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Quebec Ministers Urged To Speak Only French To Counterparts

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Politics
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QUEBEC - The Quebec government has introduced a new initiative that encourages cabinet ministers to speak only French to their counterparts from other...

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Gilles Duceppe's New Job

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada Politics
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QUEBEC - The former leader of the Bloc Quebecois, Gilles Duceppe, appears to have landed a government job two years after he lost his last one in a hi...

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Ex-Bloc Leader Escapes Punishment In Ruling He Misused Funds

CP | Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe was wrong to use parliamentary resources to pay the salary of a partisan political staffer, a sec...

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Beaver Gets Te Boot In Election Ad

Posted 10.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL -- Who could resist a cuddly cartoon Canadian beaver, purring as it rubs against your leg with a broad, buck-toothed smile creasing its face ...

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Jean-Philippe Cipriani

Duceppe Says Iggy Is Wrong About Separatism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jean-Philippe Cipriani | Posted 05.01.2012 | Canada Politics
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A year ago Wednesday, Canadians elected Stephen Harper to lead a majority Conservative government. The Bloc Quebecois was virtually wiped out in Quebe...

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Duceppe Faces Grilling Over Spending

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.14.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Gilles Duceppe says he did nothing wrong in using House of Commons money to pay the salary of a Bloc Quebecois partisan executive.Duceppe ret...

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Althia Raj

Pot Calls Kettle Black

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 02.11.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA -- After losing his seat in the last federal election, Gilles Duceppe will make his way back to Parliament on Monday -- but this time accompani...

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Someone's Got Some Explaining To Do

The Huffington Post Canada | Althia Raj | Posted 01.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA — Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe will get to defend himself from allegations he misused taxpayer funds, but only in a closed-doo...

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Althia Raj

Should We Pull Back The Curtain On MP Spending?

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 01.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA — Should you have the right to know how much your member of Parliament expensed yesterday for lunch? Or how they spent their housing allowanc...

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Gilles Duceppe To Fight Public Funds Misuse Allegations

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.30.2012 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe has sought help from his lawyer to fight accusations that he mishandled public funds.Duceppe sa...

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Au Revoir, Gilles?

CP | Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - Gilles Duceppe has put an end to speculation that he wants to replace Pauline Marois as leader of the Parti Quebecois — at least for now ...

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Gilles Duceppe Denies Misuse Of Public Funds

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.22.2012 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - A Montreal newspaper is reporting that former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe paid his party's general manager for seven years with pu...

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NOT Stepping Down

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.21.2012 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - Pauline Marois threw down the gauntlet Friday to those eager to see her quit as Parti Quebecois leader, insisting she won't step down for G...

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The Biggest Story of 2011 for Me? The Historic Federal Election

John Laforet | Posted 02.25.2012 | Canada
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John Laforet

For the first time since Confederation, the once mighty Liberal Party of Canada was neither the government or official opposition. Layton became the first New Democrat to be sworn in as Her Majesty's Official Leader of the Opposition, another historic moment brought to us by May 2nd's election.

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Duceppe Could Lead PQ To Majority In Quebec: Poll

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 01.01.2012 | Canada Politics
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Though Quebecers forced Gilles Duceppe out of Ottawa on May 2, they seem to like the idea of installing him in Quebec City instead. And that means ...

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Althia Raj

Bloc Quebecois Leadership Race Takes Shape

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 12.31.2011 | Canada Politics
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The Bloc Quebecois announced Monday that three former and current MPs are running for the party's top job. Jean-Francois Fortin, the 38-year-old MP...

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MP Maria Mourani To Seek Leadership Of Bloc

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois MP Maria Mourani is going to run for the leadership of the party.Mourani is urging sovereigntists to join the Bloc in order ...

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Guarding Against Conflicts of Interest in Ottawa

Norman Spector | Posted 10.26.2011 | Canada
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Norman Spector

As we know, Mr. Duceppe pulled out of his radio gig before beginning, leading to allegations of a double standard regarding other ex-politicians. Still, the Duceppe kerfuffle did shine a spotlight on the increasing number of partisans who participate in the media as political commentators.

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The One Ottawa Job No One Wants

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 10.26.2011 | Canada Politics
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Stripped of its status as an official party in the House of Commons, the Bloc Québécois is still smarting from the electoral pasting it received on ...

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CBC? Mais Non

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.17.2011 | Canada
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MONTREAL - Gilles Duceppe's stint in public broadcasting may have been controversial, but it was spectacularly brief.In fact, the former Bloc Quebecoi...

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Duceppe Sticking Around After All?

CP | Posted 01.17.2012 | Canada
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MONTREAL - A debate is brewing within the Bloc Quebecois about whether to delay the leadership race to replace Gilles Duceppe and instead spend a year...

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Want Out Of Canada? Take A Number

The Huffington Post Canada | Mike Doherty | Posted 09.10.2011 | Canada Politics
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With the near-annihilation of the Bloc Québecois in May's federal election and the recent implosion of the Parti Québecois, one could be forgiven fo...

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