Quebec rejects crime bill, refuses to pay for it
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Quebec rejects crime bill, refuses to pay for it

Ottawa : Canada | Nov 01, 2011 at 9:20 AM PDT
Source: Leader Post Online
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Quebec will not absorb the additional costs associated with the crime bill the Conservative federal government has promised to pass within 100 sitting days of Parliament, the province's justice minister told a Commons committee Tuesday. Jean-Marc Fournier argued Quebec has been a world leader... FULL ARTICLE AT Leader Post Online
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