Etiket: Quebecs
Quebec’s big bosses have already earned the average annual salary of a worker
As of 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, the leaders of Quebec’s largest companies will have already earned the average salary of a Quebec worker over the course of an entire year, according…
Quebec | A boy born at midnight sharp could be Quebec’s first baby in 2024
The traditional search for the first baby born in 2024 in Quebec continued on Monday. For part of the day, it was believed that the first birth had taken place…
Education | Quebec’s very good results
Our education system is often described as catastrophic, in tatters. At the same time, our international PISA test scores have been admirable for 20 years, test after test, especially in…
Quebec’s strategy for the protection of woodland caribou is still postponed
The Legault government is once again postponing the publication of the draft government “strategy” to try to avoid the disappearance of the woodland caribou. Protecting the threatened deer will involve…
Fight against climate change | Quebec’s approach praised by independent report
Quebec has a “climate governance framework” among the best in the world, indicates an independent report, at a time when the Legault government thinks it has “finally broken” the increase…
Quebec’s sporting elite is preparing for the Paris Olympic Games
Quebec will present itself in great shape at the Paris Olympic Games next year. In running as much as in swimming or gymnastics, local athletes benefit from increasingly favorable conditions…
Quebec’s English-speaking universities make an offer to Legault on tuition fees
The English-speaking universities of Quebec have made a proposal described as “enhanced” to the Legault government concerning tuition fee increases for new foreign students and those from other Canadian provinces.…
Quebec’s English-speaking universities make an offer to Legault on tuition fees
The English-speaking universities of Quebec have made a proposal described as “enhanced” to the Legault government concerning tuition fee increases for new foreign students and from other Canadian provinces. The…
Greenhouse gas emissions | Road transport weighs down Quebec’s balance sheet
The agglomeration of Quebec is moving away from its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target, mainly because of road transport, data for the year 2021 indicate, showing according to various…
Strikes in the public sector: Legault ready to improve Quebec’s salary offer
François Legault says he is ready to improve Quebec’s salary offer to public sector employees, but only in exchange for greater flexibility from the unions. • Read also: Historic day:…
The VG confirms that Quebec’s roads are still in disarray
Half of the bitumen applied to Quebec’s roads is in disrepair and the sums required to rectify the situation are exploding, now reaching more than $10 billion simply to resurface…
Half of Quebec’s roads in poor condition
Half of the roads under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport are in poor condition, denounces auditor Guylaine Leclerc in her report where we learn that it is in…
An external audit will establish Quebec’s subsidy in Kings games
The Quebec government hopes to pay less than the $5 to $7 million planned for the Los Angeles Kings matches in the capital after an external audit which will establish…
Home support | Quebec’s ambition “braked” by the absence of a plan
The deployment of home support services in Quebec has been “slowed down” for 20 years by the absence of a clear plan, reveals a new report at a time when…
Quebec’s room for maneuver
The Minister of Finance of Quebec, Eric Girard, will have to demonstrate the talents of a tightrope walker or illusionist, it depends. Its economic update takes place in a context…
Public transportation | Quebec’s enhanced offer still insufficient, depending on the city
While they “favourably” welcome the Legault government’s improved offer to finance public transportation, the mayors of Greater Montreal nevertheless judge that it remains “largely insufficient” to maintain and relaunch services…
Quebec’s most remarkable hearse soon accessible to the public at the Musée de la civilization
For 80 years, this baroque landau carried the coffins of great dignitaries through the streets of Quebec to their final resting places. Each time you go out, it’s an event:…
Interprofessional Health Federation | Delegates unanimously reject Quebec’s new offer
(Montreal) The FIQ delegates, meeting on Wednesday, unanimously rejected the new offer from the Quebec government, presented last Sunday. Updated yesterday at 5:08 p.m. Lia Levesque The Canadian Press “As…
Quebec’s turn to tighten the noose around AI
Canada and Europe are thinking about it. The United States did it. Quebec is studying the question: what would be a good legislative framework for artificial intelligence (AI)? She will…
Financing public transport | Cities deplore Quebec’s “radio silence”
The tone continues to rise on the issue of financing public transportation. The mayors of Greater Montreal are now deploring the government’s “radio silence” since the submission of their counter-offer…