Québec

June 28, 2008
Over one hundred Innu families who have been occupying their traditional territories are facing eviction by the Newfoundland and Labrador government. The evictions are seen as part of an ongoing...
Keywords: Article , Aboriginal and First Nations, News, Newfoundland, Québec
January 31, 2008
CKUT, a community radio station out of McGill University, is hosting a Winter 2008: Homeless Marathon The sixth annual Homelessness Marathon will serve up 14 hours of people-powered radio,...
Keywords: Article , Homelessness, Media, News, Québec
April 6, 2007
The Strategic Research and Analysis Directorate at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has released a report called Levels and Sources of Individual and Household Level Income for Inuit in Canada,...
Keywords: Article , Aboriginal and First Nations, News, Poverty Research, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec
March 6, 2007
According to a Statistics Canada report, A Portrait of Seniors in Canada (in HTML and in PDF) although the financial situation of seniors has improved over the past quarter century, senior women who...
Keywords: Article , News, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia, Québec, All of Canada
August 18, 2006
June 12, 2002 Vivian Labrie, spokeswoman for a coalition seeking the elimination of poverty QUEBEC (CP) -- The Quebec government introduced legislation Wednesday that would see it spending $1.5...
Keywords: Article , Government Policy, News, Québec
August 4, 2006
Dans la Loi sur le soutien du revenu pour assurer la couverture des besoins essentiels de tous en tous. Visitez le site web d'un barème plancher.
Keywords: Article , Français, News, Organizing, Québec
July 10, 2006
http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/index.asp - this is the Québec government website on immigrating to Quebec. http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/index.asp - ça c'est le site web du...
Keywords: Article , Bilingual, Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, Québec
July 7, 2006
During Montreal's summer festival businesses are pressuring the government to remove the city's homeless from the streets. As a result, the local police are handing out more tickets to homeless...
Keywords: Article , Homelessness, News, Prisoners' Rights, Québec
May 4, 2006
Quebec's minimum wage increased by 15 cents today. Workers are criticizing this so-called wage "hike" saying that it is not high enough to cover their basic costs of living. See the Montreal Gazette...
Keywords: Article , News, Workers' Rights, Québec
April 1, 2006
Vivre Saint-Michel en Santé, a community revitalization initiative in the Montreal neighbourhood of Saint-Michel, has created a new offshoot organization to work specifically on projects that will...
Keywords: Article , News, Organizing, Québec
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