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Publication Date: April 13, 2026 - 04:00
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Quebec, this is your next premier. Here's where the parties stand with fall election looming
April 13, 2026
Christine Fréchette is Quebec’s new premier-designate, chosen to lead the Coalition Avenir Québec after François Legault stepped down. Here's where the parties stand after a series of shakeups.
As a gas tax break comes down the pipe from Ottawa, the summer blend of gas means prices could still move in the wrong direction for already-stretched motorists.
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April 18, 2026 - 07:00 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
When it comes to the gender pension gap in Canada, there’s good news, bad news—and caveats.
Over the past fifty years, retirement income has increased for many Canadians. Old Age Security, for example, was indexed to inflation in the early 1970s. So was the Guaranteed Income Supplement. And in 1976, 34.3 percent of women aged sixty-five and older were defined as low income (after paying taxes) compared to 17.5 percent in 2022. This is a striking improvement, but it still accounted for some 700,000 women as of that year, a number which will be higher today.
Seemingly endless streams of...
April 18, 2026 - 06:30 | Moira Welsh | Walrus




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