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A Quebec Election Poll Shows Québec Solidaire Surpassing The Libs & The CAQ Squashing All

Less than a week before the Quebec election, the CAQ is still on track to crush its opponents even though its support is slipping, according to the latest poll by Léger and Québecor (Léger/Journal/TVA/QUB).

The poll reached 1,023 people between September 23 to 25, that is, after the second and final leaders' debate on Radio-Canada.

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Canada To Make Menstrual Products More Accessible — Here's What To Know

The Government of Canada is expected to create a Menstrual Equity Fund, as announced in the most recent federal budget.

Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland unveiled the 2022 budget on Thursday, and among the allocations the government has proposed is a plan for public health that provides $25 million over the course of two years to the Department for Women and Gender Equality for a pilot project.

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There's A Dental Care Plan In Canada's New Budget — Here's What We Know

The 2022 federal budget was released yesterday with significant focus on affordable housing, dental care, and national defense in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, among other initiatives. So let's talk about what this could mean for your teeth.

While healthcare, in general, seems to be taking a backseat in this year's list of budget priorities, dental care in Canada will be getting an overhaul. If the budget passes, the healthcare system will receive $5.3 billion over the next five years and $1.7 billion moving forward to make dental care more accessible to Canadians.

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Anglade Accused Legault Of Suggesting People Who Didn't Vote For The CAQ Aren't Quebecers

Liberal leader Dominique Anglade is accusing Premier François Legault of suggesting that people who didn't vote for his party, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), aren't Quebecers. The accusation follows a raucous National Assembly question period on February 3 that dove deep into the thorny trenches of the Quebec language debate.

The specific comment with which Anglade took issue isn't audible in the debate or recorded in the official transcript, but apparently came after the Liberal leader accidentally called the National Assembly president "Mr. Québécois" instead of "Mr. President."

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A Quebec Woman Who Sued Trudeau For $90k After He Called Her Out For Racism Just Lost

"Ill-founded and abusive" is how superior court judge Michèle Monast described a Quebec woman's defamation lawsuit against Justin Trudeau. In a decision published on November 29, Monast shot down Diane Blain's case against the prime minister.

The lawsuit followed a 2018 incident at a Liberal party rally in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Quebec, in which Blain asked Trudeau when he would "give back the 146 million [Quebec] paid" to support what she called Trudeau's "illegal immigrants."

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Most Quebecers Are 'Fine' With The Term 'Systemic Racism' Even Though Legault Isn't

Most Quebecers agree that the term "systemic racism" is an "accurate way of describing the level of prejudice and discrimination" in the province, a survey by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies shows.

66% of polled Quebecers either strongly or "somewhat" agreed with that sentiment. That's compared to a 67% average among provinces, according to the survey.

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Here's How Canada's Election Would've Gone If Quebec Students Were All Able To Vote

Quebec students would've also favoured the Liberals and helped them win a minority government — though a much slimmer one — if they were able to vote, according to Student Vote Canada.

If students were able to cast ballots in the federal election, the Liberals would have won 116 seats nationally, forming a minority government. The official opposition would be the New Democratic Party (NDP), with 106 seats.

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What Canada's Election & A Liberal Minority Gov't Could Mean For Quebec

Now that the dust has settled on the 2021 Federal Election, many of us living in Quebec might be wondering what the point of all this was. But no election is without some kind of meaning, especially for voters.

So, what did this election mean for the people of Quebec and what does a Liberal minority mean for the province?

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Mayor Plante Congratulated Trudeau & Listed Some Of What Montreal Wants From The New Gov't

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante offered her congratulations to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberal party secured another minority government following Canada's 2021 election.

She also listed the city's priorities for the next government.

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Legault Reacted To The Liberal Win & Says He'll Work With Trudeau On Quebec's Interests

Justin Trudeau's Liberal party has come out of Canada's 2021 election with another minority government, setting the balance of power in Ottawa for potentially another four years.

On Tuesday morning, Quebec Premier François Legault released a brief statement congratulating Trudeau on his victory.

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The Liberals Will Get A Minority Government In Canada's Election, The CBC Projects

Justin Trudeau's Liberals will get a minority government following Canada's 2021 election, the CBC projects. The public broadcaster projected earlier in the evening that the Liberals would win a government, but it was not immediately clear whether the party would claim a minority or majority of seats in the House of Commons, the CBC said.

The result, of course, is that it's possible little will change in the balance of power in the next parliament. The Liberals have held a minority government since the last federal election in 2019.

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The CBC Projects A Liberal Government In Canada's Election

The CBC has made a call in Canada's election, projecting the next government will be Liberal.

UPDATE: The CBC projects the Liberals will get a minority government. Read more.

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