Title: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 09:46:48 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 09:46:48 PM
Liberal-31 seats
PQ-10 seats
And the extreme left wing QS has 10 seats.
This is the first time since 1970 any party other than the Liberals and the Parti Quebecois have formed a government.
It will be interesting to see if the new premier, Francois Legault, goes along with Justine's carbon tax. I know the CAQ will oppose his open border policy.
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalotion Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: cc on October 01, 2018, 10:06:42 PM
Post by: cc on October 01, 2018, 10:06:42 PM
Francois Legault promised he would bring change to Quebec, and he has finally managed to do that.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec was elected Monday as the province's new government, making it the first time since 1970 that a party other than the Liberals or the Parti Quebecois will be governing Quebec.
What to expect
The CAQ's raison d'etre is to improve Quebec's economy and education and to that end the party made multiple promises aimed at streamlining the province's bureaucracy.
The party's promises include:
eliminating up to 30,000 civil servant positions through early retirement
eliminating 200,000 additional civil servant jobs
reducing immigration to 40,000 per year
making immigrants take a language and values test after three years
raising the legal age for purchasing cannabis to 21
eliminating school boards and replace them with regional service centres
scrapping CHSLDs and replacing them with modern seniors' homes
prohibiting government employees from wearing religious symbols
Legault has promised new spending measures to improve the lives of Quebecers, including:
extending the REM to other suburbs
extending the Blue metro line in Montreal
creating a tramway in Montreal's east end
adding lanes to Highway 30
spending $400 million on high speed internet
spending $1 billion on new seniors' residences
increasing the family allowance
Legault went back and forth on several issues during the campaign, including how best to integrate immigrants.
Following the English-language debate, Legault said he would, as did the leaders of all four parties, keep the English secretariat.
The new first family
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalotion Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 10:12:34 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 10:12:34 PM
Official - They won, a majority govt - a populist victoryQuote from: "cc"
Francois Legault promised he would bring change to Quebec, and he has finally managed to do that.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec was elected Monday as the province's new government, making it the first time since 1970 that a party other than the Liberals or the Parti Quebecois will be governing Quebec.
What to expect
The CAQ's raison d'etre is to improve Quebec's economy and education and to that end the party made multiple promises aimed at streamlining the province's bureaucracy.
The party's promises include:
eliminating up to 30,000 civil servant positions through early retirement
eliminating 200,000 additional civil servant jobs
reducing immigration to 40,000 per year
making immigrants take a language and values test after three years
raising the legal age for purchasing cannabis to 21
eliminating school boards and replace them with regional service centres
scrapping CHSLDs and replacing them with modern seniors' homes
prohibiting government employees from wearing religious symbols
Legault has promised new spending measures to improve the lives of Quebecers, including:
extending the REM to other suburbs
extending the Blue metro line in Montreal
creating a tramway in Montreal's east end
adding lanes to Highway 30
spending $400 million on high speed internet
spending $1 billion on new seniors' residences
increasing the family allowance
Legault went back and forth on several issues during the campaign, including how best to integrate immigrants.
Following the English-language debate, Legault said he would, as did the leaders of all four parties, keep the English secretariat.https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/caq-elected-as-quebec-s-government-with-a-majority-1.4117198
There's some stuff in there I really like. Whether this unknown party sticks to it is another story.
He will be a thorn in Justine's pumps on illegal border crossings. That is a good thing. I am sure Justine did not want the the CAQ to win.
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 10:39:31 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 10:39:31 PM
I wonder how this will affect next year's federal election.
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 11:39:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 11:39:45 PM
I am just watching the results now on CBC..Quote from: "Fashionista"
I wonder how this will affect next year's federal election.
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It could be interesting. The two hard left sovereigntist parties really hate the tiny concessions Trudeau made to get a new trade deal with the US. The CAQ is rather silent on the issue.
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 11:42:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 01, 2018, 11:42:59 PM
Immigration and Identity
Education
Transportation
Title: Canada’s Quebec province swings to the right in blow to Trudeau
Post by: Wazzzup on October 02, 2018, 02:28:16 PM
Post by: Wazzzup on October 02, 2018, 02:28:16 PM
Title: Re: Canada’s Quebec province swings to the right in blow to Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 02:47:24 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 02:47:24 PM
The centre-right Coalition Avenir Quebec is on track to win power for the first time in Canada's Quebec province, turning the page on nearly 15 years of liberal rule and allowing the party to make good on its promises to curb immigration.
Herman started a thread about this already Wazzzup..
Would you like me to merge the two threads?
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: JOE on October 02, 2018, 03:12:43 PM
Post by: JOE on October 02, 2018, 03:12:43 PM
The CAQ is leading with 74 seatsQuote from: "Herman"
Liberal-31 seats
PQ-10 seats
And the extreme left wing QS has 10 seats.
This is the first time since 1970 any party other than the Liberals and the Parti Quebecois have formed a government.
It will be interesting to see if the new premier, Francois Legault, goes along with Justine's carbon tax. I know the CAQ will oppose his open border policy.
Isnt the Quebec Liberal Party more like the Federal conservative part?
They already had an ex Conservative as their leader/premier.
So if Quebec voted them out, and this new party in, Quebec appears to have shifted even further to the right.this new party even appears to be further to the right of the federal conservative party
But given Quebec's dependence on federal monies & their love of social programs/entitlements, the very people who voted the new party in could also turn agsinst them quite quickly if they decidevto cut all of their progrsms as the party has proposed.
Should be interesting
Mu We live in interesting times.
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 03:38:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 03:38:47 PM
shifted even further to the rightQuote
Old Joe is in denial. There aint no right anywhere in Canada. You get prog and proggier.
And former federal NDP leader was a former cabinet minister in a Quebec Liberal government. But, you know the Liberals are really just a big tent anti independence party.
Title: Re: Canada’s Quebec province swings to the right in blow to Trudeau
Post by: Wazzzup on October 02, 2018, 05:33:51 PM
Post by: Wazzzup on October 02, 2018, 05:33:51 PM
The centre-right Coalition Avenir Quebec is on track to win power for the first time in Canada's Quebec province, turning the page on nearly 15 years of liberal rule and allowing the party to make good on its promises to curb immigration.
Herman started a thread about this already Wazzzup..
Would you like me to merge the two threads?
Title: Re: Canada’s Quebec province swings to the right in blow to Trudeau
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 05:49:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 05:49:12 PM
oops sorry, I did not see it. By all means merge away.The centre-right Coalition Avenir Quebec is on track to win power for the first time in Canada's Quebec province, turning the page on nearly 15 years of liberal rule and allowing the party to make good on its promises to curb immigration.
Herman started a thread about this already Wazzzup..
Would you like me to merge the two threads?
Okie dokie.
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: JOE on October 02, 2018, 07:22:07 PM
Post by: JOE on October 02, 2018, 07:22:07 PM
If theres one thing that scares them most is anything that could threaten their language and culture.
So this new party must have tapped into tjst fear snd capitalized upon it
Anti immigrant sentiment?
Would nr interesting to see an electoral map to see how the province voted.
Title: Re: Center Right, Coalition Avenir Quebec Projected to Win Majority Government in Quebec
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 07:29:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 02, 2018, 07:29:47 PM
I suppose Quebeckers voted the way they did largely because of the influx of refugees?Quote from: "JOE"
If theres one thing that scares them most is anything that could threaten their language and culture.
So this new party must have tapped into tjst fear snd capitalized upon it
Anti immigrant sentiment?
Would nr interesting to see an electoral map to see how the province voted.
A three second search and you will find what you are looking for.