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The House of Commons takes a stand on the G-word
Politics Insider for Feb. 22: The House votes on whether to call China s treatment of Uighurs genocide, François Legault appears to have vanquished the decades-old political order in Quebec, and Justin Trudeau gears up for his first meeting with Joe Biden
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CORRECTION, Feb. 22, 2021:
The newsletter version of this post, which is sent to Politics Insiders subscribers, incorrectly referred to the accusations against former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance. He is facing accusations of inappropriate behaviour with two female subordinates. Maclean’s
338Canada: Why the CAQ now dominates Quebec
Philippe J. Fournier: While the Liberals and Conservatives are all over the map, Legault s coalition has found the optimal recipe for current Quebec politics
February 21, 2021 Legault walks to Question Period with members of his staff as the legislature resumes for its spring session on Feb. 2, 2021 in Quebec City (CP/Jacques Boissinot)
In the 2018 Quebec general election, François Legault’s CAQ broke a political cycle that had lasted almost a half century, during which the Quebec Liberals and Parti Québécois took turns at the reins of the National Assembly. With the Quebec national question getting relegated to the back burner for many slivers of the Quebec electorate most notably young voters and aging baby boomers both the Liberals and PQ lost what had been their campaigning bread and butter for the past 50 years: Canadian unity versus Quebec independence. François Legault offered a third option: The economy, education, and a