E-18 - Executive Power Act

Section 11.0.1 Disposition versions

2018-06-12

11.0.1. The following services are available to a former Prime Minister for one year after he leaves office:

(1)  protection provided in the territory of Québec by a person designated by the Minister of Public Security, and a vehicle provided by the Government;

(2)  protection provided by a person designated by the Minister of Public Security during a mission outside Québec sent on behalf of the Government, if the threat assessment of the Minister of Public Security warrants it;

(3)  continued use of the security and video surveillance systems for his residence, connected to the Sûreté du Québec’s surveillance station; and

(4)  administrative support comprising solely

(a)  an office with a usable area of not more than 100 m2, provided by the Société québécoise des infrastructures;

(b)  office and mobile telephone furniture, supplies and equipment corresponding to government standards, provided by the Ministère du Conseil exécutif; and

(c)  one or two persons of his choice, whose combined annual remuneration may not exceed the salary to which a political attaché is entitled at the maximum of the salary scale applicable to that position according to the scales determined by the Conseil du trésor in accordance with section 11.6, remunerated from an envelope reserved out of the maximum payroll authorized for the remuneration of the sitting Prime Minister’s entire office staff.

The period during which the services described in the first paragraph are available to a former Prime Minister is extended by three months, up to a total of one year, for each complete year he served as Prime Minister. If the period during which the former Prime Minister held office includes a fraction of a year, the extension for that fraction is calculated in proportion to the number of days it comprises.

2018, c. 17, s. 1.