Unparliamentary Remarks from Québec City Council Meetings

A list of statements considered unparliamentary by the Presidency of Québec City Council. The Registry Service updates this collection based on remarks made during past meetings, guided by Section 46 of council rules. The dataset was last updated on April 17, 2026 and is published by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Train classifiers to detect disrespectful or unparliamentary language based on the described categories of personal allusions and insinuations.
• Analyze patterns of inappropriate speech in municipal governance based on the historical list of flagged remarks.
• Benchmark NLP models for rule-based text filtering in official transcripts based on the criteria of avoiding violent or hurtful words.
• Study the evolution of parliamentary decorum standards over time based on the updated list of prohibited expressions.

Strengths

• Dataset is updated by a formal Registry Service, suggesting an official curation process.
• Specific legal basis (Section 46) provides clear context for the data's purpose.
• Last update timestamp (2026-04-17) is precisely recorded.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and procedural bias inherent to the specific Québec City Council.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Curated and updated by the Registry Service of Québec City Council based on past meeting remarks.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:48:16.194153; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Québec City Council, Québec, Canada