Longueuil police chief Patrick Bélanger allegedly gave the BEI false information about the shooting of Nooran Rezayi in September, a claim so serious that mayor Catherine Fournier is asking the BEI to investigate her own police force.
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Kate
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Kate
CBC notes that one of the provisions of Bill 2 was to abolish the Institut de pertinence des actes médicaux (IPAM) which had saved $1.9 billion since 2020. That money is now at the government’s sole discretion, so instead of benefiting our healthcare system, it may go the same way as the Fonds vert surplus did last month.
It’s dizzying to read about these billions in public funds vanishing down memory holes at the snap of a CAQ finger.
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Kate
We haven’t begun to feel the effects of the latest STM strike. The prediction is that more and more buses will be off the road from lack of maintenance hours so that by January, at least 265 buses will be down or, in other terms, as many as 1100 departures per day will be missing from the schedule throughout the entire service.
Nicholas
I was waiting for a bus this evening and I watched it on the tracker: it was supposed to turn around and come pick me up, but instead it just went back to the bus barn. And the other bus that served that stop was something like 7 minutes early, so I missed it too.
Kate
It isn’t a pleasant night to get stuck on a street corner waiting for a bus, either.
Joey
Has anyone written a comprehensive piece explaining why all the different transit unions are striking this fall?
Ian
The CSN did.
https://www.csn.qc.ca/syndicats/09-09-014/
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Kate
Another nonsurprising headline: rents in Quebec hit an all-time high in 2025.
Ian
17 poin frickin’ 2% on rental turnovers?
Tell me that tenant protection is toothless without telling me that tenant protecvtion is toothlesst
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Kate
Quebec has come to an agreement with family doctors, suspending the part of Bill 2 that concerned a new mode of payment, and which was the sticking point that saw many Quebec doctors seek an exit.
A lot of damage is already done, though, that can’t easily be reversed – clinics closing, doctors switching to private or leaving the province.
Uatu
The Quebec model strikes again lol
JP
Yep, I heard Tiny Tots Decarie is closing…among so many other clinics….
Hamza
I think the message was sent and received loud and clear. ‘We want an independent Quebec and we don’t want you in it (unless you are so ideologically-driven that you accept an inferior salary and all the rest of the ‘benefits’ of being part of this Quebec plan).’
It’s just fascinating to watch what had started as a utopian project devolve into its current mutation- an isolated, cultish, xenophobic state scaring the outside world away north korea style so as to better secure its own grip on power
Joey
I think the majority of clinics that announced plans to close will reverse their decision – while the government could stomach stories of individual doctors leaving for other provinces or going private, the idea of entire clinics ceasing operations as of January 1 hits at another level. It will be interesting to see if Elna changes its mind about Tiny Tots Decarie, since it argued just two days ago that the clinic was facing insurmountable challenges beyond Bill 2 (“Since 2024, Tiny Tots Décarie has been operating under significant pressure due to the departure of nearly half of its physicians, which weakened its financial foundation”). Of course, there’s a big difference between a group of individual doctors, nurse practitioners, etc., opening a practice and a large, established like Elna gobbling up clinics. No government on Earth can adequately feed the ever-growing demands of VC-backed businesses over the long term…
Nicholas
Joey, Elna has been under bankruptcy proceedings for a year, and I gather they’ve spun off some clinics and are still under supervision. I’m sure the law didn’t help, but they’ve had their own problems.
An issue with doctor’s clinics is an issue with a lot of businesses that hire or contract with professionals: your most valuable asset walks out the door every evening. Doctors can often leave for another clinic with ease; even with non-competes, they may just have to move, or wait a few months. Once a clinic is in a death spiral, it’s hard to reverse. Some doctors may have already gotten better jobs elsewhere, either private or out of province; some will come back, but with the law temporarily delayed just two months, and an intent to continue this process, why deal with that uncertainty.
I think Legault has fallen for the same trap that Trump has: he thinks that he holds all the cards, and everyone just has to submit. Trump put tariffs on other countries and seemed to think there would be no consequences, no actions from the other side. Legault figured doctors had no other options, so he could punish them without consequence.
Ian
Legault just learned people need doctors more than they need politicians. Oopsy.
Joey
@Nicholas 100%
Ian 21:49 on 2025-12-11 Permalink
That the chief of police “gave erroneous information” is a funny way to spell “lied”.
Ephraim 12:18 on 2025-12-12 Permalink
I think the term you are looking for is “obstructed the course of justice” and is in the criminal code 139 https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-139.html
It’s an indictable offence.If a summary conviction, maximum sentence is $5000 or up to 2 years (minus a day) in prison. If indicted, up to 10 years in prison and would have to be dismissed. But even if not, these are officers of the court, so everything they do will be in doubt in the future and every lawyer will bring that up in court.