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L’état du métro continuera de se dégrader... https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2026-03-19/budget-du-quebec/l-etat-du-metro-continuera-de-se-degrader-croit-la-stm.php

#STM #CAQASTROPHE #FUCKTHECAQ #polQC #transpoQC #QCtranspo #QCpoli #assnat #polMTL #MTLpoli

Budget du Québec L’état du métro continuera de se dégrader, croit la STM

Le métro montréalais continuera de se dégrader à court terme, prévient la Société de transport de Montréal (STM). Aucune nouvelle somme n’est prévue dans les cinq prochaines années pour le maintien des infrastructures dans le budget provincial, au moment où la moitié des stations sont déjà en mauvais état.

La Presse

somecanuckchick 6d ago

Gotta get that pension... plus, wouldn't want to trigger a by-election and lose ANOTHER CAQ MNA, eh.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/francois-legault-mandate-9.7135850 #assnat #polQC #QCpoli #CAQASTROPHE #CAQBS #FUCKTHECAQ

François Legault to stay on as MNA until the end of his mandate | CBC News

Despite announcing his resignation as premier of Quebec, François Legault has decided to stay on as MNA of L'Assomption until the end of his mandate.

CBC

somecanuckchick Mar 18

No one could've predicted this... /sarcasm

As Québec prepares to launch its new digital health record pilot project, Radio-Canada’s confidential sources say the software designed for the American system has translation errors and inefficiencies that could severely delay patient care.

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7132449 #RAMQ #santeQC #QChealth #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #CAQASTROPHE #FUCKTHECAQ

Quebec’s health record digitization project running into significant issues

As Quebec prepares to launch its new digital health record pilot project, Radio-Canada’s confidential sources say the software designed for the American system has translation errors and inefficiencies that could severely delay patient care.

CBC

somecanuckchick Mar 18

REMEMBER: In November 2025, the interim auditor general flagged the CAQ government’s plan as incomplete, noting that measures for more than half of the intended savings remained undetermined...

I can't imagine that THIS budget will be any different... it'll likely be MUCH WORSE.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-budget-election-9.7130439

#CAQASTROPHE #FUCKTHECAQ #polQC #QCpoli #assnat

Quebec's finance minister lowers expectations ahead of pre-election budget | CBC News

Finance Minister Eric Girard is set to table Quebec’s provincial budget on Wednesday — less than a month before the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) chooses a successor to Premier François Legault.

CBC

somecanuckchick Mar 13

Obviously, the CAQ government and CAQists are A-OK w/ Catholic school names... xenophobes and antisemites always are...

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/melancon-time-to-remove-religious-names-from-our-public-schools #xenophobia #antisemitism #catholicite #catholaicite #laicite #fauxicite #secularism #fakecularism #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #CAQASTROPHE

Melançon: Time to remove religious names from our public schools

As the CAQ government ramps up its rhetoric about secularism in our education system, the contradiction appears as clear as daylight.

montrealgazette

somecanuckchick Mar 13

When you're sick, you're not bilingual...

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-health-english-french-anglophones-senate

#CAQASTROPHE #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #senCA

Access to health care in English remains 'tenuous' in Quebec, Senate report says

Senate committee calls on Ottawa to strengthen health-care access for English and French minorities across Canada.

montrealgazette

somecanuckchick Mar 3

STOP SAYING #SECULARISM when your REALLY MEAN #Catholaïcité.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/frechette-and-drainville-say-they-wont-water-down-quebecs-secularism-laws #LIESTHECAQTELLSYOU #CAQASTROPHE #polQC #QCpoli

Fréchette and Drainville say they won't water down Quebec's secularism laws

In a first encounter of the CAQ's leadership race, neither Christine Fréchette or Bernard Drainville said they don't see any need to water down secularism laws.

montrealgazette

somecanuckchick Mar 3

RE: https://mastodon.world/@somecanuckchick/116166476856789736

OQLF = Language Stasi

The observer teams will be given strict instructions on how to carry out their visits, the public tender document says.
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Observers will enter stores, allow service to begin naturally, and complete the post-visit questionnaire included in the public tender document.

#LANGUAGESNITCHES #CAQASTROPHE #polQC #QCpoli

somecanuckchick Mar 3

It is amazing the money the CAQ finds for things like this... but, for healthcare, education, etc., NADA.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-bonjour-hi-study-store-greeting-service #CAQASTROPHE #OQLF #polQC #QCpoli #cdnpoli #polcan #BONJOURHI

Bonjour-Hi? OQLF gears up for new secret-shopper language check

Undercover observers will visit 7,800 stores in the coming months to see whether workers greet and serve customers in French, English or both.

montrealgazette

somecanuckchick Feb 28

Quite the wake-up call.

~44% of #paramedics say they are either planning to change their profession or retire in the next five years, according to a survey by the paramedics’ union.

~17% of the survey respondents said they will continue working as paramedics.

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/02/27/half-paramedics-to-quit-montreal/

#firstresponders #essentialworkers #montreal #polMTL #polQC #MTLpoli #QCpoli #CAQASTROPHE

'A wake-up call': Nearly half of Montreal paramedics considering leaving their job, survey finds

About 44 per cent of paramedics say they are either planning to change their profession or retire in the next five years, according to a survey by the paramedics’ union. Only about 17 per cent of the survey respondents said they will continue working as paramedics. The union representing more than 950 Urgences-santé paramedics, who […]

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