Resignation of Three Town Councillors Latest Shock to Small Quebec Town

Published on April 6, 2024

What began as a disagreement over an alcohol expense by a library volunteer in Ste-Pétronille, Que., has escalated into a political crisis that has upended the small village east of Quebec City and shaken its governing body. The resignation this week of three members of the Ste-Pétronille town council is the latest turn in the heated months-long conflict between residents and elected officials that has prompted an investigation by provincial authorities and led the municipality this winter to send threatening legal notices to one-tenth of its population. Mayor Jean Côté didn’t specify the reasons for the departures of councillors Claude Archambault, Alain Laroche and Lyne Gosselin when he announced their resignations at a town council meeting on Apr. 2, but the news elicited cheers from members of the audience at Ste-Pétronille town hall....

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