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If Quebec's Election Was a Carnival, Charest Would Be in the Dunk Tank

Brian McKenna | Posted 11.04.2012 | Canada Politics
Brian McKenna

Over the course of the Quebec election, every time Jean Charest thought he was changing the conversation to Medicare or Le Plan Nord, the CAQ's Jacques Duchesneau would make another accusation and grab the headlines. But last week many thought the ex-police chief went too far. Duchesneau said he had a list of Charest's cabinet ministers who had accepted favours from a construction baron named Tony Accurso. Charest demanded the ex -cop supply names. The ex-cop played coy and refused. How could Charest possibly defend himself and his party against that kind of slander?

Hold Steady

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.26.2012 | Canada Politics

GATINEAU, Que. - Quebec's political rivals sought to draw their battlelines on key issues such as the economy and social values Sunday as they headed ...

Charest A-OK (Just Ignore The Polls)

CBC | Posted 10.25.2012 | Canada Politics

With just ten days to go until the Quebec election, Liberal Party Leader Jean Charest said the only way Quebecers will be able "to avoid chaos" is by ...

PQs Would Give Plan Nord A Makeover

CP | Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.12.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - The Parti Quebecois says it will give Jean Charest's signature northern-development plan a makeover if it wins the Sept. 4 election, alteri...

Good To Handle Quebec's Debt?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.11.2012 | Canada Politics

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - Quebec Premier Jean Charest is taking aim at the Coalition for Quebec's Future on the campaign trail this weekend.He says the Li...

Canada: Our Home and Communist Land

J.J. McCullough | Posted 09.15.2012 | Canada
J.J. McCullough

2012-04-27-mediabitesreal.jpgAs we may recall, a couple days ago good ol' Ezra Levant was having quite a snit over the fact that outgoing Globe and Mail web editor Stephen Wicary was emigrating to Cuba, in theory because that's where his wife works, but probably because he's a goddamn commie.

Mulcair and Harper's Quebec Tug-of-War

Peter Worthington | Posted 08.29.2012 | Canada Politics
Peter Worthington

According to Thomas Mulcair, the recently crowned federal NDP leader, the fact that Prime Minister Stephen Harper would consult former Tory prime minister Brian Mulroney about Quebec, proves how little he understands that province. Really? Or is this Mulcair just shaking in his boots because this is a plot by Harper to regain support in Quebec?

Charest is no Putin. Poutine, Maybe.

Henry Mintzberg | Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada
Henry Mintzberg

How ironic that the most extensive demonstrations we have seen to date in North America have concerned not unemployment, global warming, or the notorious one per cent, but the tuition that Quebec students have to pay for the benefits of a college education. Now two professors at the University of Montreal have likened Quebec to Putin's Russia.

How to Win Votes and Influence Protestors

Rick Lash | Posted 08.05.2012 | Canada
Rick Lash

Whether you support them or not, Quebec students are giving us all a valuable lesson in leadership. When Quebec Premier Jean Charest announced relatively small increases in tuition fees, he was speaking from the head. When Quebec students responded by boycotting classes and taking to the streets, they were reacting from the heart.

Student Group Promises Summer Of Protests After Talks Fail

CP | Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.01.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - Frustrated after a breakdown in negotiations, thousands took to the streets of Montreal Saturday and promised a summer full of demonstratio...

Tuition? What Tuition?

CP | Jonathan Montpetit, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - The unpredictable nightly protests that helped spur a government crackdown have largely been a Montreal-only affair — until now.Since Pre...

Happy Anniversary Charest!

CP | Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.14.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - Quebec students showed no sign of backing down Saturday in their battle with the provincial government, staging another massive march throu...