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Ontario, Quebec to allow EU to bid on hospital, school construction
Country's two largest provinces poised to open bidding process to foreign companies as part of a proposed trade accord with the European Union
Critics decry Quebec plan on religious schools
Proposal to allow weekend classes seen as a move to accommodate the orthodox Jewish community
PQ attacks on viceroy are meant to boost sovereignty, Liberals say
Lieutenant-Governor's budget targeted
Obese woman wins human rights fight for parking spot
Marise Myrand said her condo association discriminated against her by denying her a parking spot closer to her building entrance
Quebec's climate strategy
Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice is right; environmental regulations in Quebec are going to put Canada at a competitive disadvantage. Come to think of it, we should cut all our emissions regulations to gain a competitive advantage. Then we should gut our labour laws and get rid of minimum-wage controls.
Quebec
Lieutenant-Governor gets stamp of disapproval
Revival of medals tradition stirs reminder of why practice was abandoned in the first place – it was seen as symbol of monarchy
Quebec eases immigration rules for Haitians
Definition of family expanded to let more Canadians sponsor relatives stricken by earthquake
Eschewing extremes
Recent immigrants, immigrants of longer vintage and de souche Quebeckers continue to look for the best way to live together. A new manifesto co-signed by 220 academics shows that drawing the lines of reasonable accommodation is harder than denouncing discrimination. But it is a constructive engagement with conflicts and questions that many in Canada are too happy to ignore or wish away.
As Charest heats up battle over climate change, Tories stand to lose in Quebec
Global warming is fracturing national politics as Ottawa and Quebec escalate a word war over federal reluctance to act against climate change.
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Ottawa accused of caving to auto industry
Harper government has lost resolve to push tough environmental standards on new vehicles, Quebec says
Quebec MNA pleads guilty
Liberal member from Rivière-du-Loup pays $500 fine after being charged under Lobbying Act; opposition calls for his expulsion from caucus
RIM, ABCP lead to bumper year
Two big settlements swell coffers
PQ plans to boost sovereignty campaign
Demise of Meech Lake deal cited
Prentice attacks Quebec's climate strategy
Province's rules targeting vehicles 'one of the most glaring examples of the folly of attempting to go it alone'
Charest told to ban asbestos exports
Scientists from 28 countries are calling on Jean Charest to ban the use and export of all forms of asbestos, placing the Quebec Premier in an embarrassing position on the eve of his trade mission to India, the province's biggest importer of asbestos.
Ban asbestos exports, scientists urge Charest
Letter says Quebec promotes the mineral to developing countries “where … awareness of the hazards of asbestos almost non-existent.”
Selling workouts, outdoors
After a six-hour drive home to Montreal from a fitness conference in Toronto, Danielle Danault had no interest in working out in a stuffy gym. So she went to the park.
Caisse going back to basics
Pension fund added to the crisis of public confidence when it partly missed out on the big stock market rebound last year
The two faces of a life-or-death dilemma
The Globe's Lisa Priest examines how two families' stories are shaping a legal and moral battleground over who has the right to make life-or-death decisions. IN EDMONTON: Parents who want their brain-injured baby to live fight with a hospital who says they should let him go IN QUEBEC: A hospital ethics board clashes with a family that took their child off a feeding tube
Caisse chief bites back
In an open letter, Michael Sabia defends fund's performance and pledges return of 'plain old common sense'