Caroline Plante
Reporter with the Canadian Press | Quebec City
About Caroline Plante
Quebec reaches health-care deal with Ottawa
Under the proposed deal, the province would receive an additional $900 million a year over 10 years for health care.
Quebec Premier asks Trudeau to slow flow of asylum seekers
Quebec Premier François Legault said that in 2022, Quebec took in more asylum seekers than the rest of the country combined.
N.L. premier says hydro deal reachable provided Quebec ponies up
Andrew Furey made the comments at the conference of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers in Quebec City.
Speaker rules Quebec politicians must swear oath to King Charles to sit in legislature
The 14 Quebec politicians who refused to swear an oath to the King after the Oct. 3 election must do so or risk expulsion from the legislature, the outgoing Speaker said on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
Close calls with Chinese jets endanger Canadian plane operating in Asia: Melanie Joly
Joly was reacting to reports by the Canadian Armed Forces, who said Wednesday that on several occasions the People's Liberation Army Air Force failed to meet international aviation safety standards by flying dangerously close to the Canadian aircraft.
Quebec mosque shooter not motivated by racism, lawyer says
The Quebec City mosque shooter entered a Muslim prayer space on Jan. 29, 2017, armed with two guns, and murdered six men — but there was no evidence he was motivated by deep-seated racism, the man's lawyer argued on Monday, January 27, 2020, at the Court of Appeal.
Former Quebec premier Pauline Marois worried about future of French language
Quebec's first female premier has found a new role since leaving office: that of champion for the French language.
Testy exchange between Quebec immigration minister and UN representative
Quebec has spent hundreds of millions of dollars resettling refugees and asylum seekers over the past few years, which is more than its fair share, Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette told a United Nations representative on Thursday, August 15, 2019, during a testy exchange at the legislature.
Legault announces plan to electrify Quebec's economy, reduce oil consumption
The Quebec government will reduce oil consumption in the province by 40 per cent by 2030 through a vast program to shift transportation systems, buildings and businesses to hydroelectricity, Premier Francois Legault announced on Sunday, May 26, 2019, as his party held a general council meeting in Montreal.
Premier Legault to force the Caisse to purchase REM trains made in Quebec
Premier Francois Legault says his government will force the Caisse to purchase trains made in Quebec as part of the extension of Montreal's Reseau Express Metropolitain light-rail system.