Caroline Plante
The Montreal Gazette
Quebec City, QC, Canada
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Legault won't meet election promise to offer pre-kindergarten
There aren't enough teachers to make the promise a reality right now, he says. → Read More
The CAQ won a 'supermajority' in 2022. Life with so many seats may not be easy
The Legault government, essentially handed a blank cheque by Quebec voters, has been careful about cashing in that political clout. → Read More
Fake vaccination passports kept Quebec anti-corruption squad busy in 2022
Overall, the total number of complaints received by UPAC over the past year was 139 per cent higher than in the previous year. → Read More
Quebec offers public sector workers 13 per cent pay hike over 5 years
The proposal was rejected almost immediately by the common front of unions. → Read More
Quebec to legislate limits on child labour, including a minimum age
A committee found that the minimum age for employment should be 14. → Read More
Air quality in schools is my main priority, Quebec education minister says
"The situation is not ideal, the situation is not settled, but it is relatively under control, so classrooms are safe," Bernard Drainville says. → Read More
Expect things 'to continue to be difficult' in Quebec health care, Dubé warns
"The 811 system works quite well. We just don't have the personnel to answer the phones." → Read More
Legault wants francophone countries to 'do more business together'
Premier wants Quebec to be "an entryway for francophone countries in America." → Read More
Sexual assault trial of ex-PQ MNA Harold LeBel begins Monday in Rimouski
The jury trial will take place at the Rimouski courthouse and is expected to last three weeks. → Read More
Quebec MNAs must swear oath to the King to sit, National Assembly president says
In all, 14 MNA-elects have refused to take the oath of allegiance to the British crown, calling the practice archaic and humiliating. → Read More
Quebec Conservatives mull protests if access denied to National Assembly
Party leader Éric Duhaime, defeated in the riding of Chauveau, says he nevertheless represents 530,000 Quebecers and wants to be able to hold press conferences and have an office inside the legislature. → Read More
Québec solidaire conducts election post-mortem in Sherbrooke
The party's proposed tax on the rich also came under scrutiny, with one MNA saying that perhaps the controversial platform plank could have been explained differently. → Read More
The speaker of the National Assembly should be a woman: Québec solidaire
The job is not reserved for men, Manon Massé says. The only woman who has been a speaker in Quebec was PQ MNA Louise Harel in 2002. → Read More
Legault harms Quebec's international reputation, Anglade charges
The premier's comments on immigration will make it harder to recruit job candidates internationally, the Liberal leader says. → Read More
'We have to wake up,' Anglade says as Legault poised for crushing win
Liberal leader notes new poll shows "62 per cent of Quebecers do not support the CAQ" and yet it is on track for "an enormous number of seats." → Read More
Dominique Anglade says she'll stay on as Liberal leader after election
The Liberal leader said that her party, while taking "nothing for granted," remained absolutely "confident." → Read More
Liberals fall short: Will field 124 candidates in 125 ridings
Candidacy of Harley Lounsbury in Matane-Matapédia has been refused by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. → Read More
Quebec needs provincial Liberals 'more than ever,' Anglade says
Anglade's comments came after CAQ Leader François Legault said that without the threat of sovereignty, the Liberals had lost their raison d'être. → Read More
Legault plans to fight 'decline of French' by controlling immigration, promoting Quebec culture
The CAQ leader announced a $65-million investment to improve Télé-Québec's youth content at a Châteauguay high school on Monday. → Read More
Legault congratulates Pierre Poilievre on federal Conservative leadership win
The CAQ leader says he looks forward to discussing "issues affecting Quebec and Canada" with him. → Read More