18. Where the Commission is called upon to rule on an application for recognition, it may take any measure it considers necessary to ascertain the representativeness of the association or group. The Commission may, for instance, hold a referendum.
The Commission shall publish, at least twice in two daily newspapers having general circulation in Québec, a notice indicating that it intends to ascertain the representativeness of the association or group and indicating what measures it has decided to take for that purpose.