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Danielle Smith wants to turn Alberta into Quebec

The Alberta Sovereignty Act, after all, is apparently modelled on the strategy used by Quebec’s separatists, which cost that province billions of dollars in lost jobs and investment and turned Toronto into the financial and economic capital of Canada, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

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By Max Fawcett | Opinion | September 8th 2022

A QR code is scanned, in Montreal, on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Former Quebec city health centre employee charged in alleged vaccine passport scam

Quebec's anti-corruption unit says a former vaccination centre employee has been charged with fabricating information used to generate fake QR codes used for the province's vaccination passport.

By The Canadian Press | News | September 7th 2022

PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

High security provided to deter threats against campaigning Quebec leaders

Security around Quebec's provincial party leaders appears to be high in the early days of the election campaign, with one leader saying he's been given bulletproof vests to keep him safe.

By Morgan Lowrie | News, Politics | August 31st 2022

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault, left, and his wife Isabelle Brais, walk to his campaign launch rally, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Quebec City. Photo by The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

CAQ, Liberals offer tax cuts on second day of Quebec election campaign

Acknowledging that Quebecers are among the highest taxed people in Canada, the two top parties running in Quebec's election campaign held competing news conferences in the provincial capital on Monday to promise income tax cuts if they are elected on Oct. 3.

By Sidhartha Banerjee | News, Politics | August 30th 2022

Quebec Premier Francois Legault smiles while visiting a cheesecake shop on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 in Laval, Quebec. File Photo by The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Legault's CAQ party holds the lead in polls as Quebec election race begins

Quebec’s general election campaign began in earnest on Sunday, August 28, 2022, sending the four main opposition parties out on the hustings to disprove the polls that suggest the Coalition Avenir Québec is cruising to another four years in power.

By Jacob Serebrin | News, Politics | August 29th 2022

Wild caribou roam the tundra near The Meadowbank Gold Mine located in Nunavut, Canada, on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

Quebec makes progress protecting caribou in wake of federal warnings

The governments of Canada and Quebec said on Monday, August 22, 2022, they reached an agreement in principle to protect endangered caribou in the province, but Indigenous and environmental groups said concrete action is needed.

By Jacob Serebrin | News, Politics | August 23rd 2022

People are shown inside Maison Herron, a long-term care home in the Montreal suburb of Dorval, Que., on Saturday, April 11, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Quebec to allow four people per room in care homes, against coroner's advice

Quebec's decision allowing long-term care centres to house up to four residents per room will put people at risk without freeing up hospital beds, according to a patients rights advocate.

By Jacob Serebrin | News, Politics | August 23rd 2022

Quebec Conservative Party leader Eric Duhaime speaks during the unveiling of his election campaign platform in Drummondville, Que., on Sunday, August 14, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Quebec Conservative Party is in campaign mode

Quebec's Conservative Party is launching its electoral campaign on August 21, 2022, in Quebec City even though the official first day of campaigning has yet to be called.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | August 22nd 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a visit to Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que., on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press//Nigel Quinn

Trudeau vows to protect French in Canada

New census data showing a decline of French in Canada is "extremely troubling," the prime minister said on Friday, August 19, 2022, but he added that Ottawa still has a responsibility to protect linguistic minorities across the country — including in Quebec.

By Morgan Lowrie | News, Politics | August 20th 2022

Mathieu Lacombe responds to reporters' questions at the beginning of a pre-session caucus meeting, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, in Quebec City. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Quebec governing party makes billions in promises

Quebec's official election campaign isn't expected to start for at least another week, but the province's governing party has already made billions of dollars in promises.

By Jacob Serebrin | News, Politics | August 20th 2022

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