Etiket: Bérubé
Time is running out to allow the Parti Québécois to retain its title of recognized parliamentary group, believes Pascal Bérubé.
The Parti Québécois must not be a collateral “victim” of “the battle between the Liberal Party and Québec solidaire”, pleads MP Pascal Bérubé, who urges Liberal leader Dominique Anglade to…
Party status | Bérubé invites Anglade and the PLQ to “humility”
PQ MP Pascal Bérubé in turn implores the Liberals to “do the right thing”, by recognizing his party, as well as Québec solidaire, as parliamentary groups. If the Legault government…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Less abused pension plans
Pension plans suffered less in the third quarter. The average yields were ultimately nil. We should rejoice. The professional services companies Mercer Canada and Aon have published in turn their…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] older workforce
The Quebec labor force is always older. However, the participation of 55-69 year olds in the labor market continues to grow over the years, only to quickly come up against…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Salary stress
Upward pressures on wages remain strong, oscillating between inflationary catch-up, employee retention and record vacancies to be filled. Very few signals are yet emerging of the impact that the recession…
[Chronique Gérard Bérubé] Finger pressed on the trigger
The Federal Reserve of the United States (Fed) expects to have to further beef up its offensive against unbridled inflation. The return to the 2% target, once again pushed back,…
Elections Quebec 2022 | Simulated debates, or when Pascal Bérubé plays the role of François Legault
Thursday evening will be the second and last major televised debate of the election campaign. Since last week, the leaders of the major parties have been preparing for the exercise…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] The wealth effect has dissipated
The financial health of households deteriorated significantly in the second quarter, in the context of a 125 basis point increase in the key rate. To say that the Bank of…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Sustained tension in the labor market
For Canadian employers, three straight months of declining employment still haven’t alleviated hiring and retention problems. Employment fell in Canada in August for the third straight time, posting a cumulative…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] A first since the Great Recession
The Bank of Canada has entered the restrictive rate zone for the first time since that other breach of the so-called neutral rate which preceded the Great Recession of 2008.…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Redistributed inflation
All these promises of tax cuts and softeners of the effects of the rise in the cost of living furnishing this beginning of the electoral campaign are based on public…
A “good ride” for Pascal Bérubé | Legault is “two in two”, accuses St-Pierre Plamondon
(Otterburn Park) After “this lady there”, François Legault is “two in two” by affirming that the CAQ was going to give “a good ride” to Pascal Bérubé in Matane-Matapédia, accuses…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Inflation and the dividend
The Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States warns that the fight against inflation will be long and will hurt households and businesses. As for the dividend paid…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Crisis meeting in Jackson Hole
Central bankers are invited to their annual pilgrimage to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, towards the end of the week. This meeting takes place against a backdrop of multiple crises causing the…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] “We are capable! repeated René Lévesque
Bernard Landry raised the paradox: the economy was not René Lévesque’s cup of tea, but that did not prevent him from playing a fundamental, crucial and structural role in the…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Slow Crypto Regulation
The regulatory march of a universe moving from crash to crash is rather slow. In the United States, we are still defining cryptocurrency. The cryptosphere is experiencing one of the…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] To your credit cards
We were already talking about it in 2011. The Quebec Minister of Justice at the time tabled a bill that included among its flagship measures the increase, from 2% to…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Economic sanctions well felt in Russia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is somewhat correcting the situation. The institution estimates that the Russian economy will be less penalized by international sanctions than it predicted in April. The…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] The Wall Street Fed
Unlike the Bank of Canada, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has stayed on the path of predictability… As Wall Street likes. The three-quarters of a percentage point hike in the…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Distinct against inflation
In the current inflationary environment, 53% of Canadians say they are concerned about their ability to meet their living expenses, according to a Scotiabank survey. Nearly half believe that this…