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Border control and tariffs: Quebec Premier François Legault meets Trump in ParisQuebec Premier François Legault says he met U.S. president-elect Donald Trump in Paris and they discussed border control and a proposed tariff on Canadian goods.PoliticsDec 8, 2024
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What’s inside Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Churchill Falls tentative dealQuebec Premier François Legault met with counterpart Andrew Furey in St. John's for the announcement of an agreement in principle over the Churchill Falls hydroelectricity plant.CanadaDec 12, 2024
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Quebec promises new legislation to strengthen secularism in schoolsPremier François Legault says there are teachers introducing “Islamist religious concepts” into Quebec schools, in violation of the principle of secularism.EducationDec 6, 2024
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Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador ready to sign Churchill Falls dealQuebec Premier François Legault and Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey will sign an agreement Thursday ending a long-running dispute over the Churchill Falls hydroelectric complex.CanadaDec 11, 2024
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Quebec premier’s suggestion to ban public prayer panned by Catholic bishopsFrançois Legault raised the possibility of ending public prayer during a press conference, which he began by saying he wanted to send a 'very clear message to Islamists.'CanadaDec 10, 2024
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Quebec premier wants to put a stop to prayer in parks and public placesQuebec Premier François Legault says he's looking at ways to end prayer in public places, including parks, as his government promises new legislation to strengthen secularism.PoliticsDec 6, 2024
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New poll suggests Quebec premier even less popular than Justin TrudeauA new poll suggests that Quebec premier François Legault approval rating is now worse than that of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which recent polls have pegged around 30 per cent.PoliticsDec 2, 2024
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Quebec police to patrol U.S. border as Trump win spurs migrant ‘rush’ fearsQuebec Premier François Legault says the Sûreté du Québec, the province's police force, will 'conduct visual investigations at the borders.'CanadaNov 20, 2024
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Quebec ‘ready to use’ notwithstanding clause to force new doctors to work in public sectorQuebec Premier François Legault says his government is ready to use the notwithstanding clause to force doctors trained in Quebec to begin their careers in its public system.CanadaNov 6, 2024
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Bill to force new Quebec doctors to stay in province raises legal questions: expertExpert says proposed Quebec legislation forcing new doctors to practice in the Quebec's public system for five years could violate Charter-guaranteed rights to freedom of movement.CanadaDec 4, 2024
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Quebec premier says he’s ‘open’ to possibility of Quebec constitution by 2026A committee appointed by the Quebec government has recommended the province adopt its own constitution and take other steps to boost its autonomy.CanadaNov 27, 2024
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Quebec forest industry already under pressure amid Trump tariff threat: LegaultQuebec's premier has raised concerns about the potential impact of the tariff proposed by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on the province's forest industry.EconomyDec 1, 2024
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‘Breaking of gridlock’ between Quebec, N.L. is the envy of former premiersThe tensions stem from a contract signed in1969, which allowed Quebec to buy hydroelectric power from the Churchill Falls plant in Labrador for just 0.2 cents per kilowatt hour.CanadaDec 13, 2024
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A ‘place in paradise’: Canadian blacksmiths help restore Notre-DameMathieu Collette won’t be able to make it to Paris to see the resurrected church before the summer, but he said he is grateful for his small part in the cathedral's historyCanadaDec 6, 2024
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Quebec premier says Ottawa should forcibly relocate half of asylum seekersFrançois Legault says it doesn't make sense that Quebec receives about 45 per cent of would-be refugees in Canada, despite accounting for only 22 per cent of the population.PoliticsOct 2, 2024
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Vigils, events mark 35 years since Polytechnique anti-feminist mass killingDignitaries gathered in front of Polytechnique Montréal's main campus to pay tribute to the 14 women killed at the engineering school in an anti-feminist attack 35 years ago.CanadaDec 6, 2024
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Hit man offered $100K to kill Montreal crime reporter covering his trialMontreal news outlet La Presse says a hit man offered $100,000 to have one of its crime reporters assassinated.CrimeNov 29, 2024
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‘Smoke and mirrors’: Quebec residents feel abandoned after August floodingQuebec has made payments in less than 10 per cent of the nearly 10,000 claims it has received since the remnants of Hurricane Debby hit the province in August.EnvironmentDec 16, 2024
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Quebec premier floats idea of ’waiting zones’ in Canada for asylum seekersQuebec Premier François Legault says his government has asked Ottawa to set up "waiting zones" for asylum seekers, as is the practice in France.PoliticsOct 1, 2024
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Canadian politicians condemn ‘anti-Semitism’, ‘anarchy’ at Montreal protestsFederal ministers Melanie Joly and Bill Blair condemned protests in Montreal Friday where pro-Palestinian and anti-NATO demonstrators smashed windows and set two cars on fire.CanadaNov 23, 2024