Posted 11/23/2023, 4:43:00 PM
Anger Grows Over Legault Government Decisions Amid Stalled Public Sector Talks and Controversial Hockey Subsidy
- Legault acknowledges growing dissatisfaction and anger towards his government and decisions among Quebecers as his party slips in polls
- Outcry over $5M-$7M subsidy to bring LA Kings hockey team to Quebec City for preseason games while unions negotiations stalled
- Some CAQ MNAs speak out against hockey subsidy as food banks decry it with rising demand
- Planned tuition hikes for out-of-province students spur criticism as English universities react, even within CAQ
- Teachers, nurses, other public sector workers holding rotating strikes with majority of schools closed over stalled contract talks