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Governments should be investing more in research so that it becomes economically beneficial for green technologies to be the norm.

Official Opposition focused on the economy, showed respect for English-speakers, advocated positive initiatives to protect French.

Minority communities may have hoped for a break from the emotional fatigue related to language or identity debates. Sorry to say, that won’t happen.

Undermining official languages policy by protecting one linguistic minority in Canada and abandoning the linguistic minority in Quebec is shameful.

Keeping all our eggs in the Liberal basket would be a sign of weakness, I feel; almost an admission that we accept the status quo.

In this Thursday’s debate, anglophone community concerns were articulated loudly and passionately by the Liberal leader. Skeptics may see it as a political move, but it certainly was nice to hear that message on that stage.

Côte St. Luc inaugurated the newly named Max Margles Children’s Library at the Bernard Lang Civic Centre, following a $500,000 donation by his wife Roslyn Margles for children’s library programming.

Perhaps it is quixotic in this age of identity politics to expect one party to appeal to a reasonably representative cross-section of the voting public.

Running in the provincial election didn’t feel like a choice, the Canadian Party of Quebec founder says. “It’s been a compulsion."

MONTREAL - As Quebec's major political parties duke it out ahead of the Oct. 3 election, a pair of newcomers are trying to capitalize on issues like language and minority rights to steal votes in heavily English-speaking ridings from the struggling Liberals.