Bill 591: An Act mainly to reinforce Members’ oversight of government action by recognizing their right to visit administrative institutions

This bill primarily affects managers and administrators running Quebec public-sector and para-public organizations — think hospital administrators, CÉGEP directors, municipal clerks, childcare centre operators, school service centre staff, and managers of Crown corporations or government agencies. If you run one of these institutions, you could receive an official visit request from an MNA with as little as 10 working days' notice, and you would be legally required to accommodate it, provide senior staff as hosts, and allow relatively free movement through your facilities. Private institutions that receive public subsidies — such as accredited private schools, private health institutions under agreement, or subsidized daycares — are also covered, meaning even partially private operators with public funding relationships need to be ready to comply. The bill does not directly apply to purely private businesses, but it could indirectly affect organizations that contract with or are mandataries of the provincial government.