct. 20, 2025, to Oct. 27 to avoid the Diwali holiday could inadvertently affect turnout at Quebec's municipal elections, PROC has heard.
Dominic Leblanc
Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc's Bill C-65, Electoral Participation Act, is currently at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee.

Shifting the 2025 federal election by a week to avoid clashing with a religious holiday could inadvertently affect turnout in Quebec’s municipal poll that would be held six days later, a committee scrutinizing the government’s reforms to the Canada Elections Act has hear...

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