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National Column: Surprising takeaways from Quebec’s vote
by Chantal Hebert To fully measure the electoral earthquake that left Quebec’s once-dominant parties in shambles on Monday, consider that […]
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National Column: Playing politics with Quebec’s future
Among Canada’s larger provinces, none is greying faster than Quebec. For the first time in its modern history, the province is struggling with labour shortages. To varying degrees all its regions including Montreal are affected. […]
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National Column: Quebec up for grabs in fall election
If the Quebec election were held tomorrow, Francois Legault would become the first leader since Rene Levesque to bring a new party to power in the province. […]
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National Column: Immigration issue is a dangerous game
The refugee issue has long simmered beneath the surface of Canadian politics. It was there when former prime minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government passed the infamous Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act, a thinly-disguised attack on Muslims.
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National Column: Premiers at election crossroads
It is always risky to judge a gift by its wrapper.
For very different reasons, the pre-election dynamics shifted in Ontario and Quebec this week, possibly in a way favourable to the ruling Liberals in either province.
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National Column: Is Parti Quebecois close to running on empty?
With only months to go to a fall Quebec election, some of the Parti Quebecois’ best and brightest are rushing for the exit. […]
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National Column: Bonjour/hi fuss not just about language
Quebec’s bonjour/hi flare-up has more to do with panicky pre-electoral jitters than with the dynamics of the language debate in Montreal. […]
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National Column: Anti-niqab law brings Trumpism to Canada
The worst of Trumpism has come to Canada.
It has come in the form of a Quebec law that, under the guise of promoting religious neutrality and accommodation, blatantly discriminates against Muslims. […]
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National Column: Not even sunglasses are spared in Quebec bill
Somewhere in the Quebec government’s legal department, a team of lawyers is bracing to argue in court in what may be the not-too-distant future that the wearing of dark sunglasses puts the safety of the province’s public transit system at risk. Ditto presumably in the case of local libraries and city parks. […]
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National Column: In Canada, there’s no consensus on secession
If Quebecers were asked again to pronounce on their political future in a referendum, Canada and Quebec would hardly be immune to a stalemate of the kind that is pitting Catalonia against Spain. […]
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National Column: Energy East demise changes political landscape
In light of the contrary feelings the demise of the Energy East pipeline inspired in Calgary and Montreal, this week it is easy to forget that the project was born under a relatively auspicious star alignment in Quebec. Or that political resistance to pipeline developments is hardly exclusive to that province. […]
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National Column: Quebec reaction to Netflix deal: Non!
If Netflix’s offerings reflected the vitality of Canada’s film and television industries, one might understand why Justin Trudeau’s government would give the American conglomerate preferential tax-free treatment in recognition of its vital role in putting the country on the streaming map. […]