NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT: Quebec Conservative Party leader seeks common ground with English speakers
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT: Quebec Conservative Party leader seeks common ground with English-speakers Raquel Fletcher Éric Duhaime is categorical that Bill 96, the government’s French language reform legislation, is fundamentally flawed. …
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT: Clause-by-clause study of language law quickly gets controversial Provision on foreign workers has 500 kilograms of red herrings: Liberal MNA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT Clause-by-clause study of language law quickly gets controversial Provision on foreign workers has 500 kilograms of red herrings: Liberal MNA Raquel Fletcher As the adage goes, the …
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT: How we navigate out of pandemic has become increasingly divisive in Quebec
How we navigate out of pandemic has become alarmingly divisive in Quebec Raquel Fletcher It’s become clear politicians, like Quebecers in general, are fed up with the pandemic that keeps …
Opposition MNAs criticize nickel measure
Opposition MNAs criticize nickel measure Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ruby@qctonline.com Over the past week, representatives of the three main opposition parties in the National Assembly added their voices …

Lightbound unbound: Local Liberal MP decries pandemic politics
Lightbound Unbound: Local Liberal MP decries pandemic politics Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com From low-key Liberal backbencher to the talk of the town, Louis-Hébert MP Joël Lightbound issued …
Lightbound’s pandemic plea sparks reaction
Lightbound’s pandemic plea sparks reaction Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com It was a bizarre twist of irony in a twisted political situation in a country feeling the pressure …
BOOK REVIEW: Graham Fraser’s new work reminds us of Canada’s crisis in the 1960s
BOOK REVIEW: Graham Fraser’s new work reminds us of Canada’s crisis in the 1960s Submitted by Andrew Caddell “We have been driven to the conclusion that Canada, without being fully …
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT: Anglos struggle to see where they stand with Quebec government; CAQ accused of adopting divisive strategy as election looms
ANALYSIS: Anglos struggle to see where they stand with Quebec government CAQ accused of adopting divisive strategy as election looms Raquel Fletcher Despite the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government’s repeated …
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT: Debate to heat up as new session begins
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT: Debate to heat up as new session begins Raquel Fletcher The temperature is exceptionally frigid this year, but debate is about to heat up at the National …

New councillor Weiser works to bring communities together
Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com Local Journalism Initiative Reporter David Weiser has devoted the last five years of his life to bringing people together. In 2018, as the city marked the first … Continue reading New councillor Weiser works to bring communities together