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Jocelyne Richer

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Quebec to consider bill making oath to King optional for legislators

Quebec's Coalition Avenir Québec government tabled a bill on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, that would make the oath to the monarch optional for members of the provincial legislature.
News, Politics | December 7th 2022
Guylaine Leclerc,

Quebec promises income tax cuts as inflation boosts provincial revenue

While inflation may be hurting ordinary Quebecers' pocketbooks, it's done the opposite for a provincial government that has seen its projected deficit shrink by billions of dollars, according to a report released on Monday, August 15, 2022, ahead of the fall election campaign.
News, Politics | August 16th 2022
Guylaine Leclerc, Quebec City,

Quebec auditor general worried about booming telemedicine, quality of care

Quebec's auditor general is concerned that a boom in telemedicine since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on the quality of care offered to the population.
News, Politics | March 17th 2022
Quebec Premier Francois Legault,

Quebec Premier Francois Legault heads to California to talk cap and trade

After a tumultous legislature session, Quebec Premier Francois Legault is heading to Hollywood and Silicon Valley, where the future of his province's troubled carbon market with California will figure high on his agenda.
News, US News, Politics | December 10th 2019
Simon Jolin-Barrette,

Newcomers to Quebec will have to pass values test

Quebec is moving ahead with its controversial values test for newcomers wishing to settle in the province but the new requirements are less strict than what was initially proposed.
News, Politics | October 31st 2019
Sonia Lebel, Bill 39, electoral system,

Quebecers to decide in 2022 whether they want to change electoral system

Quebecers will decide during a referendum held in conjunction with the 2022 provincial election whether to change how they vote in future elections.
News, Politics | September 26th 2019

In Francois Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec caucus, men outearn women

Within Quebec Premier Francois Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec caucus, the most prestigious and best-paid jobs most often go to men.
News, Politics | September 9th 2019
Quebec Premier Francois Legault,

Premier refuses to back down on plan to scrap 18,000 immigration applications

Quebec Premier Francois Legault is holding firm on his plan to scrap thousands of pending immigration applications, meaning 18,000 applicants would have to restart the process from scratch.
News, Politics | June 17th 2019
Customers, government cannabis store, Montreal,

Quebec takes hard line on cannabis with bill raising legal age to 21

The Quebec government tabled legislation on Wednesday, December 5, 2018, that would impose the strictest cannabis controls in the country, raising the legal age to 21 and outlawing consumption in public.
News, Politics | December 6th 2018
casket, former Quebec premier, Bernard Landry, National Assembly, Quebec City,

Mourners pay respects to former premier Bernard Landry at Quebec legislature

Mourners in Quebec City braved a fall snowstorm on Saturday, November 10, 2018, to pay their respects to former premier Bernard Landry as his body in lay in state at the provincial legislature.
News, Politics | November 12th 2018
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