QUEBEC POLITICS

The founder and leader of Quebec's pro-sovereignty party Option Nationale is quitting politics. 5 2

The Quebec government is spending $500,000 to create a committee to examine wasteful spending by the federal government. 36

Bill 3, the new law that fixes elections once every four years on the first Monday October, has been unanimously passed in the National Assembly. 6

Jean Lapierre and Don Macpherson look at turbangate, Bill 52,and the spring session.

Max Harrold on the boasting and bragging being made in Quebec City.

Jean Lapierre and Don MacPherson discuss politics with Mutsumi Takahashi.

Two PQ cabinet ministers who defended Florent Gagné against accusations of ignoring bid-ridding were forced to concede that the man now overseeing the Laval trusteeship failed to forward a key document to police. 2

Singer Isabelle Boulay, Monique Jerome-Forget and Eric Molson were among those honoured by Pauline Marois Thursday. 8

Quebec must reduce delays for the elderly and disabled who are suffering, said the province’s auditor general Wednesday. 3 1

The Coalition Avenir Quebec has launched an advertising campaign inviting people to sign a petition compelling the Marois government to act more quickly against companies that have taken part in collusion and corruption. 20 1

The panel of Jean Lapierre and Don Macpherson looks at the week in politics.

Parti Quebecois MNAs along with sufficient numbers of the CAQ and Quebec Solidaire voted in favour of approving the bill in principle, while the Liberal party opposed the motion. 133 2

Quebec's bill to regulate the mining industry is proving popular with opposition parties but less so with Quebec municipalities. 1 1

The Liberals have come to the end of their delaying tactics on the PQ government's controversial language law update, Bill 14 50

A former premier was the closing speaker at an initiative aimed at uniting Quebec's separatist parties Sunday. 42 1

A petition aiming to push Quebec Premier Pauline Marois to add gym time has proven popular. 5

Jean Lapierre and Don Macpherson look at the Senate scandals and the PQ’s plans for a Charter of Quebec Values.

PQ Premier Pauline Marois has declared that the province will not do business with companies that are exempt from Quebec's language laws unless they opt to apply them on their own. 113 1

The Parti Quebecois is taking a hard line on religious accommodation and it has commissioned a poll to back up its views. 30 1

Sexual assault victims in Quebec now have up to 30 years to make a case against their alleged abusers.

The letter penned by Minister for Montreal Jean-Francois Lisée and Language Minister Diane De Courcy lists amendments to Bill 14, the revision to Quebec's Language Charter. 56 2

The Quebec government has tabled legislation which could impose a moratorium on exploration for shale gas in the St. Lawrence River valley during the next five years.

Despite her party being beaten down in recent polls, Premier Pauline Marois is already referring to the next election and asking for a majority government for Quebecers. 67 1

An aide to Quebec's language minister is being accused of inflaming language tensions after he wrote a newspaper column called “Those Crazy Anglos,” and another criticizing politically correct immigrant stereotypes. 59 1

The Quebec government has unveiled its plan for northern development, slapping a new name on Jean Charest’s cherished Plan Nord project. 4 1

Motorists should prepare for an onslaught of ubiquitous orange traffic cones throughout the city over the next two years, as 81 sites have been earmarked for repairs. 2 1

Opponents blasted the PQ's new mineral resource tax scheme, which was unveiled by Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau Monday. 11 1

Opposition parliamentarians are rising in Quebec City and speaking out against Bill 14, delaying its passage. Through the heated rhetoric, one comment by a member of the PQ was noticed and led to a rather unusual response…in English. 32 1

The provincial Liberal party is blasting the Future Coalition (CAQ) party for playing footsie with the PQ on its plans to further repress English in Quebec. 20

Members of the Parti Quebecois are furious over newly-chosen federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's request to meet with leaders of the three largest provincial parties in Quebec. 31 3

The fourth party in the National Assembly is urging citizens to oppose changes for people on welfare. 17

There was harsh condemnation of Bill 14 on Friday when the Quebec Bar argued that the Parti Quebecois’ new language legislation could strip away the rights of Anglophones. 44 1

The Quebec Liberals are accusing the Parti Quebecois government of political cronyism after the appointment of a former PQ cabinet minister to a plum position. 10

Angry, noisy protesters gathered in five of Quebec's largest cities on Thursday to denounce changes the provincial government is making to welfare. 28 2

Former Parti Quebecois premier Bernard Landry is at the forefront of what he calls an essential bid to unite sovereignist movements and parties. 47 1

Will the roving EI commission do anything except line Gilles Duceppe’s pockets?

Cote St-Luc’s opposition to Bill 14 has seen the municipality release an online video aimed at informing the public of the law’s possible effects on its bilingual status. 9 1

Exchanges between the provincial and federal governments will be conducted exclusively in French at future ministerial meetings, according to a new PQ directive. 41

Quebec Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Alexandre Cloutier unveiled the Parti Quebecois government’s long-awaited sovereignist governance plan Wednesday in Quebec City, and it involves relying on a familiar face. 23 1

Quebec's opposition parties say the provincial government's efforts against Employment Insurance reform are being discredited by the participation of former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe. 13

Antoinette Mercurio will be heading to Quebec City on April 9 to address Bill 14

The Quebec government confirms that it will balance its budget in 2013-2014, in an economic update released today. 28 2

The Coalition Avenir Quebec is determined to show Quebecers that despite last weekend’s Liberal love-in and election of a new leader, they’re the only party that can boost Quebec’s econom 23 1

Quebec’s Language Minister Diane De Courcy reiterated Wednesday that the Marois government will not budge on language instruction exemptions for children of Quebec military personnel. 30

A retired math professor from the Outaouais drove four hours in the snowstorm Tuesday to deliver his important message at the Bill 14 hearings: all cities in this province should operate exclusively in French. 59 1

QUEBEC -- Musings about reopening the Constitution from the new leader of Quebec's Liberal party provoked a flood of condemnation from his opponents Tuesday. 16 1

The new leader of Quebec's Liberals says it's time for an attitude overhaul when it comes to language in the province. 33 3

Philippe Couillard bagged a first-round victory in Sunday's Liberal leadership vote, making him the new leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec, winning 58.5 percent of the 2,377 votes. 18 2

The Quebec Liberal party is set to choose a new leader Sunday as the three men vying for the top job try to move the Liberal party forward. 9 2

The Quebec Liberal voters will decide Sunday who they think should run the party. Max Harrold with a look at the candidates.

Jean Lapierre and Don Macpherson discuss this weekend’s Liberal leadership convention.

Four-year-olds will be going to school in dozens of poor neighbourhoods across the province. Quebec is introducing earlier kindergarten classes for 1,200 low-income children this September. 23 1

Pauline Marois' minority PQ government, elected September 4, now has a dissatisfaction rate which ranks with the worst results of her predecessor Jean Charest during his nine year reign. 42

After months of heated debate among politicians, it's now the public's turn to be heard on the Parti Quebecois’ language law update: Bill 14. 21 1

Political analysts Don Macpherson and Jean Lapierre on the week that was in politics

Legault confirmed on Friday what had already been leaked during the week: that the Coalition Avenir Quebec was opposed to new language restrictions on military families, bilingual towns, and small businesses. 56 2

The Parti Quebecois has put the brakes on plans to teach intensive English to Quebec’s sixth graders. 69 2

Lenka Martinek of the Montreal Economic Institute says a tiny hike in interest rates would cost Quebec hundreds of millions of dollars.

The CAQ has confirmed drafting a letter in which it opposes most changes the Parti Quebecois wants to make to the Charter of the French Language. 34 2

Jean Lapierre and Don Macpherson look at the week in politics.

Jean Lapierre and Don Macpherson explain why so many people are so annoyed with the Parti Quebecois.

Pierre Moreau, Raymond Bachand and Philippe Couillard, one-on-one in the CTV Montreal studio. 3

The former health minister talks about why he wants to return to politics as leader of the Quebec Liberal party.

The Quebec government has tabled its own gun-registry legislation. Tuesday's move comes after Ottawa scrapped its long-gun registry last year. 13 1

Bilingual municipalities fear they will lose their status and small businesses fear tough new restrictions. Quebec’s Anglophones are on edge and opposition is growing to the Parti Quebecois’ proposed revamp of language laws. 49 2

The premiers of Quebec and New Brunswick met in Montreal on Monday to discuss oil pipelines, amid increasing talk of sending Alberta crude to Eastern Canada. 9

The Parti Quebecois says the province can't afford 10 road projects promised by the Liberals in their last months in power, putting planned upgrades to Highway 19 and a new West Island link on ice. 18 1

The opposition Coalition Avenir Quebec is taking aim at the province’s permanent anti-collusion unit, known by its French acronym UPAC. The second opposition wants the special police unit to report directly to the National Assembly. 1

The Parti Quebecois minority government, which has been forced to retreat on several key policies since it took office last fall, continued down that rocky path Wednesday as it reversed itself on a decision to cut $63 million in funding for environmental protection and health research. 15 1

From rising political star to dozing denizen of parliament's sleepy suburbs -- it's been a grueling few months for Daniel Breton. 11

A new year, a new session at the National Assembly and yet no new civility. 12 1

There was some embarrassment on Tuesday for the Marois government when one of the PQ’s house leaders accidentally approved a motion critical of cuts made to university funding by his own government. 30

Former PQ premier, Jacques Parizeau, who is a hero to the party's rank and file, has just gone public with a forceful call for the government to consider the policy. 42

MNAs are back at work in Quebec City, and the PQ has ambitious goals. Max Harrold reports.

The Parti Quebecois is dreaming big again about a sovereign Quebec -- but this time the party's message will also spread online. 53 2

Everything from sovereignty to the economy is on the table as 400 Parti Quebecois delegates spend the weekend in Drummondville for a two-day conference discussing the party's platform. 27 1

The Parti Quebecois plans to make good on election promises to create 30,000 more subsidized daycare spots across the province, with the first new openings planned for next year. 25 1

The Quebec Liberal Party is plotting their strategy of the upcoming session of the National Assembly in a two-day retreat north of Quebec City. 5 1

Max Harrold is in Lac Beauport, where the provincial Liberal party is preparing for the upcoming session of the National Assembly.

The Parti Quebecois government was grilled Monday about its sovereignty agenda, when the opposition asked the party about the cost of Premier Pauline Marois’s recent trip to Scotland. 23 1

The province's Health minister is upset with a medical tourism case that happened two years ago at the Royal Victoria Hospital. 23 2

Quebec’s top political analysts examine the Liberal leadership race and the Charbonneau commission's latest revelations.

In the isolated Laurentians town of Esterel, the who’s who of the Parti Quebecois started a two-day meeting on Thursday to plan out the next session of the National Assembly. 25 1

Premier Pauline Marois is continuing to use her European trip to drum up investments in Quebec. 31 3

Speaking from London, Pauline Marois said that she was inspired by a decision by Scottish colleague Alex Salmond to give the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds during a referendum on independence next year. 43

All three candidates vying for the Quebec Liberal leadership say they want the province to sign the Canadian Constitution -- eventually. 9 1

The presumed front-runner to lead the pro-Canada forces in Quebec says it's time to celebrate more than just the economic benefits of belonging to the country. 1

Jean Lapierre and Don Macpherson discuss the week in Politics.

Pierrefonds-Roxboro is the only borough with bilingual status and the local council wants to keep it that way, adding its name to the rank of local administrations opposed to the Parti Quebecois’ Bill 14. 7 1

The former finance minister is running for leadership of the provincial Liberal party.

The three men competing for leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party says they belong to the only truly federalist party at the provincial level. 6 1

Quebec's premier says she has no intention of interfering in the internal politics of the United Kingdom when she meets with Scotland's separatist leader. 37 1

The three contenders for Quebec’s top Liberal job faced off against each other on Sunday in the second of five leadership debates. 4 1

Don Macpherson and Jean Lapierre discuss the PQ policies and the Liberal leadership races.

On a day where he introduced a musical anthem designed to bridge the gap between Quebec's two solitudes, the minister for Anglophones faced the music by meeting the public in Westmount. 18 1

The first of five debates that pits three candidates for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party began Sunday in Montreal. 5 2

New legislation came into effect on Jan. 1 that limits political donations to $100 in Quebec. 6 1

Over the past year Quebec was rocked by student protests, controversial cases in the courts and a corruption scandal that engulfed the entire province’s political scene. 6 1

Quebec’s corruption crisis has hit the New York ratings agencies. Following the resignation of Laval’s long-time mayor on Nov. 9, Standard & Poor’s downgraded the city’s financial outlook due to “uncertain leadership.” 2

Jean-Francois Lisee says he will give away deferred pay he's been collecting since his departure from the Universite de Montreal's international-relations institute. 27

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