Quebec set to invoke closure to pass controversial health care reform
CTV
The Quebec government says it plans to invoke closure to pass the province's controversial health care reform, Bill 15.
After trying to reach an agreement with the opposition parties, the Quebec government says it will invoke closure to adopt its controversial health care reform bill.
More than 200 hours have been devoted to studying Bill 15, Premier François Legault said while walking to the Blue Room on Friday morning.
"It's been 238 hours that (Minister of Health) Christian Dubé has been listening to the opposition's suggestions. Do you think that's long enough?" he asked.
The government had previously proposed extending the detailed study of Bill 15 for another four days next week -- an "admission" that more time is needed, according to Quebec Solidaire (QS) MNA Guillaume Cliche-Rivard.
Last week, Dubé admitted to not understanding an amendment that affected the English-speaking community that he himself had presented.
He then had to back down on the amendment after Liberal MNA and opposition health critic André Fortin intervened.
The closure is set to be triggered at 3 p.m. Friday and should quicken the debate to allow the bill to become law without all the articles being studied.
Next week, Sudbury city council will decide how to rehabilitate the College Street underpass, which was built in 1949.
A Toronto-area woman who was defrauded out of $158,000 in a roofing scam over the summer received about half her money back following a tip from a CTV News viewer.
It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
Facing criticism for requiring health care workers with two jobs within the public system to choose one to comply with labour laws, Santé Québec has announced a one-year extension to the transition period.
The consortium responsible for building Ottawa's new north-south line, TransitNext, says it is ready for the City of Ottawa to begin the final phase of approvals before opening the line to the public.
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Greg Lawrence has been sentenced to 12 months probation – after pleading guilty to one count of assault.
Several thousand British Columbians remain in the dark Wednesday morning after a windstorm known as a bomb cyclone slammed coastal communities.
A man who plead guilty to a double stabbing in 2015 will soon be out on statutory release, but he'll have to follow some strict conditions set out by the parole board.
A school bus hit parked vehicles and pushed one into a Middle Sackville, N.S., home Wednesday afternoon.
A four-month-old baby is dead after what Toronto police are calling a “suspicious incident” at a Toronto Community Housing building in the city’s midtown area on Wednesday afternoon.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced embattled minister Randy Boissonnault is out of cabinet.