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With just one week to go until his minority government unveils its first full budget in nearly two years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will soon find out just what it will take to secure the support of at least one other party as he heads into preliminary negotiations with his cross-aisle counterparts. According to his official itinerary, Trudeau has scheduled closed-door têtes-à-tête with  Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole (11:45 AM) and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François (3:15 ...

iPolitics By Kady OMalley. Published on Apr 12, 2021 6:01am Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to speak with two of his opposition counterparts today. (Photo via Twitter @JustinTrudeau) With just one week to go until his minority government unveils its first full budget in nearly two years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will soon find out just what it will take to secure the support of at least one other party as he heads into preliminary negotiations with his cross-aisle...

Article content Following long and arduous negotiations and several years of uncertainty, help is on the way for the Biosphere Environment Museum. Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal announced Monday that they will each contribute $15 million over the next five years to help relaunch the museum’s activities. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ottawa, Quebec and Montreal unlock $45 million in funding for Île Ste-Hélènes Biosphere Back to video...

Article content Quebec is thinking about what to do with the thousands of tonnes of plexiglass that owners of public spaces will be getting rid of when they’re no longer needed. Asked about the issue at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Thursday, Environment Minister Benoit Charette said he’s looking at “all these quantities with a worried eye,” since Quebec — and Canada, for that matter — does not have a company capable of recycling the transparent acrylic panels used as...

Article content Police technology students in Quebec this year will see the gradual addition to their curriculum of 45 hours of training on dealing with the province’s minority groups, Higher Education Minister Danielle McCann announced on Wednesday. The addition to the course load is a reflection of the importance of Quebec police forces being able to effectively communicate, understand and intervene with the province’s racialized, ethnic and Indigenous communities. We apologize, but this ...

Share this article Share this article QUEBEC CITY and MONTRÉAL, March 25, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - The project of Professor Geneviève Bordeleau, from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), received financial support from the Quebec government under the International Climate Cooperation Program (ICCP), a program of the 2013-2020 Action Plan on Climate Change, which was succeeded by the 2030 Plan for a Green Economy. The research, which will be carried out in Madagascar, has been...

Health authority fires Quebec nurses accused of mocking Indigenous patient Poll Yes By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on March 16, 2021. People take part in a protest called Justice for Joyce in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, where they demanded Justice for Joyce Echaquan and an end to systemic racism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes MONTREAL – Two Quebec nurses accused of mocking an Indigenous patient at a public clinic northeast of Montreal have been fired, the regional health aut...

Article content When Joyce Echaquan recorded her shocking deathbed video while being taunted by staff at a Joliette hospital last fall, she exposed the full extent of systemic racism in Quebec and Canada. It had long been apparent in the police force, where street checks for driving, laughing or taking out the garbage while Black have piled up anecdotally over the years until statistics finally confirmed the trend. It had been evident in the hiring practices of public institutions, where only a...

St-Eustache Hospitals white woman only job postings denounced by politicians But Benoit Charette, Quebecs new minister responsible for fighting racism, insisted its too soon to say the postings were an actual racist act. Author of the article: Philip Authier  •  Montreal Gazette Publishing date: Mar 17, 2021  •  4 days ago  •  3 minute read  •  Benoit Charette, Quebecs minister responsible for fighting racism, said the hospital "clearly violated the civil rights of empl...

In an interview with CBC Montreal's Debra Arbec, Benoit Charette defends his nomination, and responds to criticism over the CAQ government's refusal to acknowledge systemic racism in Quebec.