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François Legault

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Name: François Legault

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Quebec's minority goverment tables moratorium bill on shale gas fracking

The Quebec government has tabled legislation which could impose a moratorium on exploration for shale gas in the St. Lawrence River valley during the next five years.The bill, tabled by Environment Minister Yves-Francois Blanchet, would prohibit drilling, ... [Published Canadian Plastics - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Gas, Governess, Yves-François Blanchet

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 4 reports

Quebec proposes law to ban fracking for five years

QUEBEC — The Quebec government has tabled legislation which could impose a moratorium on exploration for shale gas in the St. Lawrence River valley during the next five years. The bill would prohibit drilling, hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking ... [Published Financial Post - Top Stories - May 16 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Quebec, Yves-François Blanchet

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Parti Québécois

Quebec Proposes Law to Ban Fracking for as Long as 5 Years

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Quebec Environment Minister Yves- Francois Blanchet introduced legislation that would ban hydraulic fracturing, drilling and testing for natural gas in the St. Lawrence River valley for as long as five years.The moratorium will be ... [Published Washington Post - May 15 2013]

Entities: Quebec, Hydraulic Fracturing, Chris Fournier, François Legault, Parti Québécois

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Québec solidaire

Quebec's pro-sovereignty parties refuse to step aside

Quebec's ruling pro-sovereignty party is calling on its rivals to step aside and give the Parti Québécois a better chance of winning the next election.On the weekend, Premier Pauline Marois called on Québec Solidaire and the upstart Option Nationale to ... [Published MSN Canada - May 14 2013]

Entities: Pauline Marois, Quebec, Françoise David, Québec solidaire, Parti Québécois

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

CAQ want to streamline city management in Montreal

The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) is calling on all parties sitting in the National Assembly to work together to make changes that will help Montreal make a fresh start.MONTREAL – The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) is calling on all parties sitting in ... [Published Global News Canada - May 13 2013]

Entities: Montreal, Quebec, François Legault, Coalition

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

PQ’s Plan Nord copy weak on private funding: opposition

MONTREAL—The Quebec government has unveiled its plan for northern development, slapping a new name on Jean Charest’s cherished Plan Nord project.The $868-million plan will fund the building of new roads, housing, parks and job training. However, the opposition ... [Published CTV News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Quebec, Mining, Jean-Marc Fournier, François Legault, Jean Charest

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Time To Stop Taking Francophones For Granted

Yes I know. This kind of headline usually has the word "anglophone" in it. Yet last week two incidents demonstrated that politicians of several parties have not understood that the rejection of , and resistance to, Bill 14 may have done more to unite ... [Published The Métropolitain - May 08 2013]

Entities: François Legault, Quebec, Alain Dubuc, Civil Rights

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

CAQ leader showing his true Pequiste colours: Liberal MNA

Quebec Liberal Opposition member Marc Tanguay reacts at a news conference marking the end of a legislature committee that would modify the French language law in the province, Thursday, April 18, 2013 at the legislature in Quebec City. Opposition MLA ... [Published CTV News - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Quebec, Geoffrey Kelly, Jacques Boissinot, Philippe Couillard, François Legault

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 2 reports

CAQ will vote to send Bill 14 for further study

François Legault says his party will give PQ a chance to amend French language bill Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault says his party will vote to send Bill 14 — the PQ government's contentious proposed legislation to toughen the French language ... [Published CBC - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: François Legault, Nathalie Roy, Quebec

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

The fate of Bill 14 now rests in CAQ’s hands

Hearings on the controversial language bill wrapped up today in Quebec City The future of Bill 14, the Parti Québécois-authored amendment to the province’s language laws, now rests in the hands of François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Quebec. Hearings on ... [Published CBC - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: François Legault, Quebec, Coalition, Military/Armed Forces

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

PQ upset with demands from "young prince" Trudeau

Members of the Parti Quebecois are furious over newly-chosen federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's request to meet with leaders of the three largest provincial parties in Quebec.But it turns out the anger is, in part, over something that never happ ... [Published CTV News - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Justin Trudeau, Ottawa, Quebec

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 3 reports

Praise, criticism greet Péladeau appointment at Hydro-Québec

Political reactionn was mixed to the appointment of media mogul Pierre-Karl Péladeau as chairman of the board of Hydro-Québec.The strongest criticism came from Quebec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir who called the appointment “deplorable” arguing that it will ... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Hydro-Québec, Amir Khadir, François Legault

Quotes

...claims play into the Parti Québécois' narrative that the Canadian Constitution is illegitimate, however, it's hard to actually discern any actual "constitutional coup d'état" . François Legault leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) said that the allegations "raise questions, but what does it change in the lives of Quebecers?...

Coup d'états, cul-de-sacs, and la Cour suprême du Canada [Published Rabble.ca - May 13 2013]

"we are willing to give the government a chance to make amendments to this bill, but if significant changes are not made to address our initial problems and the new ones that came up after six weeks (of legislative hearings), we will vote against the bill" Legault said

CAQ will vote to send Bill 14 for further study [Published CBC - Apr 24 2013]

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Quebec's minority goverment tables moratorium b... [Published Canadian Plastics - 9 hours ago]
Federation CJA: Drainville an "anti-Semite" - r... [Published CJAD 800 - May 18 2013]
Quebec proposes law to ban fracking for five years [Published Financial Post - Top Stories - May 16 2013]
No Fracking Way [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 16 2013]
Quebec opposition denounces fracking legislation [Published Globe and Mail - May 16 2013]
Proposed ban on shale gas exploration [Published CJAD 800 - May 16 2013]
Quebec government tables legislation to limit s... [Published 610 CKTB - May 15 2013]
Quebec wants to block shale gas development [Published Global News Canada - May 15 2013]
Quebec Proposes Law to Ban Fracking for as Long... [Published Washington Post - May 15 2013]
Quebec's pro-sovereignty parties refuse to step... [Published MSN Canada - May 14 2013]
CAQ want to streamline city management in Montreal [Published Global News Canada - May 13 2013]
Coup d'états, cul-de-sacs, and la Cour suprême ... [Published Rabble.ca - May 13 2013]
William Johnson: Quebec, land of myth [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 09 2013]
PQ’s Plan Nord copy weak on private funding: op... [Published CTV News - May 08 2013]
Time To Stop Taking Francophones For Granted [Published The Métropolitain - May 08 2013]
PQ accused of ‘bullying' Charbonneau commission [Published Globe and Mail - May 03 2013]
Parti Quebecois, suddenly, expresses concerns a... [Published 610 CKTB - May 03 2013]
Marois accused of ‘interfering’ with independen... [Published Globe and Mail - May 02 2013]
CAQ leader showing his true Pequiste colours: L... [Published CTV News - Apr 26 2013]
CAQ will vote to send Bill 14 for further study [Published CBC - Apr 24 2013]
Quebec opposition party to vote in favour of Bi... [Published Global News Canada - Apr 24 2013]
‘L’Affaire Michaud’ not over yet [Published Canadian Jewish News - Apr 19 2013]
The fate of Bill 14 now rests in CAQ’s hands [Published CBC - Apr 18 2013]
Lisee apologizes after anger over request ‘youn... [Published CTV News - Apr 18 2013]
Are the Tory attack ads against Trudeau fair, a... [Published Toronto Star Online - Apr 18 2013]
PQ upset with demands from "young prince" Trudeau [Published CTV News - Apr 18 2013]
Lisée slams Trudeau over request that was never... [Published CJAD 800 - Apr 18 2013]
Trudeau defends Coderre over Montreal mayoralty... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 18 2013]
Praise, criticism greet Péladeau appointment at... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 17 2013]
Quebecor’s Péladeau named Hydro-Québec chair af... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 17 2013]

Blogs

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William Johnson: Quebec, land of myth [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 09 2013] Yes, Canadians need a fresh look at how our children are taught their history. But the House of Commons Canadian heritage committee that the federal government recently charged with the task represents the wrong approach. Federal politicians have won ...
Graeme Hamilton: With latest outrage over 1982 ... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 17 2013] MONTREAL — Spare a thought for the elected members of the Parti Québécois, who even though they are in government must regularly summon up the kind of outrage typically expected from opposition benches. Two weeks ago it was reforms to the federal Employment ...
Separatism, language cops, terror apologism, co... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Mar 18 2013] Of all the fantasies spun by Quebec separatists, the most absurd is the notion that the province’s fiscal and governance problems will be solved through the magical elixir of independence. In fact, the opposite is true: The Parti Québécois’ single-minded ...
Graeme Hamilton: Now that the PQ is in power, Q... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Feb 26 2013] Time, and an election victory, change everything. Last spring, as Quebec’s student protests were in full flight, the Parti Québécois showered praise on the young idealists fighting against tuition increases that would have left them still paying the ...
Tasha Kheiriddin on the PQ’s favourite sport: s... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Feb 21 2013] In March, Pauline Marois’ minority provincial government will hold public consultations on Bill 14, the Parti Québécois-authored legislation designed to “strengthen” Quebec’s notorious language law, Bill 101. Bill 14 would amend a host of Quebec laws, ...