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Quebec's own bid for digital sovereignty is sounding alarm bells
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (620+ words) A potential partnership between the provincial government and Quebec-based tech giant CGI is being pitched as a bulwark against U. S. hegemony. Some have caught a whiff of cronyism. MONTREAL " As a concept, digital sovereignty is a bit like motherhood and apple…...
Quebec is staring down another referendum. Andrew Lutfy is furious
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (595+ words) The Groupe Dynamite CEO and Royalmount developer has little time for outgoing Fran'ois Legault'and even less time for Quebec's apparent obsession with independence MONTREAL ' It was early 2017, and Quebec businessman Andrew Lutfy was pitching a shopping centre in Montreal to…...
Quebec accelerates attack on English universities
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (574+ words) The province has found a loophole that lets it continue charging higher fees to out-of-province students at English-speaking universities. Evidence shows the policy makes no sense. Dufour went further still. The provincial government also claimed that, once graduated, out-of-province students…...
Quebecor is eating itself alive
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (339+ words) Quebecor is a media giant. It's also a successful wireless and internet provider. Something's got to give In 2024, the year of "what the hell just happened," Quebecor Telecommunications, which includes Videotron and other wireless carriers, delivered over $4. 8 billion in revenues'or…...
Fran'ois Legault has left Quebec on the brink of another unity crisis
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (290+ words) Legault came to power on a promise to fix what he saw as Quebec's many maladies. His ultimate legacy could be pushing the province toward another independence referendum. Now that Legault has announced his resignation after just over seven years…...
Quebecers are drinking less red wine. That's good news for Quebec
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (550+ words) The post Quebecers are drinking less red wine. That's good news for Quebec appeared first on The Logic. Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom MONTREAL " Quebecers, far and away the biggest wine drinkers in Canada, are drinking far less of the…...
How broken is Montreal, really?
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (417+ words) The city's tech luminaries claim Montreal has turned its back on innovation and faces an existential threat. As the city goes to the polls, the data tells a different story. MONTREAL " This city is a trash-strewn, drug-infested, traffic-snarled multiculturalist hellscape…...
Newfoundland and Labrador just became a major headache for Hydro-Qu'bec
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (491+ words) The Progressive Conservative Party's election win casts doubt on a hydroelectricity deal that has long been a boon for neighbouring Quebec MONTREAL " For the better part of six decades, Hydro-Qu'bec has churned Newfoundland and Labrador's water into made-for-Quebec power for…...
Cleaning up Quebec's Northvolt mess won't be easy
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (344+ words) The province pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into Northvolt's EV battery dream. The company's collapse threatens to poison the whole cleantech industry. MONTREAL " In Europe, the collapse of Swedish EV battery maker Northvolt in March meant shuttered production plants…...
The prospect of independence looms over Quebec once more
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (452+ words) The Parti Qu'b'cois has led the polls for nearly two years. The majority of young voters favour sovereignty. Will Quebec finally do the unthinkable? MONTREAL " Here's a fun thought. Imagine if Quebecers elected a government that wants to separate the…...