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Robert Bourassa

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Name: Robert Bourassa

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

René Lévesque Highway?

There's a proposal on the table to re-christen Highway 132 on the South Shore after the late Ren Lvesque. South Shore PQ ministers Marie Malavoy and Bernard Drainville are backing the idea proposed by the president of Longueuil's Socit historique du ... [Published CJAD 800 - May 12 2013]

Entities: Bruce Hicks, René Lévesque, Bernard Drainville, Robert Bourassa

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Byron selectwoman can keep her job after town vote

BYRON (WGME) -- A Byron residentâs effort to have selectwoman Anne Simmons-Edmunds recalled has fallen short by one vote.Robert Bourassa, a town resident, started the recall effort in March after Simmons-Edmunds supported a measure they would have required ... [Published WGME.com - May 10 2013]

Entities: Robert Bourassa

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Conrad Black: Public-sector unions are a blight on our society

The announcement this week by Tony Clement, Canada’s capable Treasury Board President, that representatives of his department would attend collective bargaining sessions at Crown corporations, is entirely welcome. The entities he singled out for careful ... [Published National Post | Full Comment » Full Comment - May 04 2013]

Entities: Conrad Black, Collective Bargaining, Jean-Claude Parrot, Maurice Duplessis

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

HEC Montréal

Tête à Tête : John Parisella

In this episode, Pierre Donais interviews John Parisella. John Parisella holds political science degrees from Concordia University and McGill University.Mr. Parisella served as director general of the Québec Liberal Party in the 1980s and was chief of ... [Published CPAC - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Daniel Johnson, Jr., Robert Bourassa, Quebec, HEC Montréal

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Ex-Montreal mayor takes the stand at Quebec corruption inquiry

MONTREAL -- Former Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay has begun his testimony at Quebec's corruption inquiry with a denial that his political party was financed through an organized kickbacks system.Tremblay stepped down as mayor last November under a cloud ... [Published CTV News - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Gérald Tremblay, Testimony, Quebec, Corruption

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard University

Live Tweets from the Charbonneau Commission

Tremblay as Minister of Economic Development, developed economic clusters: co's, govnt depts working together. He learned that at Harvard.Tremblay says he wanted to tackle the economy, restructure itTremlay say was asked to run in Sept 1989, happy Bourassa ... [Published CJAD 800 - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Gérald Tremblay, Robert Bourassa, Sexism, Harvard University

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

Justin Trudeau dismisses criticism over Constitution comments

Liberal leader calls his statement 'not a shocking revelation' New Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending his comments on Quebec’s refusal to sign the Canadian Constitution.While speaking about the 31st anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights ... [Published CBC - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Justin Trudeau, Quebec, Dismissal

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

Political biography

Following the passing of Baroness Thatcher, I recalled how as a student of the academic discipline called history, I have always been intrigued by political biography, memoirs of people who over the centuries have shaped our world.Three aspects of their ... [Published Barbados Daily Nation - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Owen Arthur, Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Eugenia Charles

First reported Jan 12 2013 - Updated Jan 12 2013 - 1 reports

Quebec Liberals say next leader must be more than just a defender of federalism

Quebec Liberals have never been big on soul-searching, and there has not really been much call for it over the past 40 years. Since the arrival of the Parti Québécois on the political scene, the Liberals’ overriding mission under leaders from Robert ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 12 2013]

Entities: Quebec, Jean Charest, Pierre Moreau, Philippe Couillard, Raymond Bachand

First reported Dec 04 2012 - Updated Dec 05 2012 - 1 reports

The Maple Leaf will stay: Parti Quebecois loses fight to remove Canadian flag from national assembly

QUEBEC, Que. — The Maple Leaf is staying put in one of the main rooms at Quebec’s national assembly. An attempt by the Parti Quebecois to remove the Canadian flag failed today, with the two main opposition parties voting to defeat the minority government. ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Dec 04 2012]

Entities: Parti Québécois, Quebec, Robert Bourassa, Jean Charest

First reported Nov 28 2012 - Updated Nov 28 2012 - 1 reports

Flag flap: Two-thirds of Quebecers say Maple Leaf is source of ‘personal or collective’ pride, poll shows

MONTREAL — A new poll on Quebecers’ attitudes toward the Canadian flag is being released as the provincial government attempts today to remove the Maple Leaf from the legislature. The survey suggests that the flag the Parti Quebecois wants to remove ... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Nov 28 2012]

Entities: Quebec, Robert Bourassa, Jean Charest

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Ex-Montreal mayor tells corruption inquiry ‘it’... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Apr 25 2013]
Ex-Montreal mayor takes the stand at Quebec cor... [Published CTV News - Apr 25 2013]
Live Tweets from the Charbonneau Commission [Published CJAD 800 - Apr 25 2013]
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Establishing the Charter: April 17, 1982 [Published CPAC - Apr 17 2013]
Margaret Thatcher—the mother of Canadian Conser... [Published Macleans Online - Apr 17 2013]
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Michael Den Tandt: Justin Trudeau is less vacuo... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Mar 24 2013]
Quebec Liberals say next leader must be more th... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Jan 12 2013]
The Maple Leaf will stay: Parti Quebecois loses... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Dec 04 2012]
Flag flap: Two-thirds of Quebecers say Maple Le... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Nov 28 2012]
Quebec?s premier venture-capital fund controlle... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Oct 01 2012]

Blogs

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Barbara Kay: Quebec’s history, through the sepa... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 15 2013] When the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage recently was tasked with reviewing the way Canadian history is taught to children, Quebec’s politicians and pedagogical mandarins immediately made their displeasure clear. One minister huffed, “If their ...
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 ...
Conrad Black: Public-sector unions are a blight... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 04 2013] The announcement this week by Tony Clement, Canada’s capable Treasury Board President, that representatives of his department would attend collective bargaining sessions at Crown corporations, is entirely welcome. The entities he singled out for careful ...
Michael Den Tandt: Justin Trudeau is less vacuo... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Mar 24 2013] The Liberal leadership race is over. So let’s move beyond, if such a thing is possible, the now predictable back-and-forth about Justin Trudeau’s hair, celebrity, charisma, vacuity, experience or lack of it. Separate the ideas from the man, and what ...