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QUEBEC A new public opinion poll shows Premier François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec government is firmly in the driver’s seat despite the long COVID-19 pandemic.
And despite its internal problems, Québec solidaire has pulled ahead of the Parti Québécois for the first time.
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According to the Leger poll conducted for the Journal de Montréal, the CAQ leads the five largest parties in Quebec with the support of 46 per cent of decided voters.
QUEBEC CITY François Legault s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) is far from fulfilling its 2018 commitment to match all Quebecers with a family doctor. The CAQ says its objective is now to increase the percentage of the population registered with a general practitioner from 81 to 83 per cent by the end of this year. In January 2018, about 400,000 Quebecers were waiting to be matched with a family doctor. This figure has almost doubled in the last three years, reaching 700,000 by the end of 2020, the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) claims. Not only are we not moving forward, but we are moving backwards on (.) access to family doctors, said Marie Montpetit, the Liberal critic on health, during the budget review. How does the minister of health intend to achieve the objectives his government committed itself to?
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Psaki is repeating what she’s been saying for weeks: that President Joe Biden’s priority is to ensure every American is vaccinated first.
She says the U.S. is still fighting a “war” against COVID-19 and that dealing with the crisis on the home front is still job 1.
Psaki also says the White House understands the importance of making sure as many people around the world can get vaccinated in order to bring the pandemic under control.
A Bloomberg News report suggests Canada and Mexico will be at the top of the U.S. list when the time comes to begin sharing vaccine doses.