Charest says referendum issue can be solved Sept. 4
Jean Charest protected from demonstrators by cordon of seniors Pauline Marois said Saturday,”All sovereignists want a referendum” once the her Parti Québécois comes to power, after Jean-François Lisée,...
View ArticleCharest works the room in Bellechasse
At a spaghetti fund raiser in Bellechasse riding Sunday night, Liberal leader Jean Charest worked the room and did not eat, consolidating support with voters. STE-CLAIRE-DE-BELLECHASSE - Jean Charest’s...
View ArticleQuebec ‘not banana republic’– Legault
SHERBROOKE – François Legault would ban the export of asbestos from Quebec if his Coalition Avenir Québec forms a government after the Sept.4 election. “We will act responsibly,” Legault told...
View ArticleLegault targets Liberal ministers who ‘consented’ to corruption
François Legault is a brainy accountant, who came to politics after making his fortune with Air Transat, where he was founding president. On the campaign trail he tries to simplify his ideas to abolish...
View ArticleDuchesneau lovin’ it
François Legault presented Jacques Duchesneau, the former Montreal police chief and one-time candidate for mayor of Montreal, and now the Coalition Avenir Québec candidate in Saint-Jérôme riding, as...
View ArticleCosmic moment
The Cosmos restaurant in Lévis is where is all happens. In Lévis, at least. As Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault met with Quebec’s Union des producteurs agricoles in the adjoining Lévis...
View ArticleCAQ leader Legault’s campaign goes…tomatoes
François Legault’s election campaign went to Sainte-Sophie Thursday, in the Rousseau riding where he was MNA for 10 years. There he was greeted with a platter of organic tomatoes, and immediately...
View ArticleMarois mainstreeting in Legault’s riding
Pauline Marois took her Parti Québécois election campaign to L’Assomption Saturday, the riding being contested by Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault. The two election caravans even crossed...
View Article‘Look me in the eyes,’ Marois tells Laval voter
Pauline Marois shakes hands with Madame Chama Pauline Marois and her Parti Québécois candidates in Laval, along with candidates from other parties contesting Tuesday’s election, descended Sunday on...
View ArticleConfusion but no panic at Métropolis shooting: a reporter’s view
I was inside the Métropolis listening to Pauline Marois’s victory speech, listening to Quebec’s first woman premier reaching out. Saying she would be the premier of all Quebecers, including young...
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