Federal government orders financial audit into Indigenous languages office

OTTAWA — With three federal byelections set to happen in Quebec in the coming months, the Bloc Québécois is already gearing up to attack Mark Carney’s Liberals on their perceived failure to defend the cultural industry in U.S. trade talks. On Thursday, Alexandre Curzi, director-general of l’Union des artistes, which represents 13,000 performing artists who work in French in Quebec and across Canada, announced he will be seeking the nomination for the Bloc in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie in Montreal. He also happens to be the son of Pierre Curzi, a well-known actor in Quebec who served...