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‘Secret shoppers’ to hunt for laggards on bilingualism

OTTAWA — Secret shoppers working for the official languages commissioner are to fan out across the capital in mid-August to test whether they can get service in French. The mission is to see what the experience of visiting Ottawa-Gatineau would … Continue reading

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Stockland: Conservative movement in Quebec is rising (1)

As usual, Calgary author Ezra Levant said it best without perhaps fully appreciating the significance of what he’d just said. “The average age would not be 25 for a right-wing event in Alberta,” Levant told about 500 conservatives gathered in … Continue reading

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Black: An icon of Quebec's misunderstood past

The canonization this week of Quebec’s Brother Andre (Bessette) reopened a window on Quebec’s largely forgotten, yet recent, past. In the times before the Quiet Revolution, French Quebec relied for its survival on clerical personnel to operate the schools and … Continue reading

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Quebec's entitlement society

When landing at the Quebec City airport this time of year, a heart-stopping tapestry comes into view: limitless acres of leafy trees aflame in red, orange and yellow, punctuated by swaths of dark green pines. The stunning display of natural … Continue reading

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Is Quebec the Future of the U.S.? (4)

I live in Quebec, a province that always seems to be teetering on the verge of separation from Canada and striking off on its own as an independent, majority-French-speaking country. It boasts only two major industries, forestry and electricity generation … Continue reading

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Williams adds fuel to anti-Quebec campaign (1)

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams has called Premier Jean Charest’s Quebec government bad for Canada. In a speech Wednesday to the St. John’s Board of Trade, Williams accused Quebec officials of hypocrisy and blasted Charest for opposing Newfoundland and … Continue reading

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Labeling People the Quebec Government Way

The liberal media have been criticizing those 20% of Americans polled who believe Barack Obama is a Muslim. The president declares himself a Christian, yet those 20% insist upon determining his religion based upon his father’s adherence to Islam. The … Continue reading

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Corbella: It's all Greek to Quebec

In Greece, citizens, on average, retire at the age of 58. In Germany, the citizens expected to help bail out the bankrupt Greeks, work on average until until the age of 65. Naturally, German citizens are wondering how this can … Continue reading

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Jean Charest’s last stand

If by some chance you arrived at the Quebec Liberal party convention last weekend after having lived under a rock for several weeks, you’d be forgiven for thinking things were peachy for the provincial party. The mere mention of Premier … Continue reading

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Want more seats? Attract more immigrants

This week the House of Commons debated a motion, introduced by the Bloc Quebecois, calling for the government to guarantee that it will respect the “Quebecois nation” by ensuring that Quebec retains 25% of the seats in the House of … Continue reading

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Judge’s appointment may fuel Charest’s troubles

When Gatien Fournier was named to the Quebec Court last March, the news scarcely made a ripple. Times have changed as Premier Jean Charest faces a political crisis. Mr. Fournier’s appointment, which will be formalized Wednesday, comes just as Mr. … Continue reading

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