On Labour Day, two Quebec parties promise $15 minimum wage if elected
Quebec's campaigning politicians appealed to workers on Labour Day on Monday, September 3, 2018, with two parties promising to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Manon Massé
Quebec political parties announce common front in favour of supply management
The leaders of Quebec's main political parties spoke in unison on Friday, August 31, 2018, to defend supply management and send a message to federal negotiators as they held free-trade talks with their U.S. counterparts in Washington, D.C.
Bold promise to ban new gas cars in Quebec
A bold Quebec election promise to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2030 is following the lead of countries such as France and the United Kingdom, says the province's left-leaning Québec solidaire party.
Quebec campaign: Liberals pledge expanded dental coverage, Coalition talks school taxes
The Quebec Liberals on Sunday dusted off an old promise to expand free dental coverage should they be re-elected come Oct. 1 — this time to include children up to age 16 as well as low-income seniors.
Quebec election campaign is going to be short and ugly
An added element in the Oct. 1 election is that for the first time in a long time, the topic of Quebec sovereignty won't be a primary voting issue, writes Toula Drimonis. All parties have declared their intent not to make it a point of contention — even the PQ.
Quebec's female legislature members say they've experienced sexual misconduct
Québec Solidaire's Manon Massé believes that, in the legislature like elsewhere, many women decide not to denounce their aggressors out of fear of hurting their own careers. "You shut your mouth because you want to work until the end of your days," said Masse,
They almost died in a Montreal alley
Two women's brush with death demonstrates the challenges cities face in dealing with the fentanyl crisis.