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Province had been seeking compensation for agreeing to combine the GST with its provincial sales tax nearly 20 years ago

A test group of 40 Montreal commuters will start using electric vehicles to carpool to work this month

  • By: Andy Riga
  • August 29, 2011 October 29, 2019
  • 13:01

Quebec City

The departure of the former Bloc leader and the rise of the NDP is likely to create some difficult situations for the premier, who cannot afford to get too close to the feds

A long-moribund neighbour-hood south of downtown will be redeveloped into a thriving sports, residential and office complex

  • By: Andy Riga
  • May 2, 2011 October 29, 2019
  • 11:45

Informed that almost 250,000 people signed an online petition calling for his resignation, Quebec Premier Jean Charest was characteristically Zen.“Didn’t Rick Mercer get 600,000 names for [Treasury Board president] Stockwell Day to change his name to Doris?” Charest asked recently, recalling the CBC funnyman’s stunt when Day, then head of the Canadian Alliance political party, […]

Sales of condos in Montreal are growing at a rapid rate. But will rising prices, interest rates and changing mortgage rules put an end to the party?

  • By: Andy Riga
  • February 7, 2011 October 29, 2019
  • 15:10

National Bank and Laurentian are putting much weight on enhancing the in-branch experience

But two of La Belle Province’s biggest sectors — aerospace and natural resources — are finally seeing a much expected recovery

Charest is a master player who plans to win by dominating the centre and attacking from the side. But the Opposition is strong