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The leaders debates for the Quebec provincial election are set to get underway with the first on Tuesday and multiple parties have released their financial frameworks.

The debate over immigration came on the third day of the provincial election campaign, as Quebec’s party leaders fanned out across the province.

The leader of the Parti Québecois says it would cost at least $130 million to pay for the sovereignty referendum he plans to hold in 2029 or 2030 if his party forms a government.

Some farmers say the project could have a major impact on farmland and rural communities.

The issue moved to the forefront Tuesday after federal counter-tariffs against the United States prompted reactions from party leaders across the province.

Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said he would push ahead with a referendum on Quebec sovereignty even without a majority government.

Quebec's major parties traded competing visions on health care, housing and energy Monday.

An English-language debate before the fall Quebec provincial election will not go forward after two of the province’s five major party leaders said they would not participate.

The leaders of Quebec's five main political parties are continuing on the campaign trail Wednesday ahead of the election set for Oct. 5.

For a Quebec writer — especially a debut novelist — the recognition is highly unusual, said Michel Lacroix, a professor of literary studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

A new Quebec election campaign is beginning with a slate of new leaders facing serious issues including resurgent referendum conversations and U.S. trade threats.

Charles Rousseau says he’s always believed in Quebec independence but it won’t be his top priority at the ballot box come Oct. 5, when the province chooses its next government.

In a social media post Tuesday, Trump rejected suggestions that Washington had sought changes to laws protecting the French language in Quebec and across Canada.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said the issue would not come to a vote before Jan. 20, 2029, the date of the end of Trump’s second term at the White House.

Montreal councillors are set to debate a contentious motion to suspend ties with the Israeli government.

The creation of the new role comes after years of calls by First Nations leaders for more Indigenous representation in police oversight work. 

Antoine Dionne Charest was formally nominated Wednesday night in the Verdun riding in Montreal, with his mother and Liberal Leader Charles Milliard in attendance.

Doctors say Quebec paved the way for medical assistance in dying in Canada and influenced federal MAID legislation 10 years ago to allow eligible adults to request the process.

Alberta would be the 125th largest country, economically, in the world if it was to become a sovereign nation, experts say — which could affect business investment and jobs.

Global News explores the issues at the heart of the Alberta independence movement and conversely, the efforts to nip it in the bud and stay in Canada, in 'Road to the Referendum.'