Quebec won’t have to pay $700K to ex-premier Jean Charest
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 5, 2024 12:14 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A judge has rejected former premier Jean Charest’s …
Quebec politics
Brian Mulroney death: Quebec mourns one of its own ‘transformational’ leaders
Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister and one of the country’s consequential leaders, is being remembered by politicians of all stripes as “transformational” and as a “very sincere man who …
Quebec Court of Appeal to rule on constitutionality of secularism law known as Bill 21
The Quebec Court of Appeal will rule today on the constitutionality of the province’s secularism law, better known as Bill 21. The 2019 law declares the province is a secular …
Parti Québécois is topping provincial polls, but support for independence staying flat
Almost a year and a half after it was widely seen as being near death, the Parti Québécois is topping provincial polls. And the party’s leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, is …
Quebec party to refund $200 to grieving parents pressured to pay for access to minister
The Coalition Avenir Québec will refund the grieving parents of a woman killed in a car crash after the couple said they felt pressured to pay for access to the …
Grieving parents of car crash victim said they were told to pay $200 to meet Quebec minister
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 8, 2024 4:49 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The parents of a woman who was killed …
Quebec premier’s bad year: Polls suggest François Legault’s support is nosediving
For more than four years, Quebec’s governing Coalition Avenir Québec enjoyed a political honeymoon that lasted through the COVID-19 pandemic and helped the party get re-elected in 2022 with 90 …
Quebec to raise out-of-province tuition to $12K, adds requirement to learn French
The Quebec government is moving forward with its contentious plan to raise tuition for out-of-province students but also introduced a new French-language requirement. Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry announced the …
Debate on major health reform cut short after CAQ government invokes closure
The Coalition Avenir Québec government will use closure to push its sweeping health-care reform bill into law before the provincial legislature breaks for the winter holidays. The move came Friday …
Quebec labour conflict in ‘crucial moment’ as 420,000 public sector workers walk off the job
Quebec public sector unions say the government is running out of time to reach a deal for new collective agreements and avoid an unlimited general strike in the new year …