Jean Boulet
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Mock beheading of Quebec labour minister at May Day protest draws outrageA video circulating widely on social media shows demonstrators using what appears to be a guillotine to decapitate a papier mâché effigy of Jean Boulet.CanadaMay 4
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No deal: Workers at Canada’s largest cemetery to keep strikingThe union representing workers at the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery said a tentative deal to end a strike has fallen through.CanadaJun 29, 2023
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Tentative deal means Montreal cemetery could soon reopen to grieving familiesThe strike by more than 100 maintenance and office workers has kept the graveyard's iron gates shut to the public since mid-January, with the exception of a few days in the spring.CanadaJun 15, 2023
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Families call on government to settle Montreal cemetery dispute; 250 bodies waiting to be buriedBereaved families want the government to intervene in a labour dispute at a Montreal cemetery that has lasted four months.CanadaMay 11, 2023
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Quebec bill seeks to set minimum working age at 14Under Bill 19, children will only be eligible to work starting at age 14. Furthermore, those aged between 14 and 16 will be limited to 17 hours a week during the school year.CanadaMar 28, 2023
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Number of temporary foreign workers in Quebec on the rise, labour minister saysLabour Minister Jean Boulet said the "significant'' increase is due to increased demand from businesses, which have to contend with an aging population and labour shortages.CanadaMar 1, 2023
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‘Responsible’ increase in Quebec minimum wage coming May 1Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet announced Wednesday that the general minimum wage in the province will increase in May to a 'responsible' value, but critics say it's not enough.EconomyJan 18, 2023
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Quebec election: Minister could remain in cabinet despite comments about immigrantsImmigration Minister Jean Boulet recently said that most immigrants to Quebec "don't work, don't speak French or don't adhere to the values of Quebec society.''PoliticsSep 29, 2022
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Quebec election: Legault, Boulet criticized for comments on immigrationJean Boulet, the incumbent immigration minister, also said 80 per cent of immigrants to Quebec settle in Montreal, don't work, don't speak French or don't share Quebec values.CanadaSep 28, 2022
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With more kids working and getting hurt on the job, Quebec to review labour lawsUnlike other provinces, Quebec has no minimum working age. In British Columbia, for instance, the minimum working age was raised in 2021 to 16 from 12, with some exceptions.CanadaJun 15, 2022
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