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December 9 2008

In Montreal, plus ça change...
The status quo prevailed on the Island of Montreal on Monday night, with virtually no change in the city's provincial political alignments except for a breakthrough win by Québec Solidaire.
2008/12/09 12:59:23 AM
Separatist-bashing in Ottawa may have helped PQ
While Stephen Harper toasted a federalist victory in the Quebec election, some sovereigntists suggested Tuesday they might have him to thank for their higher-than-expected score.
2008/12/09 03:04:27 PM
Almost half of Quebec voters shunned polls
Elections Quebec is calling Monday's historically low voter turnout a catastrophe.
2008/12/09 01:40:02 PM
Is Ottawa in the cards for Dumont?
Just one day after Mario Dumont announced his plan to quit Quebec politics, federal Conservatives were envisioning the prospect of luring the one-time right-wing wonderkid to Ottawa.
2008/12/09 06:33:06 PM
Charest says he's here to stay after majority win
Quebec Premier Jean Charest had barely finished lunch the day after his third straight election win and he already found himself defending his appetite to see the term through.
2008/12/09 06:21:37 PM

December 8 2008

Quebecers wait for election results
Polls have closed in Quebec and ballots are being counted in the province's second election in two years.
2008/12/08 08:02:06 PM
First victory goes to Liberals
The Liberals have clenched the first victory in the Quebec election, with Liberal Yvon Marcoux getting re-elected in the riding of Vaudreuil, CBC News projects.
2008/12/08 08:32:30 PM
Marois leaps to early win in Charlevoix
Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois cruised to victory in her riding of Charlevoix, easily defeating her nearest rival, CBC has projected.
2008/12/08 08:49:27 PM
Liberals dominate in the Outaouais region
The Liberals kept their near lock on the Outaouais holding four of the region's five seats.
2008/12/08 09:06:47 PM
Dumont only ADQ member left in eastern Quebec ridings
The coattails of ADQ Leader Mario Dumont were not enough to stop the Liberals from encroaching on his political property in eastern Quebec.
2008/12/08 09:50:53 PM
Quebec Green leader loses in Deux-Montagnes
Green Party Leader Guy Rainville has been defeated in his Montreal-area riding.
2008/12/08 10:03:10 PM
Charest elected 4th time in Sherbrooke
Liberal Leader Jean Charest has been re-elected in his Eastern Township Sherbrooke riding for the fourth time.
2008/12/08 10:31:59 PM
ADQ Leader Dumont keeps seat in Rivière-du-Loup
Action Démocratique de Quebec Leader Mario Dumont hung on to his seat in Rivière-du-Loup on Monday night, despite his party's wide defeat, CBC News projects.
2008/12/08 09:18:57 PM
Liberals gain in Abitibi-Témiscamingue region
The Liberals have dented the Parti Québécois's hold on the four ridings in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
2008/12/08 10:46:17 PM
Châteauguay Valley turns against ADQ
Voters in the Châteauguay Valley rejected the Action Démocratique, turfing the party's four MNAs in the region.
2008/12/08 10:55:16 PM
Liberals gain 1 seat in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region
The Liberals knocked off a Parti Québécois seat in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, erasing the PQ's stranglehold on the area's ridings.
2008/12/08 10:03:10 PM
Liberals, PQ split the Gaspé
The Liberals made headway in the Gaspé Peninsula Monday night, taking three of the six ridings in a region that traditionally belonged to the Parti Québécois.
2008/12/08 09:18:57 PM
QS's Amir Khadir prevails over PQ in Montreal's Mercier riding
Community activist and physician Amir Khadir has been elected in Montreal's Mercier riding, beating Parti Québécois incumbent Daniel Turp.
2008/12/08 10:22:37 PM
ADQ tumbles in central Quebec, retains only 2 seats
The Action Démocratique du Québec suffered heavy electoral losses in central Quebec, holding on to only two of its seats in the region.
2008/12/08 11:37:52 PM
ADQ shut out in North Shore ridings
The Action Démocratique du Québec is on the verge of being wiped out of the North Shore, a region of the province that swung heavily in their favour in 2007.
2008/12/08 10:40:13 PM
Liberals make gains in greater Quebec City
The Liberals made significant headway in the greater Quebec City region Monday night, all at the expense of the faltering Action Démocratique du Québec.
2008/12/08 09:37:25 PM
Liberals dominate Eastern Townships
The Liberals hung on to their six seats in the Eastern Townships on Monday night, leaving the Parti Québécois and the Action Démocratique du Québec with just one each.
2008/12/08 09:13:46 PM
PQ gains help Marois rebuild party from disastrous 2007 election
Less than two years removed from being reduced to the province's third party, Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois guided her troops back to Official Opposition status Monday.
2008/12/08 11:37:52 PM
Dumont to step down after ADQ defeat
Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Mario Dumont is resigning as head of the party he founded after suffering a crushing defeat in Monday's election.
2008/12/08 10:40:13 PM
ADQ crushed in greater Montreal area
The Action Démocratique du Québec was shut out of the greater Montreal area on Monday night, a region where the party used to hold 17 seats.
2008/12/08 09:55:48 PM
Charest wins 3rd mandate in Quebec
Jean Charest's political gamble has paid off: Quebecers handed his Liberal party a majority Monday night.
2008/12/08 08:40:20 PM

December 7 2008

Quebecers head to the polls
Quebecers are heading to the polls Monday to vote in their second provincial election in as many years.
2008/12/08 06:20:15 AM

December 6 2008

Quebec leaders in final campaign push ahead of Monday's vote
With less than 48 hours to go before Quebecers hit the polls, a relaxed Jean Charest spent an unhurried Saturday on the campaign trail.
2008/12/06 06:52:07 PM

December 5 2008

Attacks on Bloc could boost PQ in Quebec election: candidate, pollster
The federal Conservatives' invective against the Bloc Québécois in recent days could give a boost to the sovereigntist Parti Québécois in Monday's Quebec election, a pollster and a candidate say.
2008/12/05 09:51:25 AM
ADQ accuses Liberals of promising services for votes
ADQ Leader Mario Dumont is accusing his Liberal foes of waging the kind of politics used in the days of Duplessis by promising better health care if people vote for them.
2008/12/05 12:32:33 PM
Charest's opponents dismiss late campaign polls
Jean Charest's main rivals are deflecting opinion poll results that suggest his Liberals would have won a majority government had the Quebec election been held within the past week.
2008/12/05 01:47:46 PM

December 4 2008

Charest warns against Quebec-bashing in Parliament crisis
Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest is urging Canadians not to let the political power struggle in Ottawa descend into anti-sovereigntist ranting.
2008/12/04 11:36:59 AM

December 3 2008

Pick a side in coalition debate, Marois tells Charest
PQ Leader Pauline Marois urged her political opponent Jean Charest to take a side in the power duel unfolding in the House of Commons in Ottawa.
2008/12/03 04:13:31 PM

December 2 2008

Quebec leaders, sovereigntists divided over coalition deal
All three main party leaders in the Quebec election campaign are duelling over the parliamentary crisis in Ottawa, as the federal Liberals and the NDP, with the help of the Bloc Québécois, prepare an attempt to take power from the minority Conservatives.
2008/12/02 08:10:24 PM

December 1 2008

Charest forced to explain luxury car
Jean Charest's political rivals branded the Liberal leader as arrogant on Sunday amid reports that Quebec provincial police have bought a luxury vehicle for his spouse
2008/12/01 09:56:24 AM
Charest wants political crisis in Ottawa resolved fast
Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest urged federal politicians to quickly resolve their leadership crisis because political and economic instability don't mix well.
2008/12/01 06:04:10 PM

November 29 2008

Quebec leaders put spotlight on Ottawa upheaval
Quebec's political leaders pointed to the imbroglio in the nation's capital and asked Quebecers on Saturday to grant them a majority government on election day.
2008/11/29 10:47:38 PM

November 28 2008

Charest, Dumont spar over pension fund
Liberal Leader Jean Charest accused opponent Mario Dumont of being unworthy to represent Quebecers, following the Action Démocratique du Québec leader's comments about the province's pension fund.
2008/11/28 01:59:42 PM
Be sure to vote, Quebec electoral officer urges
Quebec's chief electoral officer is appealing to registered voters to cast a ballot in the provincial election.
2008/11/28 02:50:58 PM

November 27 2008

For Mario Dumont, it's a case of the missing Adéquistes
Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Mario Dumont will obviously take any votes he can get on Dec. 8, but first he'd like to track down the massive number of people who appear to have abandoned his party in just 20 months.
2008/11/27 11:41:13 AM
Quebec First Nations angered by development plans
Exasperated with provincial and federal governments, the chiefs of Quebec's Assembly of First Nations say they're adopted a unilateral declaration on their territories' sovereignty.
2008/11/27 06:21:27 PM

November 25 2008

Leaders flex muscles in Quebec debate
Liberal Leader Jean Charest fended off his opponents who hammered away at his government's record in office in a feisty election debate Tuesday night.
2008/11/25 08:35:24 PM

November 24 2008

Quebec party leaders scale back activities to prep for key TV debate
Quebec's political leaders pared their election campaign activities Sunday as they prepared for their potentially crucial TV debate.
2008/11/24 09:01:36 AM

November 22 2008

Beleaguered pension fund can weather economic downturn: Charest
A financial tempest continued to swirl around the Quebec provincial election Saturday as the Liberals' campaign was buffeted by accusations they are hiding massive projected losses at Quebec's giant pension fund, the Caisse de depot et placement.
2008/11/22 07:41:52 PM

November 21 2008

PQ leader dispels health rumours by challenging media to hike
PQ Leader Pauline Marois invited a pack of journalists on a Friday morning hike up Montreal's Mount Royal Park, putting to rest rumours that her health and stamina may be slowing down her campaign.
2008/11/21 02:30:30 PM

November 20 2008

Quebec political spouses, led by Barrette, play bigger campaign role
In a break with Quebec political tradition, the wife of Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Mario Dumont is playing a more prominent role in a bid to help his flagging campaign.
2008/11/20 02:06:40 PM
PQ wants to opt out of federal culture programs, tougher language law
The Parti Québécois says it would introduce a new language law if elected and seek to pull Quebec out of federal cultural agencies like the National Film Board and the CRTC.
2008/11/20 04:46:00 PM

November 19 2008

Quebec Votes Audio and Video
Listen and watch CBC's coverage of the 2008 Quebec election.
2008/11/19 05:25:21 PM

November 18 2008

No tax on made-in-Quebec culture products, Liberals promise
A Liberal government in Quebec would strike the 7.5 per cent provincial sales tax on Québécois culture products and events, leader Jean Charest said Tuesday.
2008/11/18 02:53:42 PM
Dumont strikes out at hit talk show
ADQ Leader Mario Dumont said he won't apologize to popular Quebec talk show host Guy A. Lepage after he lambasted him for being "unfair" during an interview last year.
2008/11/18 07:36:16 PM
PQ wants businesses to go green, more environmental inspectors
PQ Leader Pauline Marois was all about the environment Tuesday as she unveiled her party's green platform, promising to hire more inspectors, revamp building codes and clamp down on wood-burning stove use.
2008/11/18 07:38:36 PM
Fire destroys Montreal Liberal candidate's headquarters
An overnight fire that destroyed a Montreal Liberal candidate's campaign offices and left a dozen people homeless may be drug-related, officials said.
2008/11/18 11:12:31 AM

November 17 2008

ADQ Leader Mario Dumont takes responsibility for party's performance
Mario Dumont, his Action Démocratique du Québec trailing badly in the polls, apologized to voters on Sunday for his party not blossoming into the top-notch Opposition they had been seeking.
2008/11/17 10:11:36 AM
Liberals offer money to lure nurses to public sector
The Quebec Liberals on Monday rolled out several measures, including hiring more nurses, to improve the province's beleaguered health-care system.
2008/11/17 03:50:48 PM

November 14 2008

Ad campaign 'speaks to issues' without slagging: Charest
No puffins are pooping on Péquistes in the new election advertisements released by the Quebec Liberals this week.
2008/11/14 10:29:43 AM
Quebec leaders talk hydro, health care, regions
Liberal Leader Jean Charest announced his party's ambitious plan to develop Quebec's great North, promising to boost Hydro-Québec's capacity, increase wind and sun energy production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2008/11/14 05:16:59 PM

November 13 2008

Leaders promise transit funding, new forestry policy
Liberal Leader Jean Charest says he'll boost public transit services in the Montreal area if his government is re-elected on Dec. 8.
2008/11/13 02:49:24 PM

November 12 2008

Party leaders point fingers on health care; promise school, transit reform
Quebecers didn't have to wait long in the current election campaign to hear the province's political party leaders start assigning blame for the problems in the health-care system, with both the Liberals and the Parti Québécois pronouncing on the issue Wenesday.
2008/11/12 07:59:06 PM
Green Party of Quebec Leader: Guy Rainville
When Quebec Green Leader Guy Rainville took over the party's top spot last spring he declared it was time for the Greens to grow.
2008/11/13 11:22:05 AM
Québec Solidaire leaders: Françoise David and Amir Khadir
Québec Solidaire may still be in its political infancy, but the provincial party says it is ready to win seats in this election, offering voters a viable, left-wing alternative to the Parti Québécois.
2008/11/13 11:22:06 AM

November 11 2008

PQ, Liberals spar over economic records, ADQ wants better schools
The leaders of the Quebec Liberal party and the Parti Québécois gave each other failing grades as economic managers Tuesday as the head of the Action Démocratique du Québec insisted it's time to bring back traditional values of hard work in provincial schools.
2008/11/11 06:22:19 PM

November 10 2008

PQ, ADQ take hits from their own camps
The Parti Québécois and l'Action Démocratique du Québec were both blindsided by unwelcome comments on Sunday, including one from within embattled ADQ Leader Mario Dumont's own camp.
2008/11/10 09:23:34 AM
Charest called arrogant for refusing informal debate format
Much of the debate in the Quebec election campaign Monday was about the debate.
2008/11/10 05:57:24 PM

November 7 2008

Outaouais mayor to run for Liberals in Chapleau
The mayor of Val-des-Monts, Que., will be running for the Liberals in the seat being left behind by former MNA Benoît Pelletier.
2008/11/07 12:19:59 PM
Quebec enjoys surplus, Liberals say
Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest released a budget update ahead of schedule after opposition parties accused him of hiding a provincial deficit.
2008/11/07 03:13:45 PM
ADQ blasts Liberals for super-hospital plans
The Liberal government made a mistake deciding to build a $2-billion super-hospital downtown instead of in an abandoned Outremont rail yard, said Action Démocratique du Québec Leader Mario Dumont.
2008/11/07 05:08:26 PM
PQ leader welcomes image critique, says she wants to improve
A leaked PQ document that suggests leader Pauline Marois has an image problem with voters is nothing more than constructive criticism, said the head of Quebec's sovereigntist party.
2008/11/08 12:34:56 PM

November 6 2008

Star ADQ candidate girds for fight in Outaouais
The man who is second-in-command for the Action démocratique du Québec party will spend the next month trying break into the longtime Liberal stronghold of West Quebec.
2008/11/06 04:58:17 PM
Quebec Liberals recruit charity CEO to run in Liberal bastion
Kathleen Weil, president and CEO of the Foundation of Greater Montreal, will run for the Quebec Liberals in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce riding.
2008/11/06 05:55:51 PM
Former Green leader running for PQ
The former leader of Quebec's Green Party has switched allegiances and is running for the Parti Québécois.
2008/11/06 06:12:30 PM
Economy dominates Day 1 in Quebec campaign
The ADQ promises to privatize Quebec's lucrative hydroelectricity utility if elected, and sell shares to residents, who leader Mario Dumont said have the right to invest in their natural resources.
2008/11/06 01:54:43 PM

November 5 2008

Quebec premier seeks 'clear mandate' in calling Dec. 8 election
Premier Jean Charest is asking Quebecers for a strong majority to steer them through economic turbulence.
2008/11/05 09:21:44 AM