By Murray Sherriffs
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The CAQ government has tabled Bill 19, which dramatically amends Bill 2, the law that was slammed by doctors and led many to leave the province, because of how it it changed how doctors are paid, imposed performance targets and threatened them with sanctions.
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The Legault government’s proposed legislation to ban public prayer is too vague and could inflict unnecessary burdens on grieving families and municipal governments; so says the Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités which is worried that funeral processions and prayers at burials could be banned. The Association des Garderies Privées du Québec has accused Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge of “silencing opponents” of his bill that expands the reach of secularism laws.
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Robin des Ruelles activists have robbed a Sobey’s grocery store on St. Laurent of thousands of dollars in food, leaving the goods in front of subsidized housing units in the Hochelaga neighbourhood and the rest at organizations that help the poor.
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Montrealers looking leave a snow-filled, cold winter for a few weeks are being advised by Canada that Cuba should not be on their list because of increasing power, fuel and food shortages.
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Several police forces in Quebec and New Brunswick have conducted raids on criminals linked to the Hells Angels.
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The Conseil du patronat du Québec says that nearly 1.4 million jobs will have to be filled by 2033, to solve a growing labour shortage and that a review of immigration targets must be done because the province’s population is retiring, AI challenges are mounting and that Quebec must improve literacy and numeracy rates, establish a continuum of training and skills recognition, attract experienced workers and reduce obstacles to the workforce for young and marginalized people and adjust economic immigration to meet market needs.
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L’institut de la Statistique du Québec says that most Quebecers will be affected to a degree by AI—mostly women because of the office jobs that they hold—while people doing manual labour will be affected to a lessor degree.
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Geneviève Hinse has refuted Marwah Rizqy’s claims she that tried to circumvent the rules so “…a staff member paid by the National Assembly could devote themselves to partisan work instead of their duties.”
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A Sherbrooke police officer is recovering from injuries that he suffered after he grabbed the door of a car which he had stopped, which accelerated from the scene, throwing him into an apartment building.
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Two people have been hurt in an explosion and fire at a building in Kanesatake.
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Habs 5 Winnipeg 1
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Cloud / sun / -7º today
Snow (on-off) -8º tomorrow