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Raphaël Melançon

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Melançon: Fréchette's pre-emptive move may be a gift to Milliard

Melançon: Fréchette's pre-emptive move may be a gift to Milliard

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock … As Christine Fréchette was delivering her first inaugural speech as Quebec premier at the National Assembly this...

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Montreal Gazette

Raphaël Melançon

Melançon: Quebec Liberals must stop wavering on Bill 96

History has a way of repeating itself. In 2022, then Quebec Liberal leader Dominique Anglade was swept into controversy over her lack of clear stance...

24.04.2026 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: The CAQ’s battle for survival

On Sunday, the Coalition Avenir Québec will have a new leader — and Quebec a new premier. It’s one of those peculiar features of our...

10.04.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: No, the Air Canada language storm isn't overblown

This latest controversy around CEO Michael Rousseau could easily have been avoided, but wasn't — as if French matters less.

27.03.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Time to remove religious names from our public schools

13.03.2026 40

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Will sovereignty cost the PQ the gold medal at the election Olympics?

01.03.2026 30

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: PSPP won’t unite Quebecers with divisive rhetoric

30.01.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: With Legault out, PSPP may have the most to lose

15.01.2026 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Will 2026 mark the end of the Legault era?

05.01.2026 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Time to tighten the rules on floor crossers

16.12.2025 30

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: PSPP ramps up rhetoric, attacks — and arrogance

09.12.2025 30

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Nudge to the right carries risks for Carney's Liberals

02.12.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Quebec Liberals the talk of the town for the wrong reasons

24.11.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Quebec threat to cut welfare for asylum seekers is heartless

17.11.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Conservative crisis deeper than Poilievre's leadership

10.11.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: A letter to the defeated candidates

03.11.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: STM unions are holding Montreal commuters hostage

27.10.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Can we still afford to have ambition for Montreal?

22.10.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Can we still afford to have ambition for Montreal?

21.10.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: From food to housing, financial strain has rarely felt so widespread

15.10.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Time to make public safety a priority in our métro and streets

06.10.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Melançon: Quebec seems set to target unions. Bold reform, or political distraction?

01.10.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

Raphaël Melançon

Melançon: Quebec seems set to target unions. Bold reform, or political distraction?

01.10.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

Raphaël Melançon

Melançon: Like his PQ counterpart, Liberal leader Rodriguez faces a delicate balancing act

“Stuck between a rock and a hard place.” The expression captures quite well the situation Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez finds himself in...

24.09.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Opinion: A Carney 'mini budget' just doesn't cut it

22.05.2025 20

Edmonton Journal

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