Etiket: Bloc
The Bloc wants to allow squid fishing
The leader of the Bloc Québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, called on Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Sunday to allow squid fishing to compensate for the drop in fall herring quotas, announced…
Herring quotas down | The Bloc wants to authorize squid fishing to compensate
(Montreal) The leader of the Bloc Québécois, Yves-François Blanchet, called on Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Sunday to allow squid fishing to compensate for the drop in fall herring quotas,…
Allegations of sexual misconduct: Cardinal Marc Ouellet denies en bloc
Cardinal Marc Ouellet came out of his silence to deny outright the allegations of sexual assault against him, which he considers “defamatory”. • Read also – The pope will not…
The Bloc Québécois contests the name of the new party Bloc Montréal
The Bloc Québécois contests the creation of the “Bloc Montréal”, judging that this new provincial party founded by the former candidate for mayor, Balarama Holness, “would create confusion” and could…
The Bloc Québécois opposes the bilingualism exemption for Aboriginal people
The federal government should immediately give up on the idea of granting an exemption from the bilingualism requirement to its public servants who speak an Aboriginal language, but who do…
Police reopen investigation into possible hockey gang rape, says Bloc Québécois
The Quebec City Police Service (SPVQ) has reopened an investigation into a possible gang rape in hockey that occurred in 2014 by four former Gatineau Olympiques players, says the Bloc…
Spyware | The Bloc wants to question the RCMP
(Ottawa) Bloc Québécois MP René Villemure is calling for an investigation by a Commons committee to shed light on the use of spyware by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).…
Governor General’s Expenses | The Bloc Québécois wants the Auditor General to investigate
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois wants the Auditor General to seriously consider examining the expenses incurred by Governor General Mary Simon after it was revealed that her recent trip to the…
Resignation from the largest parliamentary bloc, Iraq sinks into political crisis
The impasse is total: the 73 deputies of the current of the Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, the most important formation of the Iraqi Parliament, presented their resignation on Sunday, a…
Resignation from the largest parliamentary bloc, Iraq sinks into political crisis
The impasse is total: the 73 deputies of the current of the Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, the most important formation of the Iraqi Parliament, presented their resignation on Sunday, a…
Freeze on handguns | The Bloc wants faster regulatory changes
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois is proposing an accelerated regulatory process so that the national freeze on the sale, transfer and importation of handguns comes into effect as soon as possible.…
Immigrants | The Bloc wants an “emergency component” in the event of a crisis
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois proposes the activation of an “emergency component” at the Department of Immigration as soon as a crisis leads to a flood of refugees like the one…
Bill C-21 | The Bloc Québécois calls for a voluntary handgun buy-back program
(Ottawa) The Trudeau government must go further than simply prohibiting the purchase, sale, transfer and import of handguns into the country. A voluntary buy-back program must also be considered to…
Bill C-21 | The Bloc Québécois calls for a voluntary buy-back program for handguns
(Ottawa) The Trudeau government must go further than simply prohibiting the purchase, sale, transfer and import of handguns into the country. A voluntary buy-back program must also be considered to…
Protest against Bill 96 | “Stay out of this,” the Bloc tells the Liberals
(Ottawa) The Bloc members find it “unacceptable” that a “large contingent” of Liberal Party of Canada MPs went to demonstrate on Saturday against Bill 96 in Montreal. Posted at 4:08…
Secularism | The Bloc wants to eliminate prayer in the Commons
(Ottawa) Bloc Québécois MP Martin Champoux will table a motion on Tuesday to replace the reading of the prayer at the start of a sitting in the House of Commons…
The Bloc Québécois calls for an end to prayer in the House of Commons
The Bloc Québécois believes that it is time to put an end to the reading of a prayer at the opening of each sitting of the House of Commons and…
The Bloc demands an end to the prayer in the Commons
(Ottawa) The Bloc Québécois believes that it is time to put an end to the reading of a prayer at the opening of each sitting of the House of Commons…
Pension Funds Bill | The Bloc supports the Conservatives in “the interest of the workers”
(Ottawa) Believing that “the interests of workers must come before partisanship”, the Bloc Québécois supports the tabling of a Conservative bill aimed at protecting workers’ retirement funds in the event…
Conservatives and Bloc Québécois denounce the idea of midnight sittings in Parliament
(OTTAWA) Conservatives say the prime minister is seeking to build ‘an audience, not an opposition’ following the government’s tabling of rule changes that would allow for midnight business meetings until…