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Former CBC head Tony Manera writes that he took on the role at the request of then-prime minister Jean Chrétien, but resigned a year later after budget cuts were deeper than what was promised. Handout photograph and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | January 26, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Jan. 14, 2026, that he will resign as premier and won't run in the October election, but he will remain in his role until the party elects a new leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | January 26, 2026
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | January 26, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Jan. 14, 2026, that he will resign as premier and won't run in the October election, but he will remain in his role until the party elects a new leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 21, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault leaves politics as a somewhat tragic figure, unloved and unpopular, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 21, 2026
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 21, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault leaves politics as a somewhat tragic figure, unloved and unpopular, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 19, 2026
PQ party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, left, and Lucien Bouchard, the father of the Bloc Québécois and former PQ premier. Bouchard has urged St-Pierre Plamondon to reconsider his promise to hold a third referendum if elected premier of the province. Photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 19, 2026
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 19, 2026
PQ party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, left, and Lucien Bouchard, the father of the Bloc Québécois and former PQ premier. Bouchard has urged St-Pierre Plamondon to reconsider his promise to hold a third referendum if elected premier of the province. Photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 12, 2024
When any Member of the National Assembly, from the premier on down, ignores the contribution of the English-speaking community to the building of Quebec, it is a galling repudiation, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Daniel Szpiro/Flickr
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 12, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 12, 2024
When any Member of the National Assembly, from the premier on down, ignores the contribution of the English-speaking community to the building of Quebec, it is a galling repudiation, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Daniel Szpiro/Flickr
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 22, 2024
Nationalists in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society may need to be reminded the Maple Leaf goes back to their organization, while the flag of the secular Quebec ‘nation’ honours religion and French colonialism, writes Andrew Caddell. Flickr photograph courtesy of Caribb
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 22, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 22, 2024
Nationalists in the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society may need to be reminded the Maple Leaf goes back to their organization, while the flag of the secular Quebec ‘nation’ honours religion and French colonialism, writes Andrew Caddell. Flickr photograph courtesy of Caribb
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 17, 2024
Antoine Dionne Charest says Quebecers will come back to the provincial Liberal Party when ‘we reclaim our brand,’ and is worth watching, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of Radio-Canada
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 17, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 17, 2024
Antoine Dionne Charest says Quebecers will come back to the provincial Liberal Party when ‘we reclaim our brand,’ and is worth watching, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of Radio-Canada
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 27, 2024
In Quebec City, the faltering fortunes of Premier François Legault, left, have led to a dominating lead by Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of the Parti Québécois
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 27, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 27, 2024
In Quebec City, the faltering fortunes of Premier François Legault, left, have led to a dominating lead by Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of the Parti Québécois
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 13, 2024
The Quebec Court of Appeal upheld Premier François Legault’s anti-religious symbols law, which makes the protections in the Charter meaningless, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 13, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 13, 2024
The Quebec Court of Appeal upheld Premier François Legault’s anti-religious symbols law, which makes the protections in the Charter meaningless, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 7, 2024
Quebec Liberal MNA Désirée McGraw’s Bill 595 recently received unanimous support to create a provincial day recognizing perinatal loss. Screenshot courtesy of X
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 7, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 7, 2024
Quebec Liberal MNA Désirée McGraw’s Bill 595 recently received unanimous support to create a provincial day recognizing perinatal loss. Screenshot courtesy of X
News | January 26, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre lambasted the Montreal and Quebec City mayors on social media in recent days, calling them 'incompetent' for their housing policies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | January 26, 2024
News | January 26, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre lambasted the Montreal and Quebec City mayors on social media in recent days, calling them 'incompetent' for their housing policies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 24, 2024
The French media’s selective critique of Quebec Premier François Legault rarely, if ever, focuses on the concerns of the province’s 1.25 million English-speakers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 24, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 24, 2024
The French media’s selective critique of Quebec Premier François Legault rarely, if ever, focuses on the concerns of the province’s 1.25 million English-speakers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 10, 2024
Bye Bye 2023 featured send ups of figures like Quebec Premier François Legualt, played by Claude Legault, left, pictured with Guylaine Tremblay. Screenshot courtesy of Radio-Canada
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 10, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 10, 2024
Bye Bye 2023 featured send ups of figures like Quebec Premier François Legualt, played by Claude Legault, left, pictured with Guylaine Tremblay. Screenshot courtesy of Radio-Canada
Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | December 14, 2023
Anaida Poilievre Galindo’s, left, recent TVA Nouvelles interview with Paul Larocque is indicative of how the same image-makers who wisely used her to tell us about ‘Papa Pierre’ on television during the summer will continue to have her play a prominent role in Quebec, writes Éric Blais. Screenshot courtesy of TVA Nouvelles
Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | December 14, 2023
Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | December 14, 2023
Anaida Poilievre Galindo’s, left, recent TVA Nouvelles interview with Paul Larocque is indicative of how the same image-makers who wisely used her to tell us about ‘Papa Pierre’ on television during the summer will continue to have her play a prominent role in Quebec, writes Éric Blais. Screenshot courtesy of TVA Nouvelles
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | December 6, 2023
François Legault
Quebec Premier François Legault was never a skilled politician, and doesn’t have the kind of objectivity to look at the track record and fix what’s broken, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | December 6, 2023
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | December 6, 2023
François Legault
Quebec Premier François Legault was never a skilled politician, and doesn’t have the kind of objectivity to look at the track record and fix what’s broken, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | November 8, 2023
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon released his ‘Year 1’ budget for a sovereign Quebec on Oct. 23, but doesn’t seem to understand the anger in what would remain of Canada at breaking up this country, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of TVA News
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | November 8, 2023
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | November 8, 2023
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon released his ‘Year 1’ budget for a sovereign Quebec on Oct. 23, but doesn’t seem to understand the anger in what would remain of Canada at breaking up this country, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of TVA News