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Quebec election campaign wraps third week as leaders' debates approach
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (106+ words) MONTREAL -- Quebec political leaders are entering their 18th day on the campaign trail today with their first debate approaching on Tuesday. The Liberal party is expected to present its financial framework today. The Parti Quebecois will then be the only one…...
Quebec political leaders enter 15th day of provincial election…
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (124+ words) MONTREAL -- The leaders of the five main provincial parties are back on the road after back-to-back interviews on prime-time television Wednesday night. Talk about the trade war with the United States and Quebec sovereignty dominated the first high-profile event of…...
Canada to join European ban on Israeli settlement goods amid rising…
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (452+ words) OTTAWA -- Ottawa is joining European nations pledging to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Canada, the United Kingdom, France and other countries are accusing Israel of enabling settler violence and working to expand…...
Quebec Premier calls cabinet meeting ahead of tariffs
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (156+ words) MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier Christine Frechette will put her election campaign on hold to convene a cabinet meeting Monday, one day before Canadian retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods are set to take effect. Frechette's office confirms that the cabinet meeting will be…...
Dairy farmer turned Liberal MP vows to be voice for tariff-hit Quebec…
1+ week, 1+ day ago (729+ words) OTTAWA -- Newly elected Liberal MP Daniel Gobeil says his experience as a dairy farmer and agricultural leader will help him be a voice in Ottawa for a Quebec region on the front lines of the Canada-U.S. trade war. The former…...
Quebec parties target health care, affordability as election nears
1+ week, 1+ day ago (194+ words) MONTREAL -- With one month to go before Quebec's provincial election, parties are pitching voters on health care, government spending and daycare, while their leaders are also debating the prospect of another referendum on Quebec independence. CAQ Leader Christine Frechette promised…...
Carney names Dominic Barton as chair of Invest in Canada, replaces CEO
1+ week, 6+ day ago (595+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney is overhauling the leadership of the federal agency responsible for attracting foreign investment just weeks before a high-profile summit aimed at doing just that. Carney announced Monday that Dominic Barton, the former Canadian ambassador to China…...
Tight race expected in Quebec riding as voters head to polls in…
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (547+ words) SAGUENAY -- Voters in the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi--Le Fjord are heading to the polls to choose who will succeed Richard Martel as their representative in the House of Commons. Martel, a Conservative MP who had represented the Saguenay-area riding…...
Frenemies for Canada: Ex-Alberta premiers join hands to keep province…
2+ week, 5+ day ago (567+ words) Lisa Johnson and Bill Graveland Two former political foes in Alberta are joining hands to try to keep the province from separating. And one of them says when it comes to Canada, it's a no-brainer. "I'm always happy to put…...
Canada vows dollar-for-dollar tariff retaliation, suspends trade…
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1055+ words) OTTAWA -- A last-ditch effort to reach a new trade deal before a midnight tariff deadline failed Friday, as Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended talks with the United States and summoned his negotiators back to Ottawa. The decision meant new 50 per…...