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Jean Charest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the April 2003 election, Charest was elected premier of Quebec with a majority government, ending nine years of rule by the PQ. In April 1998, Charest gave into considerable public and political pressure to leave federal politics and become leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. After Mulroney's retirement as PC Party leader and prime minister, Charest was a candidate for the leadership of the party at the 1993 en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_Charest

Articles - Quebec general election, 2003 The government argued that the mergers would allow a better division of the wealth and responsibilities between richer suburban communities and poorer parts of the main cities. The PLQ criticized the PQ for using the politics of confrontation because of its sovereignty position, and argued that a PLQ government would restore Quebec& "leadership role" in the federation. Landry reminded voters that, while voting for his party did not change the government right away, the first ideal of the PQ, sovereignty, was "the greatest of changes". www.xclimbing.net /articles/2003_Quebec_election

MSN Encarta - Canada Government programs and bills submitted to Parliament are subject to close scrutiny and criticism by members of the opposition. The head of the provincial government is the premier, who is appointed by the lieutenant governor after his or her party wins a general election. The government of each province is similar in structure and function to that of the national government. encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761563379_18/Canada.html

Jean Charest is toast - Brigitte Pellerin Online That’s why the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest is as interesting to political junkies as a supernova is to astronomers. Starting with the province’s auditor general revealing last week that the real government deficit was $1.3 billion, instead of the $358 million the government claimed. Charest is resorting to nationalist-sounding demands for and end to the so-called "fiscal imbalance" and a stronger role for Quebec on the international stage. www.brigittepellerin.com /2005/imploding.htm

Encyclopedia: Opposition to the Charest government Many personalities and organizations have displayed public opposition to politics of the Charest government, some structures having even being created specifically to protest that government. The opposition grew stronger in the autumn of 2003. Mandate: Another recurring explanation, given to the parliamentary Opposition at the National Assembly, is that the PLQ was given a mandate in the 2003 election, and that the aspects of the Réingénérie ("re-engineering") were in the party's platform approved by the voters. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Opposition-to-the-Charest-government

Bowie Call Opposition MP’s have been very courteous to Minister Dryden, fearing the reprisal of the hockey loving electorate. But hockey’s on strike, and the opposition has finally taken off the gloves with the retired Habs goalie. Tory MP Monte Solberg said in the Commons today that Dryden is, “So new to this place, and yet so arrogant.” Dryden had been defending his national childcare program, and the opposition was letting him have it. jamesbowie.blogspot.com

CBC Montreal - Charest faces onslaught at Assembly Charest, who said he has a mandate to make sweeping changes to the way the government works, has promised to overhaul the provincial bureaucracy in order to make it more efficient and cheaper to run. Mario Dumont said the government is winging it Among the legislation Charest is hoping to pass are changes to the labour code, and a law allowing former municipalities to demerge. montreal.cbc.ca /regional/servlet/View?filename=qc_assembly20032110

Quebec: Student strikes exemplify mounting social discontent In this instance, the corporate media believes the government should be laying the groundwork for scrapping the freeze on university tuition fees, rather than fanning popular opposition by imposing a measure that so clearly penalizes the poorest sections of society. This was in keeping with the government’s efforts to reassure big business that it has not lost its nerve in the face of the popular opposition to its right-wing policies. But it believes that the Charest government is choosing the wrong battles and thereby unnecessarily contributing to a “radicalization” that makes it more difficult to raze what remains of the welfare state. www.wsws.org /articles/2005/mar2005/queb-m15_prn.shtml

Does your vote count in Quebec? Ernest Semple The opposition has first of all to prevent the knowledgeable government party from using its knowledge and propaganda machinery to destroy the opposition. Naive voters believe it is the duty of the elected opposition to protect the populace from unjust measures by the government. There are secrets in government which usually create a "Mexican standoff" between the government in power, and those who used to be in power. members.aol.com /jkalma/earnest.htm

RICHARD CLEROUX: Charest travels light And last year, when the Liberal government refused to give Quebec the same compensation it had given the Atlantic provinces for merging their GST and PST, Charest sided with the Bloc Quebecois against the Liberals and the strangely silent Reform Party. The government didn't have $800 million this week for the victim of hepatitis "C" but it did have the $750 million for the subs. Ten years ago the federal government promised that by April 1, 1998, the senior 3,300 public servants in Canada would have to be bilingual. www.canoe.ca /CNEWSPoliticsColumns/apr7_cleroux.html

CBC News:Quebec's 'big government' to be reduced: Charest In his speech, Charest criticized the "big government" philosophy that had held sway in Quebec since the "quiet revolution" of the early 1960s. Unions fretted about the job loss that might result, and opposition politicians warned Charest's policies will wreck the economy, but the premier said he was confident those policies will make Quebec a better place to live. In his inaugural speech at the Quebec National Assembly, Charest said Wednesday his Liberal team will shrink the size of government and slash taxes. www.cbc.ca /stories/print/2003/06/04/charest_030604

People's Voice Jan. 1-31, 2004 The controversial moves by the Charest government include forced amalgamation of unions in the health care system, as part of mergers of hospitals and other institutions. In order to avoid potential repressive measures by the government, the well-organized actions were taken by workers outside of their normal shifts. The inarticulate and politically naive Sonia Gandhi, dependent on a small coterie of the urban elites of Delhi, was unable to rise to the role of an Opposition leader. www.peoplesvoice.ca /Pv01ja04.html

CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Charest marks second year in power In addition to their own political clumsiness, the Liberals have faced an entrenched opposition consisting of labour unions, students and others who appear to have become emboldened by the government's weakness. Charest told nervous party faithful earlier this year that the government will be judged next time by "the entire mandate" and not by certain controversial decisions. He said the government has performed best on external affairs such as leading the charge to create the Council of the Federation, securing federal health dollars and a parental leave plan and expanding the province's role on the international stage. cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/2005/04/10/990834-cp.html

Ed Arzouian Charest is now leading the Opposition against the 5 Action Democratique du Quebec (ADQ) members while forgetting about the 69 members of the PQ who form the government. Charest seems so confused he appears to have forgotten that Bernard Landry is Premier, not Mario Dumont and that the Parti Quebec is the majority government. Charest's appeasement phase, the one that was supposed to win all those votes in the "regions", before this reinventing phase. www.arzouian.com /Quebec/threestooges.htm

Jean Charest finds his backbone - Brigitte Pellerin Online Yet social activists, opposition Parti Québécois members and union leaders are all vigorously denouncing the government and threatening to use whatever means necessary to disrupt the "social peace." The Péquistes think they can somehow filibuster the government’s agenda and are reportedly prepared to do so. Quebecers are unfortunately used to having their province effectively governed by the national-unionist establishment, even when the federalist, slightly pro-business gang is nominally in power. From the moment Jean Charest left federal politics to lead the Quebec Liberal Party back in 1998, until shortly after his election as Quebec premier last April, I dismissed him as a terminally uncharismatic, flip-flopping opportunist. www.brigittepellerin.com /2003/backbone.htm

Parti libéral du Québec biography .ms The Liberals were in opposition to the ruling Conservatives for most of the first 20 years after Confederation, except for 18 months of Liberal minority government in 1878 - 1879. When Bourassa returned as Premier in the 1980s, he successfully persuaded the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney to recognize Quebec as a distinct society, and sought greater powers for the province. His government was also embarrassed by several scandals. quebec-liberal-party.biography.ms

Tuesday, February 27, 1996 -- GOVERNMENT ORDERS (001) When the official opposition was consulted by the government, it was made clear to the government that we were prepared to examine each bill on its merits and that we would agree to a certain number of them. In order to enhance the independence of the Chair and in an effort to reduce the level of partisanship, when the Speaker is from the government party, two of the junior chair officers should be from the opposition, so that the four presiding officer positions are shared equally by government and opposition. In order to enhance the independence of the Chair and in an effort to reduce the level of partisanship, when the Speaker is from the government party, two of the junior chair officers should be from the oppositions so that the four presiding officer positions are shared equally by government and opposition. www.parl.gc.ca /english/hansard/001_96-02-27/001GO1E.html

Quebec: government funding of private schools provokes public outcry For Dubuc, the Charest government has not been “up to the reforms that it promised.” Noting that an opposition movement has “crystallized” against the government’s plans, Dubuc says he is prepared to give the Liberals a second chance. For their part, the corporate media and the two opposition parties attacked Jean Charest and his government for having made the funding decision without any prior consultation, and then failing to explain it to the public. The official reaction, both on the part of the opposition parties and the union bureaucracy, had been limited almost entirely to reproaching the government for having acted in secret. www.wsws.org /articles/2005/feb2005/queb-f23_prn.shtml

PERFORMING ROLE OF OPPOSITION Providing opposition to the Federal, Provincial and Territorial governments. The legacy of the Harris government (and his successor Ernie Eves) is one of fomenting social instability, riots, mass demonstrations, repression of freedom, 120,000 Teachers on strike for two weeks, stigmatizing of the poor and workfare. The McGuinty government promise that under their Democratic Charter, MPPs will have the right to criticize and even vote against government legislation if they think that is what is best for the people and communities they represent. www.raydw.com /opposition.htm

CTV.ca PQ already acting like the opposition: Charest Opposition wasn't on Charest's mind Thursday as he confirmed a transition team was set up a year ago to prepare for a possible Liberal government. Charest also produced government documents to prove the Liberals could pay for their campaign promises if elected. He insisted he isn't being overconfident and is in fact humble after five years as Opposition leader. www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1049392512939_38

NORMAN'S SPECTATOR Goaded by the media and the opposition, it was entirely predictable that Jean Charest's government would expect a similar deal in municipal affairs and childcare. Rather than seeking opposition support for its measures on a case-by-case basis, the government is encouraging the opposition parties to engage in U.S.-style legislative log-rolling. Martin would have won his recent skirmish with the opposition, even if the opposition had had the numbers. members.shaw.ca /nspector3/globe98.htm

Canadian Dimension: Charest vows no retreat Charest placed blame for escalating tensions on the inflammatory rhetoric of his government's chief critics: Parti QuŽbŽcois opposition leader Bernard Landry and Quebec's powerful union leaders. Under the proposed change, a company or government agency will be able to farm out work performed by unionized workers to a subcontractor who may not be obliged to adhere to the salary and working conditions in the union contract. Charest said his government's plans are being misrepresented and exaggerated by opponents. www.canadiandimension.mb.ca /extra/d1205ah.htm

Quebec: A socialist perspective to defeat Charest government's plans for social demolition Should the Charest government succeed in imposing this unprecedented program of social regression, working people will be impoverished and stripped of virtually any protection from the destructive impact of the capitalist market, while an ever-greater share of society’s wealth flows to those at the top of the social pyramid. In opposing the plans of Charest, workers must be clear about the nature of the struggle before them: it is a challenge not to the policies of a particular government, but to the class strategy of the entire ruling elite in Canada and internationally. In each case, these new governments intensified an anti-working class assault that was initiated by their supposedly progressive predecessor—in the case of Ontario and BC, the NDP; and in the case of the Charest Liberal government, the Parti Québécois. www.wsws.org /articles/2003/dec2003/queb-d11.shtml

[ Jean Charest’s Ideological Soft Soap that Verges on the Demagogic - UFP - Union des forces progressistes ] As part of this response, the Union of Progressive Forces (UFP) will be supporting every initiative towards building a united mass opposition movement to the irrational and retrogade politics of this government. The Charest government has thought it timely to adopt this course just six months after assuming power and just before the opening of parliament in an autumn which is certain to be conflictual. Isn’t it ironic furthermore that at the onset of this maneouver Prime Minister Charest cites the introduction of the Facal Report, a report drawn up by someone who, while a Pequiste minister, recommended the abolition of Many government agencies and even ministeries. www.ufp.qc.ca /article.php3?id_article=783

U.S. Newswire : Releases : "H.E. Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec, to Address the Foreign Policy Association" The Foreign Policy Association (FPA), in collaboration with Quebec Government House in New York and The Canadian Society of New York are hosting a luncheon in honor of H.E. Jean Charest, Premier of Quebec, on Oct. 2, at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. He has held the positions of Minister of State for Youth in the Cabinet, Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport, Deputy Government Leader in the House of Commons, President of the Special House of Commons Committee. Daniele Knowles, Quebec Government House, 212-843-0983 or Daniele.Knowles@int.mri.gouv.qc.ca releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=21404

Resist!ca Québec Students Strike, Occupy, Blockade Over 230,000 students are now on strike in Quebec, in opposition to $103 million in cuts to bursary programs by Jean Charest's Liberal government. With Charest's government low in the polls already, the striking students are convinced they can win. Some student organizations are organizing a march in solidarity with those affected by the Liberal government's $150 million in cuts to social assistance and the welfare reform of Bill 57. resist.ca /story/2005/3/28/5446/28544

Quebec Election 2003 The Liberals won a decisive majority government in Quebec Monday night, as voters appeared to choose change and a turn towards federalism. Liberal leader Jean Charest had read their mood and the master of the game was ready for the final play. Quebecers were longing for change as their new premier rode to power. popups.ctv.ca /content/publish/popups/quebec_election

CBC Ottawa - Charest shuffles cabinet, Séguin out The Liberals have been struggling, and have trailed the Opposition Parti Québécois in recent opinion polls, although the premier does not have to hold another election for three years. The leader of the official Opposition says, if Charest had Quebec's interests in mind, he would have shuffled himself out of cabinet. QUEBEC CITY – Quebec Premier Jean Charest has shuffled his cabinet, and Finance Minister Yves Séguin is among several high-profile ministers who lost their jobs or were demoted. ottawa.cbc.ca /regional/servlet/View?filename=ot-queshuffle20050218

Blog of Death: April 2004 Archives After many requests by his father, the French government commuted Giovanni's sentence to life imprisonment and pardoned him eight years later. He also discussed his opposition to capital punishment in front of the state's Judicial Committee. From 1987 to 1999, Charest served as the executive producer on 17 animated films and TV shows, including "Arthur," "Emily of New Moon" and "Mona the Vampire." At the time, the Hollywood Reporter ranked her as one of the most powerful women in the entertainment business. www.blogofdeath.com /archives/2004_04.html

Legislative Assemblies of Canada Jacob Austin, Leader of the Government in the Senate) John Lynch-Staunton, Leader of the Official Opposition in the Senate) Joy MacPhail, MLA, Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly) www-2.cs.cmu.edu /Unofficial/Canadiana/legislatures.html

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