Lionel Carmant

• Quebec unveils mandatory training program for parents planning international adoption

  A new program by the Quebec health ministry, aiming to inform and prepare would-be adoptive parents embarking on the international adoption process, will become mandatory in 2023.

  Canada

  May 30
  
• Mom of slain Quebec boys seeking compensation over alleged youth protection failures

  In a lawyer's letter, Émilie Arsenault accuses Quebec's youth protection service of failing to act despite it being allegedly contacted three times prior to her children's deaths.

  Crime

  Apr 25
  
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• Community groups, Montreal mayor, call for permanent resources for the homeless

  Community groups argue a season-to-season approach makes it difficult to plan ahead and adopt long-term solutions that are needed to get people off the street.

  Canada

  Feb 17
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• New pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens to the public in Montreal’s downtown

  The new pop-up vaccination clinic is apart of a new vaccination strategy that aims to reach the population still reluctant to receive their first dose. 

  Health

  Jan 27
• Quebec launches free youth protection mediation service as part of pilot project

  It will gradually be implemented in the provincial capital judicial district before being introduced in other areas throughout 2022.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2021
• Group of Quebec ministers to review report on youth protection reforms

  The group of ministers is tasked with reviewing the issues raised in the Laurent Commission report, which called on the government to create a charter of children's rights.

  Politics

  May 4, 2021
• Quebec will exempt homeless from COVID-19 curfew after court finds rule endangered safety

  The curfew, which is in effect until at least Feb. 8, stipulates Quebecers must be home from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. every night, with few exceptions.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2021
• Advocates say at least six Montreal homeless people ticketed for curfew offences in first week

  A provincial spokesperson told Global News there is no exemption being looked at by the government for homeless people right now.

  Health

  Jan 16, 2021
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• External probe into deaths of Quebec boys calls for reform to youth protection system

  The bodies of the boys, age 5 and 2, were found Oct. 13 in a home on in the Huron-Wendat First Nation territory.

  Crime

  Dec 23, 2020
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• West Island teen influenced Quebec government anti-racism policy

  Keisha Ferdinand, 18, wrote a letter to some high-profile Quebec MNAs demanding action on racism, and it appears they listened.

  Politics

  Dec 15, 2020