Canada's new ambassador for women, peace and security will put "meat on the bones" of its feminist foreign policy, says Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

A leading contender in Quebec's election campaign has come under fire from dozens of scientists for openly musing about ending a province-wide ban on shale fracking for oil and gas.

Female foreign ministers convened in Montreal on Friday for an "historic" meeting co-hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland and her counterpart in the European Union, Federica Mogherini.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante wants her city to be carbon neutral by 2050, making the pledge on the first day of a global summit promoting action on climate change in San Francisco.