Quebec Premier François Legault says the province will require that the vast majority of economic immigrants to Quebec speak French before they arrive. Sixty-five per cent of immigrants to Quebec come through the economic immigration stream, which is controlled by the province. Legault says his government is also considering increasing the number of immigrants it…

Courage was necessary to move forward on raising the salaries of provincial politicians by $30,000, Quebec Premier François Legault said Saturday as unions demonstrated outside his party’s convention to demand a raise, too. “It’s a file you have to have the courage to deal with to attract all people (to politics), not just people who…

The Quebec coroner’s office has confirmed that two bodies pulled from a river Wednesday in the province’s Charlevoix region were those of volunteer firefighters who had been swept away by floodwaters. A spokesperson says the two men who disappeared on Monday during a rescue mission were Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, 23. Police on…

Quebec provincial police say they have found a second body in the community where two volunteer firefighters were swept away by floodwaters Monday. Earlier today, a body believed to be that of the other firefighter was recovered from the Rivière du Gouffre in St-Urbain, Que., northeast of Quebec City. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville told…

Quebec Premier François Legault says there was no foreign meddling during last October’s provincial election. Legault’s comments are in reaction to media reports—citing unnamed security sources and leaked intelligence—alleging China interfered in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. The Quebec premier told reporters Thursday he has had no indication there was foreign interference in the…

Quebec Premier François Legault is in St. John’s today for discussions with Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier about what will come after a bitterly divisive hydroelectric energy deal ends in 2041. Legault faces a Newfoundland and Labrador public scarred by the legacy of two hydroelectric projects considered to be failures for the Atlantic province. Jeff Webb,…

Quebec Premier François Legault will travel to Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday for two days of talks on a new Churchill Falls hydroelectricity deal. Legault made the announcement Tuesday during question period at the Quebec City legislature. The 1969 agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador allows Hydro-Québec to purchase the majority of the electricity generated at…

Quebec Premier François Legault said on Feb. 7 he wants Ottawa to increase health transfers with no strings attached, but is open to sharing the province’s health data, one of the conditions spelled out previously by the Trudeau government. “We don’t want conditions, what we want is to be able to apply our plan, we…

Quebec Premier François Legault criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday for what he described as an attack on “Quebec’s democracy and people” by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause. In a Tweet posted on Saturday morning, Legault said that this expressed desire by Trudeau is a “frontal attack” on the Quebec…

A snowstorm forced the cancellation of a meeting scheduled today in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault. The leaders were supposed to discuss issues on which the two diverge, such as health transfers and immigration. A Trudeau spokesperson says the two men would instead speak over the phone and an…