Jacob Serebrin

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Reporter with The Canadian Press

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CAQ Leader Francois Legault makes his victory speech to supporters at the Coalition Avenir Quebec election night headquarters, in Quebec City, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Immigration could be pending source of conflict between Ottawa and Quebec's CAQ

Control over immigration and Quebec's religious symbols ban could be sources of conflict between Ottawa and the province as Premier François Legault begins his second mandate.

News, Politics | October 4th 2022

Quebec solidaire co-spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois addresses a luncheon at the Quebec Union of Municipalities convention in Montreal, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Legault roasted for saying Quebec hospital's racism problem fixed

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault faced criticism from his political rivals over the weekend after he said members of an Indigenous community want to reopen a semantic debate rather than fix racism problems at a nearby hospital.

News, Politics | September 19th 2022

CAQ Leader Francois Legault responds to questions following the leaders' debate in Montreal, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Legault's rivals take shots at his immigration, COVID record at first debate

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault was forced to defend recent controversial comments on immigration as well as his handling of COVID-19 during a leaders debate on Thursday, September 15, 2022, as his four opponents tried to wrest support from the popular premier.

News, Politics | September 16th 2022

Quebec Premier Francois Legault signs the condolence book dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II witnessed by Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Michel Doyon and wife Isabelle Brais in Quebec City, on Sept. 9, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Karoline Boucher

Queen's death raises questions in Quebec about future of the monarchy

The mixed reactions in Quebec to the death of Queen Elizabeth II highlight the province’s complex relationship with the monarchy.

News, Politics | September 12th 2022

Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade looks at a calf during a campaign stop at a dairy farm in St-Jacques-le-Mineur, Que., on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

Quebec election: Liberals, CAQ criticize Québec solidaire's wealth tax proposal

Three of Quebec's main political parties took aim on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at a proposal by Québec solidaire to introduce wealth and inheritance taxes on people with assets worth $1 million or more.

News, Politics | September 8th 2022

Quebec Premier and CAQ Leader François Legault speaks at the nomination meeting of Martine Biron, candidate at the Chutes-de-la-Chaudière riding for the CAQ, on Aug. 10, 2022, in Lévis, Que. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

A guide to the five major parties taking part in Quebec's provincial election

News, Politics | August 29th 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.

News, Politics | August 29th 2022

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante attends a news conference in Montreal on Sept. 25, 2021. Plante is defending herself against accusations that she doesn't support the city's police officers. File photo by The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Montreal mayor declares support for police as gun violence becomes hot provincial election topic

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante on Thursday, August 25, 2022, repeated her commitment to hiring more police officers and defended herself against accusations she doesn't support the city's police force, days after two brazen daytime murders.

News, Politics | August 26th 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.

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.

News, Politics | August 23rd 2022