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The Quebec government will hold roving public consultations on the question of euthanasia, Health Minister Yves Bolduc announces after a request from the opposition Parti Québécois. A body found in a vacant lot in LaSalle Wednesday is that of a cab driver...
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Debate over language legislation is certainly nothing new in Quebec. An unidentified war veteran demonstrates outside the Montreal offices of the Quebec government's language commission in 1987...The first was the Lavergne Law, passed in 1910, which required...
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Parents with children at a downtown Montreal school near McGill University say they are upset they were not consulted on a new bike path being built in front of the building. The man who headed the federal inquiry into the sponsorship scandal is calling...
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Montreal — Globe and Mail Update Last updated on Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 12:13PM EDT T he Quebec government is going to court to challenge Ottawa's push for a national securities regulator. Quebec Finance Minister Raymond Bachand said Wednesday that...
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One month after announcing it was laying off 700 employees because of plummeting civil flight simulator orders, Montreal-based CAE Inc. said Sunday it will spend $274 million over seven years to diversify its business outside the aerospace industry. ...
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The Quebec government is trying to save AbitibiBowater Inc. jobs in the province by offering the debt-laden forestry company a loan guarantee of up to $100-million (U.S.). The company has 7,500 employees in Quebec, mainly in small, regional communities...
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The Quebec government is pulling all its Taser stun guns off the street for testing after new lab results revealed problems with some of the weapons. The Quebec government found problems with five Taser X26 stun guns, sparking a provincewide recall of...
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For the first time in a decade the Quebec government is projecting a deficit, but it says a one per cent sales-tax increase beginning Jan. 1, 2001, will eventually help eliminate it. Four consecutive years of projected deficits and a sales tax hike announced...
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The Quebec government will spend $1 billion to help companies stay afloat, Economic Development Minister Raymond Bachand announced Wednesday. The bailout includes $750 million in loan guarantees and $250 million in direct loans.
Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest released a budget update ahead of schedule after opposition parties accused him of hiding a provincial deficit before the election. The update suggests the Quebec government is running a surplus this year of $484 million.
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