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Québec budget, 2007

Mulcair picks his battle

Macleans.ca -
Mulcair blames Canada's case of Dutch disease for about half of 500000 manufacturing jobs lost, mostly in Quebec and Ontario, after Stephen Harper's Tories won power in 2006.

WSET.com - ABC13AP Exclusive: Calif. 9/11 fund raided for deficits

WSET -
Quebec college and university students and the provincial government returned to the bargaining table on Monday in an attempt to put an end to a months-long dispute over tuition hikes that has led to clashes with police and.

Federal environmental policy changes to resonate in Quebec

Montreal Gazette -
The federal government says the aim of the changes, included in its so-called omnibus budget implementation bill, is to streamline the review process for major economic projects.

Quebec government not so environmentally friendly, sustainable-development ...

Montreal Gazette -
Quebec's 2012-13 budget refers to planned measures to reduce greenhouse gases “but very little information on adapting to climate change,” Cinq-Mars said, recalling extensive flooding in Quebec in 2011 in the Richelieu Valley, Gaspé and North Shore ...

Quebec lags on sustainable development

Montreal Gazette -
Quebec's 2012-13 budget refers to planned measures to reduce greenhouse gases “but very little information on adapting to climate change,” Cinq-Mars said, recalling extensive flooding in Quebec in 2011 in the Richelieu Valley, Gaspé and North Shore ...

Discussions on tuition conflict with new Education Minister Courchesne 'cordial'

Montreal Gazette -
QUEBEC - Student leaders were upbeat Tuesday night emerging from a meeting with Education Minister Michelle Courchesne that lasted less than an hour, saying the minister even agreed to discuss their proposal for a moratorium to delay implementing the ...

Amour wins Palme d'Or as Cannes snubs Canada's Cronenberg

Vancouver Sun -
Mungiu won in 2007 for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. And Ken Loach, whose crowd-pleasing comedy The Angels' Share won the Cannes jury prize (essentially the third prize), was yet another former Palme winner - he took home the prize in 2006 for The ...

Beyond The Commons

Macleans.ca (blog) -
John Nunziata and Bill Casey brought more attention to the budgets they opposed than they ever would have by meekly supporting them.

Sinking deeper into debt

Montreal Gazette -
It all adds up to one big mess as the season of discontent for Quebec students has extended from winter to spring - and threatens to spill over into summer if something doesn't happen soon to break the deadlock over tuition fee increases.

Empty talk

Frontline -
Budget discipline” in deficit countries remained high on her agenda. There was to be no public deal with Greece before its second election.

Today in History - May 28

mysask.com (press release) -
In 1989, Global TV reporter Doug Small and four other people were charged with possession of stolen goods, and two were charged with theft, in connection with the leak of the federal budget. In 1995, Jacques Villeneuve became the first Canadian winner ...

Editorial: The students shouldn't bear the austerity pain alone

Montreal Gazette -
Quebec's heart is in the right place when it comes to social programs, but its pockets aren't deep enough. There isn'ta great deal of wealth in this province.

From Ontario to New Zealand, student protests are in season

Montreal Gazette -
MONTREAL - With students in Quebec in their 12th week of a strike that has no end in sight, it is easy to believe that turmoil caused by protesters is unique to this province.

'Rêve général illimité' in Quebec

rabble.ca -
Since its announcement in the 2010 Quebec budget, the media lackeys of the Liberal government have attempted to present this measure as inevitable.

Today in History - May 25

mysask.com (press release) -
Atlanta's Hank Aaron broke Ruth's record in 1974 and in 2007, Barry Bonds surpassed Aaron with his 756th career home run.

SEMAFO Announces New Appointment to Board of Directors

MarketWatch (press release) -
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, May 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- SEMAFO Inc. (TOR:CA:SMF) is pleased to announce the appointment of His Excellency Mr.

Canada Housing Starts Reach Highest Since 2007, CMHC Says

BusinessWeek -
By Greg Quinn on May 08, 2012 Canadian housing starts rose to the highest since September 2007 last month on multiple-unit projects, the federal housing agency said.

US Army more selective on recruits, re-enlistments

WDRB -
The protest comes after Quebec's provincial government passed...More >> Tens of thousands of students marched through the streets of Montreal on Tuesday to mark 100 days since the movement against higher tuition fees began.

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. Completes Offering of Senior Unsubordinated ...

Stockhouse -
Net proceeds from the Offering will be used toward the redemption of its existing debentures having an aggregate principal amount of $10931000 and maturing on May 31, 2012 (the "2007 Debentures"). The issue of the Debentures decreases corporate debt ...

Lawsuit divides Hemmingford

Montreal Gazette -
The Tribunal administratif du Québec agreed with them, and later a Quebec Court judge ordered the MRC to pay both residents a total of $38171 in damages.
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