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Quebec Politicians Might Give Themselves A $30k Pay Raise — To Over 3x Quebec's Median Income

An independent committee is recommending that Quebec National Assembly members get a $30,205 pay raise. That's a 29.7% increase from their current base salary of $101,561. The new annual base salary would be $131,766.

For context, the median income in Quebec was $39,300 in 2020, the latest year for which Statistics Canada has salary data.

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Jean Boulet, Who Said 80% Of Immigrants Don't Work, Will Still Be Quebec Labour Minister

Following a blowout victory in the Quebec election thanks, in part, to the province's first-past-the-post electoral system (which allowed the CAQ to claim 72% of National Assembly seats with 41% of the vote), François Legault has unveiled the next Quebec cabinet.

Jean Boulet notably returns as labour minister following his outcry-inducing claim in September that "80% of immigrants go to Montreal, do not work, do not speak French or do not adhere to the values of Quebec society."

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Bill 96 Has Passed Quebec's National Assembly In A 78-29 Vote

Bill 96, a controversial French language reform touted by the provincial government, passed in Quebec's National Assembly by a landslide on Tuesday. The vote came down to 78 for the bill and 29 against it with opposition coming from the Parti Quebecois and the Liberals. The PQ said the bill's protection of the French language doesn't go far enough, while Liberal leadership said the legislation violates the rights of anglophone residents.

"The position of the CAQ is balanced, unlike that of the PQ, which is too restrictive, and that of the Liberals, which does not want any limits," Premier Francois Legault said in a statement.

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Quebec Will Send $500 To Millions Of Residents — Here's Everything You Need To Know

After promising to help Quebecers deal with a meteoric rise in inflation, the government announced it would send payments of $500 to millions of residents.

Finance Minister Eric Girard outlined the measure in a presentation of the CAQ's proposed budget to the National Assembly. On Facebook, Premier François Legault celebrated the payments as an example of his government's willingness and ability to give direct aid to Quebecers.

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Quebec Will Give $500 To Every Adult Making $100,000/Year Or Less

Quebec is set to give $500 to adult residents with an income of $100,000/year or less. The government says 6.4 million people will benefit from the payment, which will be made automatically through Revenu Québec.

The announcement is part of Quebec's 2022-23 budget presented by Finance Minister Eric Girard in late March.

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Christian Dubé Has Tabled A Bill To End Quebec's Health Emergency

Quebec's health emergency could soon be lifted. Health Minister Christian Dubé has tabled a bill in the National Assembly that would by and large return the province to normal. If passed, however, the bill would extend some of the special government powers granted by the state of emergency through December 2022.

Among those, would be the power to change or revoke health orders, which the bill asserts would be used for the relaxation of health rules.

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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 Trucker Convoy Has Reached Quebec City: Here's What We Know

Riding on the momentum of the ongoing Ottawa protest, members of the trucking and construction industries in Quebec plan to converge on the parliament building in Quebec City this weekend. This demonstration, which will seemingly consist mainly of truckers and construction workers, aims to support the ongoing demonstrations in Ottawa while protesting provincial health measures and vaccine mandates.

The mayor of Quebec City, Bruno Marchand, has stated that he will support the group's right to demonstrate, so long as they don't take the parliament building or the city itself "hostage."

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Quebec Reported 89 New COVID-19 Deaths While Hospitalizations Topped 3,400

On Tuesday, Quebec reported more new 89 new COVID-19 deaths. The province also recorded a net increase of 36 COVID-19 hospital patients on January 17, bringing the total number of active hospitalizations to 3,417, of which 289 were in intensive care, a net increase of three.

The province also tallied 5,143 new infections. However, because PCR tests are no longer available to the general public, official case counts are unreliable.

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Quebec Opposition Politicians Are Calling Out Legault's Accountability During The 5th Wave

High-profile Quebec politicians Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Dominique Anglade are both wondering why Premier François Legault isn't reconvening the National Assembly after the holidays despite the fact that Quebec is being battered by the fifth wave of COVID-19.

Considering the situation, the two politicians from separate parties want to get to work and called out the premier for seemingly shirking his responsibilities as premier.

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Premier Legault Previewed His Big Speech & Called For Major Changes In Quebec

In a video posted to social media on Monday, Quebec Premier François Legault previewed some of the points he'll likely make in a highly-anticipated opening speech planned for Tuesday afternoon.

"Things will have to change in Quebec," the premier wrote in the post caption. "We can't go on as before. It's time to look to the future."

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Mayor Plante Is Against Making Montreal Officially Bilingual

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said that she is "completely at odds" with making Montreal an officially bilingual city, unlike one of her opponents in the mayoral race.

The mayor said the city and its partner organizations are well-positioned to be "key players" in the propagation of French and its promotion as the language of work.

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