Canada is highly respected, but it seems many Albertans and Quebecers don’t care, and prefer to gamble with our country’s future in a time of crisis.
If Quebec fails to bring the defence bank to Montreal, it’ll have no one to blame but itself.
Whenever Canadians elsewhere downplay the importance of French, an incipient paranoia raises its head among nationalists.
The declining birthrate of francophones offers a nightmare scenario for Quebec.
Unless the NDP can find some ‘superstar candidate,’ then they have ‘zero chance’ of holding the riding once five-time MP Alexandre Boulerice steps down, says Liberal strategist Jonathan Kalles.
As pollster Philippe J. Fournier put it, ‘Carneymania has swept the country. Yes, even Quebec.’ Support for the federal Liberals in Quebec is hovering around 50 per cent.
Quebec’s Oct. 5 election could be the most important in a decade since it might involve a re-organization of the province’s politics towards a familiar structure and bring the PQ—and its promise of a third independence referendum—back to power.
Referendum or not, the election of a Quebec government openly supportive of independence would change our national dynamic and reinforce a move toward more provincial autonomy from sea to sea.
‘Even if these votes don’t pass, the uncertainty that the sentiment exists could impact the appetite for companies to invest in Canada,’ says pollster Nik Nanos
Without anyone to explain federal government spending, the average Quebecer believes the Parti Québécois leader’s nonsense about separation.
In a province obsessed with the status of French, this controversy will boost Bloc fortunes in the federal byelection in Terrebonne, and also assist the separatist Parti Québécois in its quest to form government after the fall provincial election.
The Bill 21 case is complicated, to say the least, with multiple sections of the Constitution and Charter at play.
A dispatch from the third day of the NDP leadership convention in Winnipeg.
This month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about why this law should be struck down as unconstitutional. This case is significant due to Quebec’s use of the notwithstanding clauses, before any court ruling, to override fundamental rights and freedoms
In an excerpt from his forthcoming memoirs, former CBC/Radio-Canada president Tony Manera recounts his experience at the public broadcaster ahead of the 1995 Quebec referendum.
The NDP’s last remaining 2011 ‘Orange Wave’ Quebec MP says he is considering a provincial run with Québec Solidaire ‘more seriously now than ever.’
Charles Milliard’s approach as the new Quebec Liberal leader is meant to appeal to so-called ‘soft nationalists’ to drain votes from opposing parties.
The so-called Quebec ‘Constitution’ legislation doesn’t respect international law or the Canadian Constitution, and is a threat to the province’s English-speaking community.
The prime minister dared suggest the Plains of Abraham is the symbolic cradle of Canada. And he was right to do so.
The potential evanescence of a CAQ without François Legault in all probability increases the likelihood of a PQ win in October. Investors already concerned about that prospect will be looking to consider attaching an additional risk premium to any opportunities in Quebec because of the fundamental political uncertainty associated with a PQ win.
François Legault consistently failed over his two mandates to fulfill his promise of being the ‘premier of all Quebecers.’
In last April’s federal election, Quebecers and Québécois were more concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive threats to Canada’s independence. But perhaps association with those ‘maudites Anglais’ in the rest of Canada is not so bad.
The test for the CAQ will be its ability to hang onto political relevance without the leadership of its founder, Quebec Premier François Legault, says former CAQ government staffer Antonine Yaccarini.
Quebec’s provincial election is set to take place in October 2026, and the sovereigntist Parti Québécois is leading in the polls—something that is likely causing ‘anxiety’ in Ottawa, says a pollster.
It ‘remains to be seen’ what will prove relevant in 2026 from this past year, but there’s plenty to from which to choose.
