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MONTREAL — As Quebec's major political parties duke it out ahead of the Oct.

In ridings with meaningful anglophone populations, primarily on the island of Montreal, several new parties will be courting electors.

The legislature needs to be a better reflection of today’s diverse population, in order to be a more effective governing body.

Bonnie Feigenbaum, the former two-term Hampstead councillor and mayoral candidate, was introduced Thursday at Hampstead Park as the Conservative Party of Quebecs candidate in DArcy McGee for the Oct. 3

A prominent member of the City of Côte Saint-Luc’s Sephardic Jewish community will be running for the Coalition Avenir Québec in the riding of Repentigny in the October provincial election.

When minorities in Quebec feel their voices aren’t being heard, they should not be shamed for considering the alternatives.

The new provincial Canadian Party of Quebec (CaPQ), led by Colin Standish of the Task Force on Linguistic Policy, which itself was formed to fight Quebecs new language law Bill

Standish says the party will "provide a new avenue for Quebecers to articulate how they’re feeling about the current malaise in Quebec."

When tech talent can go anywhere, we cannot afford to impose obstacles. This is one clear example of nationalist politics conflicting with reality.

Those of us who were involved in politics in the late 1980s and 1990s have seen this before. There are lessons to learn from this period.