The Buffalo Chronicle
Quebec
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St-Pierre Plamondon names an independence minister in a leaner PQ cabinet
Quebec’s new premier named 22 ministers, including Catherine Gentilcore as minister responsible for independence. The PQ says any referendum will wait until Donald Trump leaves office.
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Source: a Conservative-Bloc Quebecois coalition government would liberate French Canada
A Toronto-based source with close ties to both Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Tool and Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet tells The Chronicle that the two men are open to the possibility of a coalition…
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Does the Bloc Quebecois have a window of opportunity in Donald Trump’s presidency?
Some political operatives believe that President Donald J. Trump‘s tenure in office is creating a window of opportunity for the Nation of Quebec to engage in direct trade talks with the United…
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Tipped off by PMO, SNC Lavalin CEO left Canada fewer than 36 hours before he was to be arrested
Former SNC Lavalin CEO Neil Bruce fled Canada just three days before he was expected to be arrested on bribery charges relating to a series of meetings that he and an attorney,…
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Marvin Rotrand chosen as interim leader of Coalition Montréal
Veteran city councillor Marvin Rotrand has been elected as interim leader of the opposition Coalition Montréal following the resignation on Monday of party chief Benoit Dorais. Dorais, mayor of the Sud-Ouest borough, said…
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Union militant Bernard ‘Rambo’ Gauthier launches a political party
QUEBEC — North shore union organizer Bernard “Rambo” Gauthier is going into politics, promising to make life miserable for the province’s elites and establishment and to stand up for the little guy.…
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Valérie Plante rises in Montreal, with sights on 2017 municipal battle
Valérie Plante was elected leader of Projet Montréal this weekend, ending a long period of interim leadership for the city’s main opposition party. Here are five reasons this stands to be a…
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Lisée wants government to show more ‘economic nationalism’
Mondelez Canada’s east-end cookie factory is done, and Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée sees it as a wake-up call for the province. The Opposition leader was at a riding office not…
