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Quebec reports high immigration, record low fertility in 2024
Quebec is reporting a near-record rate of immigration in 2024, with the province's population increasing to more than 9.1 million at the start of this year.
Quebec border sees asylum claims double between March and April
Asylum claims doubled at a Quebec border crossing in April as the Trump administration seeks to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of migrants. That's a fourfold increase over the same period last year.
Quebec Liberal leadership candidates talk energy, fossil-fuel projects in 1st debate
Five candidates vying to become the next leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) faced off in Laval on Saturday for the first of six debates.
Quebec raises doubts about electrification as it refuses to reinvest in Lion Electric
Quebec government says it would be irresponsible to continue injecting public money into the struggling company.
Quebec becomes only province with a price on carbon, but it might not last
Quebec is now the only province in Canada that hasn't abandoned carbon pricing, choosing to maintain its 2013 cap-and-trade system. Critics of carbon pricing see this as an opportunity to pressure the provincial government to get rid of it.
Foreign nurses recruitment program in Quebec plagued by major flaws, internal report reveals
Foreign nurses recruited to Quebec through a provincial government program faced "major obstacles" upon their arrival, including a lack of housing, child care and transportation, according to an internal report.
Quebec committee to look at how to strengthen secularism, possible public prayer ban
The Quebec government has announced a new committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province, including by possibly restricting public prayer.
Municipalities, rights groups concerned about Quebec bill on integrating immigrants
Bill 84, tabled in January by Quebec's right-leaning Coalition Avenir Quebec government, would have immigrants adhere to shared values including gender equality, secularism and protection of the French language.
Quebec legislature resumes with Trump tariff threat, secularism on agenda
The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity.
Quebec Liberals 'at a crossroads' as leadership race kicks off
As the federal Liberals prepare to choose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's successor, another Liberal leadership race is getting underway in Quebec this week.