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Supreme Court rules Quebec asylum seekers eligible for subsidized daycare
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (1104+ words) The Supreme Court of Canada went even further than a previous Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that had suggested the province should grant access to all asylum seekers with a work permit. Quebec politicians ready to use notwithstanding clause to…...
Dozens of Montreal school staff already fired or resigned over expanded religious symbols ban | RCI
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (918+ words) The Quebec government passed Bill 94 in March 2025, extending the province's ban on religious symbols from just teachers and principals to everyone who interacts with students in schools. (Ivanoh Demers/CBC) Educator says Bill 94 has her torn 'between my identity, my…...
Questions persist about Ford’s cuts to OSAP. Here’s what we know about the student aid program | RCI
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1257+ words) Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has been fielding thousands of complaints since the province announced sweeping changes to its OSAP program. He's urging students not to pick "basket-weaving courses," and instead invest in education that gives them in-demand jobs,…...
Ford tells students to not pick ’basket-weaving courses’ in wake of OSAP cuts
2+ week, 2+ day ago (839+ words) Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has been fielding thousands of complaints since the province announced sweeping changes to its OSAP program. He's urging students not to pick "basket-weaving courses," and instead invest in education that gives them in-demand jobs,…...
Quebec to launch portal to help those waiting for subsidized housing find homes | RCI
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (110+ words) Quebec to launch portal to help those waiting for subsidized housing find homes. The CAQ government has tabled a bill to help make housing more accessible to low-income families, although a housing group argues the province isn't solving the real…...
With new hospital set to open, officials west of Montreal urge Quebec to keep PEQ applicants | RCI
3+ week, 1+ day ago (843+ words) Officials, employers in Vaudreuil-Soulanges worry province will lose skilled workers to Ontario. As the'region west of Montreal'prepares to open a new hospital in 2028, which is expected to generate 3,500 new jobs, officials and employers say Quebec's immigration pathway overhaul has come…...
CAQ leadership hopefuls propose exceptions for PEQ immigration pathway | RCI
3+ week, 2+ day ago (847+ words) Bernard Drainville and Christine Fr'chette facing each other at the CAQ caucus on Jan. 27, 2026. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada) Christine Fr'chette and Bernard Drainville are the only candidates vying to replace outgoing Premier Fran'ois Legault after he resigned last month. Both served…...
Quebec family forced to return to Mexico after mother says she failed French exam by 1 point
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1072+ words) M'nica Col'n Silva moved to Quebec City from Mexico nearly four years ago to raise her daughter, Victoria. She says she and her husband have now been denied the right to keep working in Canada because she was off by…...
B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is ’treason’
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (731+ words) B.C. Premier David Eby commented on a Financial Times report detailing meetings between leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group, and U.S. President Donald Trump's White House officials. 'To ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word…...
Quebec says police need power to randomly stop people. Can it convince Supreme Court?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (999+ words) Joseph-Christopher Luamba, right, arrives with his mother and father for his court challenge on May 30, 2022 in Montreal. Luamba sued the government over alleged police racial profiling (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press) Top court to hear arguments today, lower courts agreed…...