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Even more disturbing than former economy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon’s long-running violation of conflict-of-interest regulations is the Legault government’s evident attitude that it can pick and choose which laws to obey.
After several critical reports by Ethics Commissioner Ariane Mignolet, Fitzgibbon finally stepped down as minister Wednesday. The issue is that Fitzgibbon continues to hold stakes in two companies that do business with the government. No one is accusing Fitzgibbon of having profited from that situation, but Mignolet has ruled that those investments put him into a conflict of interest under the ethics law adopted in 2010, a law that Fitzgibbon should have been aware of before he entered politics. In her latest report, Mignolet said Fitzgibbon should either step down as minister and put the investments in a blind trust, or be suspended from the National Assembly until he disposes of the investments.
QUEBEC CITY Prominent 19th-century French Canadian politician Louis-Joseph Papineau has been designated as a historical figure by Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications Nathalie Roy. To mark Quebec s National Patriots Day, minister Roy also announced a notice of intent to designate the Patriots monument in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery in Montreal. With this designation and notice of classification, the Quebec Government wants to perpetuate the memory and legacy of individuals who played a significant role in Quebec s history and who helped forge the identity of its citizens. Louis-Joseph Papineau was one of the most influential politicians of his time and is considered the first true political leader of the French Canadians, to whom he dedicated his career, wrote Roy in a news release.
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There’s nothing new about politicians using the public’s own money to buy their votes. Sometimes it’s so comically obvious that it’s worth asking the question: Why control political fundraising so carefully if the party in power can spend unlimited amounts to woo voters?
Donald Trump understood the game when he fought to have his signature affixed to the hundreds of millions of cheques the U.S. government was doling out during the pandemic.
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$112 million to provide high-speed Internet access to more than 18,000 households in Outaouais region by
From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Thanks to a joint investment of $81.36 million made as part of Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed, 18,200 households in the Outaouais region will have access to high-speed Internet services by September 2022. The projects, totalling $112.09 million, will be implemented by Cogeco and Xplornet.
Thanks to a joint investment of $81.36 million made as part of Canada-Quebec Operation High Speed, 18,200 households in the Outaouais region will have access to high-speed Internet services by September 2022. The projects, totalling $112.09 million, will be implemented by Cogeco and Xplornet.