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MONTREAL - The similarities between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on ...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault could be transparent and voluntarily lift the veil on decisions made by his crisis management team during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a constitutional law expert.

Even before the language debate resumes next week in the National Assembly, Dominique Anglades Liberals say they fear the Legault government wants to gag the opposition by forcing through Bill 96. Meanwhile, the list of speakers promises a fiery defence of Bill 101 and a critique of Bill 96 for not being strong enough.

The Trudeau government has stopped using the Liberal Party's private database to conduct background checks on candidates for judicial appointments, federal sources said.

Article content OTTAWA – Can Quebec unilaterally rewrite certain sections of the Constitution to assert that the province is a “nation” and set French as its only official language? Why would Premier François Legault even want to do that? And what does that mean for other provinces? Or even the English speaking minority in Quebec? Those are just some of the questions swirling across Canada days after Legault’s government introduced Bill 96, a sweeping language law reform that includes ...

Article content Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Quebec can unilaterally rewrite certain sections of the Constitution to insert new provisions establishing the province as a “nation” and enshrining French as its “only” official language. “Our initial analysis, in terms of the Justice Department, has highlighted that it is perfectly legitimate for a province to modify the section of the Constitution that applies specifically to them,” Trudeau told a press briefing Tues...

In Quebec religious symbols decision, Canada confronts consequences of controversial constitutional clause cbc.ca 1 hour ago Jonathan Montpetit © Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press People take part in a demonstration following a Superior Court ruling on Bill 21, Quebecs secularism law, in Montreal on Tuesday. The ruling upheld most of law, though said it cant apply to English schools. In the mythology of Quebec nationalists, the "night of the long knives" refers to an all-nig...

Parliament Prorogation Was ‘Delay Tactic’ Against WE Charity Probe, Committee Hears The primary reason for last year’s Parliament prorogation was to get Prime Minister Justin Trudeau out of the WE Charity controversy, the Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) heard on Thursday. On June 25, 2020, the WE Charity was awarded a federal contract of $43.5 million to administer a student summer grant program, despite the organization’s close ties to the Trudeau family. In July 2020...