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  MONTREAL -- The president of one of Quebec's most powerful unions is stepping aside to test his luck at politics. On Tuesday, CSN president Jacques Letourneau announced his intention to step aside in order to run for mayor of Longueuil. Letourneau has headed the union since 2012 and made the announcement via a video intended for a few dozen employees and activists in his organization, but posted it to the Vimeo video platform for public viewing by mistake, according to the Action Longueuil party. Following the release, Letourneau made it official in a press release, saying that runnin...

Quebec threatens construction, manufacturing sectors with more COVID 19 restrictions January 18, 2021   by Jacob Serebrin and Sidhartha Banerjee (CP) MONTREAL – Quebec’s labour minister on Friday threatened to impose more restrictions on the province’s construction and manufacturing sectors for allegedly flouting health orders. Jean Boulet said in a statement he’s received many reports about non-compliance connected to the two sectors since the government imposed new restrictions Jan. 9. He did not, however, provide details about the number of problematic com...

MONTREAL — For the first time since 2014, the Quebec government expects to run a budget deficit.Pandemic-related spending has pushed the province’s deficit to $15 billion for this fiscal year, . . .