Rene Levesque

Our elected officials seem determined to dumb down the political discourse as far as humanly possible. Why we need to elevate the conversation, and how a simple test could help us do that.

Premier Jason Kenney kicked off a campaign to lure skilled workers from Toronto and Vancouver as he doubled down on his criticism of a so-called Alberta sovereignty act pitched by one of the candidates running to replace him.

Its 2017 "rejuvenation" did nothing to avert last October's election disaster, but the Parti Quebecois says a new plan to modernize itself will be different than all previous attempts.

He was almost a decade away from becoming prime minister but the two RCMP constables on surveillance duty that January night seemed to have no difficulty recognizing Pierre Trudeau, even if they misspelled his name.

Quebecers head to the polls on Monday, October 1, 2018, after a rare election campaign in which independence was not an issue and parties were left struggling to present a clear vision to voters.

The Parti Quebecois is partly to blame for the lack of support for sovereignty, according to the province's longest-serving legislature member, who believes his party has renounced its duty to promote independence.

The longest-serving member of Quebec's legislature is retiring.

Marois was on stage at a Montreal nightclub on Sept. 4, 2012, celebrating the realization of her cherished dream of becoming Quebec premier.

Among the tens of thousands of flag-waving revellers expected to line the streets for Montreal's Canada Day parade, there will be one man who remembers the year he almost marched alone.