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THE PROVINCIAL ELECTION IS ON…

This literary offering was supposed to be a continuation of last publication’s The reality of it all is language, knowing and speaking the right one, are a king-queen political duo in Quebec (politics). And CAQ supporters are not showing any interest or care in what the other parties are offering… if anything, in any part of the province, to safeguard English language and/or other minority communities and rights in Quebec. As I’m mentally chipping away at ideas and thoughts the morning of Wednesday, April 20, gathering substantive words to build cogent ideas, etc. came news that the former Montreal mayoral …

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The Quebec govt.has $500 for you

Rosie Awori (LJI) It doesn’t mean that you have to vote for the CAQ, probably you don’t even have to like the CAQ, but Quebec government’s initiative to give $500 to everyone in the province making less than $100,000 a year should be welcomed by families who are caught in a gut-wrenching fight against inflation. The one-time payment was announced in the recent budget presented by Finance Minister Eric Girard and will be paid automatically by Revenue Quebec to all eligible adults, as soon as their 2021 tax return has been processed and it will not be taxed as revenue …

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Frank Baylis is driven by his mother’s legacy

As much as Frank Baylis wanted to walk away from active politics and return calmly to the business world navigating the medical products industry as head of the billion-dollar family business, Baylis Medical, he just couldn’t do it while witnessing people’s rights being eroded. And that’s what he sees happening here in Quebec following the passage of Bill 21, the so-called religious symbols law and the introduction of Bill 96, which overhauls and strengthens the French Charter. The former Liberal MP for Pierrefonds-Dollard says he’s troubled by what these policies ultimately represent for equality and fairness and the direction which …

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