OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement
OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement Submitted by Sandra Escalera It happens to others. You never think it will happen to you. Tragedies are things that happen to others. … Continue reading OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement
Federal cabinet minister Jean-Yves Duclos taking medical leave
A Canadian Press article reported on Feb. 23 that Liberal cabinet minister Jean-Yves Duclos has stepped aside temporarily due to illness. The article on the National Newswatch website states: OTTAWA — Treasury …
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Powerless
There is a common saying that goes when the United States gets the flu, Canada coughs. It’s not a difficult expression to explain, from the economy to the environment, we …
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“Overachiever” Dominique Anglade seeks Liberal leadership
As the QCT interview with Quebec Liberal Party leadership aspirant Dominique Anglade wraps up, her cell phone rings. It’s her son. She speaks with him briefly in French. She makes …
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CAQ English-services plan raises historic questions
For the record, your scribe qualifies as a “historic anglophone” both under Quebec law and as a matter of history. Family genealogists have traced an ancestor born to a British …
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Bloc concedes on recount; Duclos confirmed as Quebec MP
Jean-Yves Duclos has been confirmed as the Liberal MP for Quebec riding in the central core of the city. His Bloc Québécois challenger, Christiane Gagnon, called a halt to a …
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Second chances for candidates in Jean-Talon byelection
With federal election signs yet to be removed, new ones began appearing on poles and lawns as the provincial byelection in Jean-Talon riding got underway.Premier François Legault called the election …
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Stakes high in Quebec City area for Liberal Duclos, Conservative Deltell
They are vastly different by background, style and politics but Conservative Gérard Deltell and Liberal Jean-Yves Duclos have two important things in common: both are first-term federal MPs, and both …
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Can Liberal Lightbound end Louis-Hébert’s single-term curse?
With Halloween on the horizon, Joël Lightbound is hoping to break the 30-year curse of Louis-Hébert riding. Not since the 1988 federal election, when Progressive Conservative Suzanne Duplessis won a …
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Quebec riding: Duclos faces comeback bid by longtime Bloc MP
One of the marvels of elections in this country is how, upon the drop of a writ, busy elves plaster election signs everywhere overnight so that voters wake up to …
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