Caroline Plante

Reporter with the Canadian Press Quebec City

21 Articles

Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, left, and Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois walk off set following a leaders debate in Montreal, on Sept. 22, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Speaker rules Quebec politicians must swear oath to King Charles to sit in legislature

The 14 Quebec politicians who refused to swear an oath to the King after the Oct. 3 election must do so or risk expulsion from the legislature, the outgoing Speaker said on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.

News, Politics | November 2nd 2022

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks at a news conference after a meeting with her counterparts from the Baltic region on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Quebec City. Photo by The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Close calls with Chinese jets endanger Canadian plane operating in Asia: Melanie Joly

Joly was reacting to reports by the Canadian Armed Forces, who said Wednesday that on several occasions the People's Liberation Army Air Force failed to meet international aviation safety standards by flying dangerously close to the Canadian aircraft.

News, Politics | June 3rd 2022

Alexandre Bissonnette, court house, Quebec City,

Quebec mosque shooter not motivated by racism, lawyer says

The Quebec City mosque shooter entered a Muslim prayer space on Jan. 29, 2017, armed with two guns, and murdered six men — but there was no evidence he was motivated by deep-seated racism, the man's lawyer argued on Monday, January 27, 2020, at the Court of Appeal.

News, Politics | January 28th 2020

Pauline Marois, Quebec election shooting, Quebec, Montreal

Former Quebec premier Pauline Marois worried about future of French language

Quebec's first female premier has found a new role since leaving office: that of champion for the French language.

News, Politics | September 2nd 2019

Quebec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness, Simon Jolin-Barrette,

Testy exchange between Quebec immigration minister and UN representative

Quebec has spent hundreds of millions of dollars resettling refugees and asylum seekers over the past few years, which is more than its fair share, Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette told a United Nations representative on Thursday, August 15, 2019, during a testy exchange at the legislature.

News, Politics | August 16th 2019

Quebec Premier, CAQ leader, Francois Legault,

Legault announces plan to electrify Quebec's economy, reduce oil consumption

The Quebec government will reduce oil consumption in the province by 40 per cent by 2030 through a vast program to shift transportation systems, buildings and businesses to hydroelectricity, Premier Francois Legault announced on Sunday, May 26, 2019, as his party held a general council meeting in Montreal.

News, Politics | May 27th 2019

Francois Legault, Genevieve Guilbault, Andree Laforest,

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Speaker rules Quebec politicians must swear oath to King Charles to sit in legislature

Close calls with Chinese jets endanger Canadian plane operating in Asia: Melanie Joly

Quebec mosque shooter not motivated by racism, lawyer says

Former Quebec premier Pauline Marois worried about future of French language

Testy exchange between Quebec immigration minister and UN representative

Legault announces plan to electrify Quebec's economy, reduce oil consumption

Premier Legault to force the Caisse to purchase REM trains made in Quebec

Canadian Human Rights Museum could include Quebec's secularism legislation

Former senator links hijab and mutilation at Quebec secularism hearings

Number of Quebecers seeking assisted death has jumped, commission finds