http://www.plq.org/en/actualites.php Parti libéral du Québec en-ca http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification mroy@plq.org Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:54:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/quebecvotes2008/story.html?id=74cb32c4-d56c-4f09-812e-8400fe91ea64&k=92809 The time has come for Quebecers to cast off the shackles of sovereignty once and for all and grab the dream of a prosperous future, Premier Jean Charest told a standing-room-only love-in in Laval last night. Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:01:00 GMT http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/quebec/story.html?id=d2f72070-ee34-4f17-9807-93f2e62d814c&k=94464 The merger of Montreal Island communities was a "catastrophe", PQ leader Pauline Marois told the Quebec City daily Le Soleil Thursday. A story in the paper Friday quotes Marois telling the paper's editorial board that "the situation in Montreal is so catastrophic." Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=64d5b878-60f6-45f4-8637-02b21e3af680&k=79762 The Léger Marketing survey - the biggest of the campaign, with 3,070 respondents - indicates that Charest's lead has crystallized, with voters saying he is by far the most trusted leader. Thu, 25 Nov 2008 10:03:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/quebecvotes2008/story.html?id=5795c1e5-0b0e-4348-8208-04c18154a327&k=39045 Jean Charest promises he'll keep it clean in tomorrow's election leaders' debate and hopes his opponents do the same, though he says he has doubts on that score, given the tenor of the campaign so far. Thu, 25 Nov 2008 10:02:00 GMT http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/quebec/story.html?id=30513bd4-138d-43ee-9377-ddfaf976ae2b&k=86255 He warned of an economic storm to come and stressed the need for a stable majority government [...] "The question before us is who has the best team and in whom will we have confidence to guide Quebec." Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:03:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=7a01d19c-b34d-4f76-b9c0-1a2e752d7b31&k=49197 In an effort to give women parity in government, the Liberals will make sure that 50 per cent of the boards of directors for government institutions are given to women. [...] Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=bae58537-fe53-4bbd-919c-3f90ca65b4f2&k=88840 A Liberal government will cancel the Quebec sales tax on cultural events, theater and movie tickets, music CDs and movie videos that have Quebec content, Premier Jean Charest announced Tuesday morning at a Longueuil shopping mall.[...] Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:03:00 GMT http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/11/18/worried-he-s-not-being-taken-seriously-mario-dumont-dresses-up-as-boxer.aspx Now Mario Dumont, leader of the ADQ, has decided a parody sketch would be just the ticket to lift his party, mired in third place in polls. He plays a boxer in the bit on TVA's Dieu merci! comedy show.[...] Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:01:00 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/news/quebecvotes2008/story/2008/11/17/qv-nurseshortage1117.html The Quebec Liberals on Monday rolled out several measures, including hiring more nurses, to improve the province's beleaguered health-care system.[...] Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=cc51fa71-c8eb-401b-b45e-5bc9445472c3&k=34063 A Liberal government will help more women have babies by paying the full cost of the first two attempts at in vitro fertilization, Premier Jean Charest announced Monday morning.[...] Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:19:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=840442ee-8f22-4bea-b897-3a9c15433fd2&k=56494 In the late 1990s, Marois retired 1,500 doctors, 4,500 nurses and many other health professionals.[...] Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:05:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=840442ee-8f22-4bea-b897-3a9c15433fd2&k=56494 Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois said today she has no regrets about buyouts her government offered 1,500 doctors and 4,500 nurses, among other public sector employees, 10 years ago to balance Quebec's budget. [...] Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:03:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c0a1d746-ee67-41c0-8f08-0abd3490f23c&k=2724 He said the protective status will vary but overall 50 per cent of the north will be protected from mining and forestry development "forever." [...] Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:02:00 GMT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081115.wqueelec1115/EmailBNStory/politics/home Liberal Leader Jean Charest's election campaign got a bounce Saturday with publication of a poll that indicated his party had pulled far ahead of its rivals. [...] Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:01:00 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/news/quebecvotes2008/story/2008/11/14/qv-quebecelex1114.html The "Great North Plan" will position Quebec "as a Canadian leader in the fight against climate change," while pushing the limits of the province's "last great frontier," Charest said in Sept-Îles [...] Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:05:00 GMT http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081114.wqueelec14/BNStory/politics/ The project would guarantee full employment in the energy infrastructure until 2035, the premier said during a swing through Sept-Iles, in an area now held by the Parti Quebecois. The expansion projects would not begin until 2015 [...] Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:04:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/quebecvotes2008/story.html?id=29130dd6-261e-4e9c-ba16-25a4fda8fc15&k=42574 This means an additional 230 train departures each week or another 264,000 available seats, he said [...] Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:03:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/quebecvotes2008/story.html?id=9a59bc0c-4774-464a-b4d0-24b0f5c76a7f&k=64204 Premier Jean Charest ventured into Parti Québécois territory Friday morning where he announced his government's intention to begin planning $19 billion in energy projects that will add 3,500 megawatts to Hydro-Québec's grid by 2035. [...] Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:02:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=9cf3393b-1d18-4fe9-b9cf-021f2ec556a3&k=31752 Promising $60 million in funds for research and startup business projects to help weather the approaching economic storm, Charest said in the Beauce that the province has to create wealth to maintain its social services and health care system. [...] Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:52:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/quebecvotes2008/story.html?id=4b0bb51d-1ab9-4f6d-addc-f792aea78b08&k=851 Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois indicated yesterday a PQ government might resort to some creative book-keeping - the kind the PQ staunchly opposed when suggested by the Liberals - to pay for its election promises. [...] Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:33:00 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/news/quebecvotes2008/story/2008/11/07/qv-quebecelexeconomy1107.html Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest released a budget update ahead of schedule after opposition parties accused him of hiding a provincial deficit before the election. he update suggests the [...] Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:33:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/quebecvotes2008/story.html?id=28067a7b-5247-42c9-bbeb-81c811a0bba8&k=82459 Charest said Quebec City would be great venue for the Winter Olympics, announcing his government would put up $50 million toward a new $300-million hockey arena/cultural amphitheatre and $9 million [...] Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:32:00 GMT http://www.cbc.ca/news/quebecvotes2008/story/2008/11/06/qc-kathleenweil1106.html Kathleen Weil, president and CEO of the Foundation of Greater Montreal, will run for the Quebec Liberals in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce riding. Weil, a lawyer by trade, has run the non-profit charitable organization [...] Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:31:00 GMT http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/features/quebecvotes2008/story.html?id=bf5e2999-bf97-4273-abee-1751850f9f01&k=2655 But of the three party leaders, Charest is still seen as the most able to manage the government through tough times [...] Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:30:00 GMT