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  • Leadership hopeful Mulcair unapologetic about dual citizenship

    By Martin C. Barry on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 18:08

    Responding to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s comments on NDP leadership candidate Tom Mulcair’s dual France/Canada citizenship, Mulcair says he has nothing to apologize for and that Harper is only revealing his anti-immigrant prejudices.

  • Canada poised to sign free trade deal with EU

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 13:12

    After four decades of trying to start a formal economic relationship with Europe, Canada is poised to sign a free-trade agreement with the European Union next year, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has told Newsfirst Multimedia.

  • Laval meets with cities on how to manage immigration

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 17:09

    Elected representatives from 10 of the province’s largest municipalities were at Laval’s Maison des Arts on Nov.

  • NDP privacy critic warns about impending e-monitoring law

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:37

    The NDP is sounding the alarm over a proposed new electronic communications monitoring law, which could end up giving police the power to track the geographical movements of people, while possibly also allowing them to freely scrutinize e-mail, without first having a warrant.

  • Laval-les-Îles MP supports Mulcair bid for leadership

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 13:23

    Mulcair, who attended the annual general meeting of the NDP Laval-les-Îles riding association on Nov. 6, praised Pilon, who is backing Mulcair’s leadership bid, during an interview with the Laval News.

  • Quebec gets new political party

    By Newsfirst on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 12:47

    At a news conference, Legault dubbed his new party Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), and focused on the need for change.

  • Mulcair steadily builds Quebec support in NDP leadership race

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 18:34

    While many media reports depict Brian Topp as the favoured contender in the race to lead the NDP, Mulcair pointed out during a phone interview with Newsfirst Multimedia earlier this week that he has the support of 33 NDP MPs, compared to 10 who are committed to Topp.

  • Conservative crackdown on white collar crime

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 18:08

    Human toll
    “It’s an unfortunate reality that white collar crime has taken its toll on individuals and communities across Canada,” said Justice Minister Rob Nicholson who was in Montreal with Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism Maxime Bernier to introduce Bill C-21, the Standing Up For Victims of White Collar Crime Act.

  • Tom Mulcair confirms bid to lead NDP

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 17:05

    In the race for the NDP leadership which has seen the odds until now stacked heavily in favour of Brian Topp, Thomas Mulcair, who in a display of sheer luck or political acumen led the party from a single seat in Quebec to a record 59, is positioned to become the longshot that betters and bookies alike dream about.

  • School boards have to go, says Coalition de l’avenir’s Legault

    By Martin C. Barry on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 12:48

    Former PQ cabinet minister François Legault, who’s been touring the province test marketing his fledgling political movement which goes by the name Coalition pour l’avenir du Québec, was at the Château Royal in Laval to float some of his ideas on Oct. 12.

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