provincial political party in Quebec, Canada
Premier Legault ups pressure on Trudeau to deliver on immigration power promise: Meanwhile, Legault fires back at PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/premier-legault-ups-pressure-on-trudeau-to-deliver-on-immigration-power-promise
Quebecers support control of immigration, but not a referendum on it: poll: The Léger survey also addressed questions of identity that have been front and centre ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebecers-support-control-of-immigration-but-not-a-referendum-on-it-poll
CAQ whip resigns from caucus, to run for Conservatives in next federal election: Pierre Poilievre wrote on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter ...
theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-caq-whip-resigns-from-caucus-to-run-for-conservatives-in-next-federal/
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Legault loses more support as CAQ falls to third, behind PQ, Liberals: poll: It's the leaderless Liberals' best showing since November 2020.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-poll-pq-liberals-caq-april-2024
CAQ names Mario Laframboise government whip, replacing Éric Lefebvre: Lefebvre left the CAQ caucus after he announced he will run for the federal Conservatives ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/caq-names-mario-laframboise-government-whip-replacing-eric-lefebvre
A short fuse? Political adversaries speculate about PQ leader after he walks out of debate in a huff
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/a-short-fuse-adversaries-speculate-about-pq-leader-after-he-walks-out-of-debate-in-a-huff
François Legault says he still plans to run again in 2026: In their annual debate over government spending Wednesday, party leaders traded barbs and jabs for ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/is-there-enough-work-left-to-do-for-a-third-mandate-yes-says-legault
Opposition expresses concerns after CAQ MNA jumps to federal Conservatives: Eric Lefebvre's decision to represent his riding of Arthabaska as an independent MNA ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/opposition-expresses-concerns-after-caq-mna-jumps-to-federal-tories
Quebec employers group worried ’politicized’ immigration debate will hurt jobs: Ottawa's decision to reimpose visa requirement on Mexican nationals is already ...
montrealgazette.com/business/quebec-employers-group-worried-politicized-immigration-debate-will-hurt-jobs
| Montreal Gazette: "I affirmed a conviction and a very strong attachment, which is mine and that of France, to laicity," Gabriel Attal says.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/french-pm-says-he-did-not-meddle-in-quebecs-secularism-debate
Élections Québec abandons plan for online-voting pilot project: The first attempt at internet voting was to take place in 21 cities during the 2025 municipal ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/elections-quebec-abandons-plan-for-online-voting-pilot-project
Quebec separation re-enters political debate thanks to TikTok-friendly leader: Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaking loudly and often after ...
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/10/quebec-canada-separatist-party
Opinions divided on renewal of notwithstanding clause shielding Bill 21: In a replay of the 2019 debate on secularism at the National Assembly ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/opinions-divided-on-renewal-of-notwithstanding-clause-shielding-bill-21
EMSB to decide fate of Bill 21 court challenge Wednesday night: The English Montreal School Board is holding a special meeting to decide whether to take its case ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/emsb-to-decide-fate-of-bill-21-court-challenge-wednesday-night
Québec solidaire wants the expansion of private health care to stop: QS claims that the number of specialized private clinics has exploded under the CAQ ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-solidaire-wants-the-expansion-of-private-health-care-to-stop
Paid articlePaid Politics Briefing: MPs to examine security breach at Winnipeg infectious-disease lab
theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-politics-briefing-mps-to-examine-security-breach-at-winnipeg/
Paid articlePaid | Montreal Gazette: Paul St-Pierre Plamondon argues Quebec must "re-establish a minimum balance of power with Ottawa" on issues he described as "vital."
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/pq-calls-for-political-common-front-to-pressure-ottawa-on-immigration-health
Quebec won't get full powers over immigration, Trudeau says after meeting with Legault
montrealgazette.com/news/politics/quebec-wont-get-full-powers-over-immigration-trudeau-says-after-meeting-with-legault
Robert Libman: Leave politics out of provincial budgets: The CAQ has jacked spending without raising taxes. A strategic move with the next elections in mind?
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/robert-libman-leave-politics-out-of-provincial-budgets
Paid articlePaid A look at the long-running debate on immigration between Ottawa and Quebec: Quebec's demand for full immigration powers has been part of François Legault's ...
montrealgazette.com/news/politics/a-look-at-the-long-running-debate-on-immigration-between-ottawa-and-quebec
Legault to seek full powers over immigration at meeting Friday with Trudeau: As of Dec. 31, Quebec had welcomed 160,651 asylum seekers, more than 55 per cent of ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/legault-to-seek-full-powers-over-immigration-at-meeting-friday-with-trudeau
Paid articlePaid | Montreal Gazette: The Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority and Trajectoire Québec join Mayor Valérie Plante in decrying the budget's "disengagement in ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-budget-fails-to-meet-needs-of-montreal-region-critics-say
It's a shame youth find English words 'cool,' Legault says bilingually: The premier's gaffe was met with laughter in the National Assembly.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/its-a-shame-youth-find-english-words-cool-legault-says-bilingually
Paid articlePaid Robert Libman: Legault approaches meeting with Trudeau as 'nation to nation' summit
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/robert-libman-legault-approaches-meeting-with-trudeau-as-nation-to-nation-summit
Paid articlePaid Allison Hanes: Public transit must be a priority for Quebec: The Coalition Avenir Québec must invest in transit to both bolster the economy and address climate ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/allison-hanes-public-transit-must-be-a-priority-for-quebec
Paid articlePaid | Montreal Gazette: Rebranding it as the "parliamentary sovereignty clause" by the Legault government is "highly problematic," law professor says.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-appeal-court-bill-21-ruling-fuels-debate-on-notwithstanding-clause
Paid articlePaid Legault government launches survey on 'third link' between Quebec City and Lévis: Participants from across Quebec are welcome to express their views.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/legault-government-launches-survey-on-third-link-between-quebec-city-and-levis
Paid articlePaid Opinion: Here's why Concordia is taking the CAQ government to court: Our decision is about defending who we are as an anglo university. It's also about ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-heres-why-concordia-is-taking-the-caq-government-to-court
Ottawa owes Quebec $1 billion to cover costs of asylum seekers, Legault government says
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/ottawa-owes-quebec-1-billion-to-cover-costs-of-asylum-seekers-legault-government-says
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Trudeau Must Stop the Flow of Asylum Seekers, Says Quebec Leader: Quebec is close to a breaking point with asylum seekers arriving in the French-speaking ...
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Quebecers must have priority for daycare services, before asylum seekers: Legault
montrealgazette.com/news/politics/quebecers-must-have-priority-for-daycare-services-before-asylum-seekers-legault
Paid articlePaid Northvolt project: Legault uses fruit to justify incomplete environmental study: The premier said comparing a real-estate project to a battery factory project ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/northvolt-project-legault-uses-fruit-to-justify-incomplete-environmental-study
Paid articlePaid | Montreal Gazette: The public is right to push back when the CAQ government touts its "great projects" and treats environmental protections like inconveniences ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/tom-mulcair-quebecers-want-answers-not-arrogance
Paid articlePaid Opinion: Quebec can ill afford to isolate itself from the real world: More than ever, investment has a choice — and the choices beyond this province are as ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-quebec-can-ill-afford-to-isolate-itself-from-the-real-world
| Montreal Gazette: QS house leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois has accused François Legault’s media relations director of "smearing" MNA Vincent Marissal.
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-solidaire-wants-an-apology-from-caq-staffer-after-aggressive-attacks-on-mna
Paid articlePaid Guilbault should apologize to grieving couple told to pay to meet her: opposition
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/guilbault-should-apologize-to-grieving-couple-told-to-pay-to-meet-her-opposition
Paid articlePaid Legault government intends to renew notwithstanding clause on Bill 21: The clause was invoked to protect the state secularism law in 2019 and is valid for five ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/legault-government-intends-to-renew-notwithstanding-clause-on-bill-21
Paid articlePaid Quebec Liberal Party would be more popular with Denis Coderre at the helm: poll: Twenty-eight per cent of CAQ members believe Coderre would be the best leader ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-liberal-party-would-be-more-popular-with-denis-coderre-at-the-helm-poll
Paid articlePaid Ethics commissioner won't investigate CAQ MNAs Montigny and Bélanger: Premier François Legault has already announced the CAQ will temporarily stop accepting ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/ethics-commissioner-wont-investigate-caq-mnas-montigny-and-belanger
Paid articlePaid Before renouncing private party donations, CAQ had mulled doubling the maximum contribution
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/before-renouncing-private-party-donations-caq-had-mulled-doubling-the-maximum-contribution
Paid articlePaid Opinion: University autonomy under attack in Quebec: The francization edict the CAQ government has imposed on anglo universities contradicts an ideal rooted in ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-university-autonomy-under-attack-in-quebec
Paid articlePaid Scrap out-of-province tuition hike, government committee tells Legault: Advisory group says it “seems unjustified and risks compromising access to quality ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/scrap-out-of-province-tuition-hike-government-committee-tells-legault
Paid articlePaid Nobody 'can buy a Quebec minister for a $100 donation,' CAQ insists: But party is open to overhauling Quebec's electoral financing law, it says as it defends its ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/nobody-can-buy-a-quebec-minister-for-a-100-donation-caq-insists
Paid articlePaid Allison Hanes: It ain't the political financing rules that are broken: Premier François Legault is trying to make the opposition parties pay the price for the ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/allison-hanes-questionable-political-financing-strategies-dont-have-to-break-rules-to-stink
Paid articlePaid Quebec anglos minister to take part in closed-door 'fireside chat' at McGill: A McGill-trained economist, Eric Girard has been largely silent on the Legault ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-anglos-minister-to-take-part-in-closed-door-fireside-chat-at-mcgill
Paid articlePaid CAQ on the defensive over fundraising as third ethics allegation is made: Opening day of the new National Assembly session was marked by tense exchanges between ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/caq-on-the-defensive-over-fundraising-as-third-ethics-allegation-is-made
Paid articlePaid Analysis: Legault tries to get his government on track as Quebecers demand better services
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/analysis-legault-tries-to-get-his-government-on-track-as-quebecers-demand-better-services
Paid articlePaid PQ could form majority government if election held now: poll: The governing Coalition Avenir Québec has lost half the votes it bagged in the 2022 election while ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/pq-could-form-majority-government-if-election-held-now-poll
Paid articlePaid Quebec mayors have added almost $100,000 to the CAQ's coffers since 2021: Quebec Premier François Legault says his party is not targeting municipal officials as ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-mayors-have-added-almost-100000-to-the-caqs-coffers-since-2021
Paid articlePaid 'Seized the moment': Watershed year for EVs paving way for billions in new investment, Champagne says
financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/ev-watershed-year-billions-new-investment-champagne
| Montreal Gazette: The premier says he wants fewer distractions in 2024 and to focus on "education, health, economy, environment and protecting our identity."
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/hydro-quebec-wont-be-privatized-but-will-need-more-workers-legault-says
Northvolt halts construction prep work pending outcome of injunction request: Preparatory work in the form of clearing trees began this week after Quebec ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/northvolt-halts-construction-prep-work-pending-outcome-of-injunction-request
| Montreal Gazette: The Legault government's language policies "are harmful, injurious and unnecessary, and so new measures should be put on hold pending the ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/embargo-quebec-anglophone-group-asks-court-to-block-future-french-language-measures
Tasha Kheiriddin: Legault wants to kill Quebec's English universities. He must be stopped
nationalpost.com/opinion/legault-wants-to-kill-quebecs-english-universities-he-must-be-stopped
Santé Québec transition committee will hold first meeting on Friday, Dubé says: The 11-member committee will establish protocols for health-care staff and ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/sante-quebec-transition-committee-will-hold-first-meeting-on-friday-dube-says
'In Quebec, we celebrate Christmas': National Assembly rejects notion that Christmas is racist
nationalpost.com/news/quebec-rejects-notion-christmas-is-racist
Quebec premier aware people ‘are angry with him’ as backlash grows against him: When asked about what mistakes he made, François Legault didn't elaborate but ...
globalnews.ca/news/10110587/quebec-legault-decline-polls/
| Montreal Gazette: "Previously, if you wanted take away the bilingual status of a hospital, it had to come from the local board ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/i-take-the-blame-for-bill-15-amendment-dube-says-as-he-reverses-course
Quebec walkouts: 420,000 public sector workers set to hold 7-day strike in December
globalnews.ca/news/10119486/quebec-public-sector-strike-dates-december/
Robert Libman: On the night before Christmas, a wish for Quebec: A classic poem reimagined.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/robert-libman-on-the-night-before-christmas-a-wish-for-quebec
Toula Drimonis: I have questions about Quebec's tuition scheme: For one, why will some French-speaking foreign students now pay far less than French-speaking ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/toula-drimonis-i-have-questions-about-quebecs-tuition-scheme
Quebec to hike out-of-province tuition but cut rates for French, Belgian students: report
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-to-hike-out-of-province-tuition-but-cut-rates-for-french-belgian-students-report
Legault's comment was 'disconnected from reality,' teachers' union says: Quebec premier had suggested classes could resume by Monday.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/legaults-comment-was-disconnected-from-reality-teachers-union-says
| Montreal Gazette: "I want to be very clear," the premier said. "It isn't because we have the power to tax that we should tax more."
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cut-spending-before-using-new-taxation-powers-legault-tells-mayors
McGill won’t rule out moving some operations to another province: Saini noted 20 per cent of McGill students are francophones. More than half are Quebecers ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-is-proudly-anchored-in-quebec-principal-deep-saini-says
Negotiations with striking teachers are going 'very well,' Legault claims: Two teachers unions are making it clear the Quebec premier's suggestion that classes ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/negotiations-with-striking-teachers-are-going-very-well-legault-claims
Tom Mulcair: The CAQ's busy year of attacks on anglophones: There have been so many antagonistic moves by François Legault's government, it’s hard to know which ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/tom-mulcair-the-caqs-busy-year-of-attacking-anglos
Quebec wants to limit access to English vocational training: Parti Québécois tables a motion for vocational training centres and adult training centres to be ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/quebec-wants-to-limit-access-to-english-vocational-training
Unions say they're unimpressed by Legault's request for 'flexibility': Government is unwilling to negotiate on the weekend despite half a million workers being ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/unions-say-theyre-unimpressed-by-legaults-request-for-flexibility
| Montreal Gazette: "I'm not in politics to win a popularity contest," the premier said. "I'm in politics for results, for changing things for the good of ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/legault-concedes-2023-wasnt-his-best-year-but-he-isnt-discouraged
Legault repeats sweetened public-sector deal, but has harsh words for unions: The common front of unions — including teachers and health-care workers — begin ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/legault-repeats-sweetened-public-sector-deal-but-has-harsh-words-for-unions
More than 10% of Quebec’s labour could be on strike by next week: 600,000 public workers are in position to go on strike in Quebec, leading to school closures ...
financialpost.com/fp-work/quebec-teachers-strike-expands
Robert Libman: Quebec health reform too critical to ram through: By invoking closure on Bill 15, this government has shown it's unwilling to listen.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/robert-libman-quebec-health-reform-too-critical-to-ram-through
Quebec Liberals call for suspension of deputy-minister close to Legault: Stéphane Le Bouyonnec is reported to have had ties to a finance company offering loans ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-liberals-call-for-suspension-of-deputy-minister-close-to-legault
CAQ government willing to extend session of legislature to adopt Bill 15: Under pressure by the opposition and lobby groups, the CAQ government says it is ...
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/caq-government-willing-to-extend-session-of-legislature-to-adopt-bill-15
Another day, another Quebec poll suggesting bad news for the CAQ: The Léger poll suggests the Parti Québecois would garner 31 per cent of the vote if an election ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/another-day-another-quebec-poll-suggesting-bad-news-for-the-caq
François Legault is Canada's least popular premier, national poll suggests: The Quebec premier is three points behind Ontario's Doug Ford, according to the ...
montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/francois-legault-is-canadas-least-popular-premier-national-poll-suggests
Rights commission’s humbug view of Christmas is just the gift the CAQ needed: Quebec’s political class unites to save the season in the form of a motion ...
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-rights-commissions-humbug-view-of-christmas-is-just-the-gift-the-caq/
Paid articlePaid | Canoe.Com: "I love you Karl Tremblay. We love you notre gros," Marie-Annick Lépine says of her late partner.
montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/emotional-tribute-to-cowboy-fringants-karl-tremblay-at-bell-centre
Jack Todd: This holiday season, the CAQ government is playing Scrooge: Quebec pouring millions into pre-season hockey and fixing the Big O roof while playing ...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/jack-todd-this-holiday-season-the-caqs-priorities-are-out-of-whack
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