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Four years after winning its first election, François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party will once again form a majority government in Quebec, CBC News projects. With the party leading or elected in 88 ridings, the victory could be a landslide.
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What the actual fuck, Québec? Hope you're cool with going back to the time of Duplessis...
God Quebec really about to re-elect the dickhead who put 8pm curfews and kept spewing aggressive nonsense during the debate more than actually debating
Its the Quebec Election today
There’s still time to vote, sorry I haven’t had time to post about everything about it due to me being sick.
Here’s some info on how to vote:
Québec election: what you need to know to vote on Oct. 3
Polls close at 8 PM EST.
$6.6M paid for advice helped save lives, François Legault says
The political opponents of Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault took aim at him on Friday after it was revealed his government awarded a major American consulting firm $35,000 a day for strategies on managing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Legault said McKinsey & Company advised the government on best practices from around the world as Quebec faced a pandemic for the first time in a century. The advice from the company "saved lives," the CAQ leader said.
A Radio-Canada investigation published Friday revealed McKinsey billed the Quebec government $6.6 million — or $35,000 a day — and played a key role in the Quebec government's pandemic response, conducting strategy meetings and advising the government on the purchase of personal protective equipment.
The leaders of the four other main parties say the decision to award millions in sole-source contracts to the global consulting firm — and the lack of clarity on the influence it had on the Legault cabinet — reflect a broader lack of transparency in his government.
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CAQ's Legault takes 'still very much a colonial approach': AFN regional chief Ghislain Picard
When Ghislain Picard received a call from the newly elected premier, François Legault, two days after Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec won the 2018 provincial election, his first reaction was that relations between Indigenous people and the new government had started on the right foot.
"We don't see that often, so I was kind of encouraged by it," said Picard, a longtime Innu leader and the chief of the Assembly of First Nations for Quebec and Labrador.
But that sense of optimism was short-lived.
Over the course of its first mandate, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) tested that goodwill repeatedly, breaking promises in some instances and ignoring the demands and concerns of Indigenous people in others.
Perhaps the most blatant betrayal, in the eyes of First Nations leaders, was Legault's reversal on a 2018 electoral promise to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which would harmonize Quebec's laws with the 2007 international agreement.
By 2020, Legault had concluded adopting the declaration would give First Nations and Inuit people too much power over economic projects, which he was reluctant to concede.
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Experience reminds Aaron Ansuini that people with mobility limitations are 'often an afterthought'
Montreal resident Aaron Ansuini, who uses a wheelchair to get around, wanted to vote in Quebec's provincial election by mail this year.
Checking online was no help, he said, so he contacted the election authority and was told to register in person if he wanted to vote by mail.
He instead opted to go to a polling station Monday in Montreal's Saint-Michel neighbourhood to cast his vote ahead of the Oct. 3 election.
He was directed to 7501 François-Perrault Street, a municipal building.
"I rolled up to the entrance and there was no way to get up onto the sidewalk," said Ansuini, and even then there was a staircase to climb to get in the front door.
He and his partner were directed to the side of the building, but there were still interior stairs to climb with the only alternative being a cargo lift.
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Here's what you need to know about voting in Quebec's provincial election on Oct. 3
Quebec's 43rd general election is a little more than a week away, and you may be wondering what that means for you.
Here are answers to some key questions about the big day to ensure you're eligible and well-equipped to cast your vote.
Am I eligible to vote?
Canadian citizens 18 and older who have lived in Quebec for at least six months can vote — but make sure you're registered.
You can't cast your ballot unless your name is on the voters list. You can check that your name is registered online. If your name is not listed, or if you find an error, you can register or fix it now.
You have until next Thursday at 2 p.m. ET to rectify the situation.
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