The leader of Quebec's right-of-centre party may have softened his approach on Thursday, but it's unclear whether he has changed any of his positions on immigration.

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault took the Couillard Liberals to task Thursday after a leaked report showed a $4-billion Green Fund aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions has been mismanaged and failed to meet targets.

Legal experts say that raising the legal cannabis age in Quebec to 21, as proposed by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) party, will prompt legal challenges from young Quebecers on the grounds of age discrimination.

Équiterre has accused Quebec's elections watchdog of trying to "muzzle environmental groups" and is defying the watchdog's demand to remove an election campaign survey from its website.

Showing respect to a group that has been instrumental in shaping the Quebec of today is not pandering, or endangering the progress that’s been made in safeguarding the French language.

Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée accused Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard of hypocrisy for brushing off “Bonjour-Hi” as an “incident” during an English debate on Monday evening.

Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault said on Sunday, September 16, 2018, he was on "solid ground" with his immigration proposals, despite having incorrectly answered a question on the subject.

While all four engaged in some heated debates, the occasional jovial ribbing, and even managed to get some vital points across occasionally amid the cacophonous yelling, one would be hard pressed to see how anything that took place Thursday night would necessarily change the opinion of undecided voters. I suspect that all it did was validate the choices of those who have already decided which part

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard accused Coalition Avenue Quebec Leader François Legault of scaring people with his immigration policies in Quebec’s first leadership debate Thursday evening in Montreal, calling out his political rival for proposing an “expulsion test” on new arrivals.

Political controversies do more than just temporarily embarrass party leaders. Repeated controversies can have a serious, long-lasting impact on the trust voters place in a party and a leaders’ sense of judgment and the candidates they choose.

There is a lively debate underway in the Quebec election campaign over gender parity and winnable ridings as a women's group proposes a law requiring every party to field a minimum slate of female candidates.

Just north of Montreal, between the St. Lawrence River and the Laurentian Mountains, is a Quebec nationalist heartland where cynicism about politics reigns and labour shortages are beginning to sting.

The perennially divisive topic of language politics surfaced on the Quebec campaign trail on Friday, September 7, 2018, as the leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec promised his government would force new immigrants to leave the province if they don't learn French within three years.

Promises to seniors and local farmers were overshadowed on Day 14 of the provincial election campaign after a Parti Quebecois candidate was formally charged with impaired driving and refusing to obey a police officer.

A candidate for the Parti Quebecois has withdrawn his candidacy just weeks before the provincial election.