The political week in review | The hills notebook

From Quebec to Ottawa, find out what caught the attention of our parliamentary correspondents this week.




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Quote of the week

It’s distressing to see the Premier of Quebec share statements on immigration that are downright false. […] We are working, we have worked in fact, with the government of Quebec, on this issue that Mr. Legault seems to want to politicize at all costs. […] We would appreciate having a plan from Mr. Legault on how they were going to act to restrict the significant portion of temporary immigration that they directly control. However, it is September, I am still waiting for Mr. Legault’s plan on temporary immigration.

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, in response to François Legault who wants the fall of the Liberal government

Number of the week

710

This is the sum in millions of dollars of public funds committed so far to Northvolt, which is in financial difficulty (a loan of 240 million for the purchase of the land and equity interests in the parent company, 270 million Investissement Québec and 300 million from the Caisse de dépôt et placement). Another payment of 300 million would be added when the factory is built. In total, Quebec has promised 1.37 billion to finance the 7 billion battery cell mega-factory in Montérégie; Ottawa has committed to paying the same amount, but it has not paid a penny so far.

Poll of the week

Federal elections this fall? No thanks!

Since the start of Parliament on September 16, the Conservative Party has been trying to bring about the fall of the Trudeau government in the House of Commons by presenting motions of censure. So far, the Bloc Québécois and the New Democratic Party have refused to participate in this maneuver. But things are changing quickly in the federal capital, so that we can no longer rule out the scenario of a federal election this fall. What do Quebecers think? A majority of respondents to a SOM* survey carried out on behalf of The Press (56%) believe that the federal elections should not take place before the scheduled date, i.e. October 2025. Only 21% of Quebecers say they would like an electoral campaign this fall and an even smaller proportion (15%) prefer elections between the winter and summer 2025.

* Methodology: the study was carried out online from September 20 to 24, 2024 with a sample of 1,019 Quebec adults registered on the SOM panel of Internet users. The results were weighted to reflect the main sociodemographic characteristics of Quebec adults. The maximum margin of error is plus or minus 4.0 points, 19 times out of 20.

Leprechauns, poodles and the shallot race


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