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2001

2/Oct/2001 Landry says PQ isn't about to give up Quebec sovereignty option Premier Bernard Landry said Tuesday the two crushing byelection defeats suffered by his Parti Quebecois won't sway the party from its sovereigntist objectives. But Landry said the immediate priority for his government is to prepare Quebecers for any further immediate economic down swing.
Mon 8/20/01 Landry waffles on timing By: KEVIN DOUGHERTY
One day after announcing the end of the Bouchard era in the Parti Quebecois, Premier Bernard Landry sounded a lot like Lucien Bouchard yesterday as he waffled on the timing of a new referendum on Quebec sovereignty.
Landry said Saturday that "starting now," things would be different in the PQ. The promise was made in the apparent hope that under his leadership, the party can distance itself from Bouchard's program of controversial municipal mergers while reaffirming its core commitment to sovereignty.
Sun 8/19/0 LANDRY SETS SIGHTS ON SOVEREIGNTY
Premier Landry has set out his goals for the next few years. The premier has told reporters in Rimouski he expects to win the next election in the year 2003 -- and go on to make Quebec sovereign by 2005.
montreal.cbc.ca
Fri 7/6/01 8:00 PMLandry aims to boost ties By: KEVIN DOUGHERTY
Picking up the torch Lucien Bouchard left when he resigned as premier, Bernard Landry arrives in Brussels tomorrow for a seven-day political mission to Europe that will take him to Belgium, Bavaria and Berlin. While in Brussels, Landry will also meet with Romano Prodi, president of the European Commission.

Fri 7/6/01 8:00 PM 'PRESIDENT' BERNARD LANDRY? Quebec Premier Bernard Landry says a sovereign Quebec would adopt a presidential system similar to the American or French models. montreal.cbc.ca/
Sun 7/1/01 8:00 PM LANDRY QUESTIONED BY QUEBEC WOMEN A member of the youth committee of the Quebec women's federation is criticizing Premier Bernard Landry for getting one of his female members of the National Assembly to quit to make way for the election of Sports Minister Richard Legendre. montreal.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/06/29/woman010629
Sat 5/26/01 8:29 AM Landry calls for airport control By: KEVIN DOUGHERTY The Gazette
Federal Transport Minister David Collenette was not all wrong in blaming Quebec's continuing sovereignty debate for the spiraling decline in passenger traffic at Montreal's airports, Premier Bernard Landry said yesterday.
"In a sense he is not completely wrong," Landry said, speaking to the association of local development centres from across the province.
Fri 5/25/01 6:59 AM Landry salutes Bowater By: KEVIN DOUGHERTY The Gazette
Bowater Inc., which is expected to close its $1.2-billion purchase of Montreal-based Alliance Forest Products Inc. by late June, was welcomed as a new corporate citizen of Quebec yesterday by Premier Bernard Landry.
At a ceremony to inaugurate a new paper machine, built for Alliance but soon to be rebranded with the Bowater name, Landry switched into English to welcome Arnold Nemirow, chairman, president and CEO of Bowater, a Greenville, S.C.-based pulp-and-paper producer with operations in the United States, Canada and South Korea.
Thu 5/24/01 8:00 PM LANDRY WANTS QUEBEC TO BE A COUNTRY BY 2005 Premier Bernard Landry says he wants Quebec to be sovereign within the next four years. montreal.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2001/05/24/landry010524

Tuesday 24 April 2001 By: KEVIN DOUGHERTY The Gazette After Bernard Landry campaigned for months for the right to speak to leaders attending the Summit of Americas, he did get to talk to U.S. President George W. Bush.
But when he got his chance during a summit cocktail reception, Landry froze. "I did not start discussing with him the Quebec national question," Landry confided to reporters yesterday, describing his brief conversation with the leader of the free world as "very superficial."
Thu 4/19/01 10:58 AM Huge as it gets Here we go again. Bernard Landry has no trouble sticking up for the rights of all people when he is quoted as saying of the Summit of the Americas, "It is not normal to launch such a huge project without involving in it, intellectually and in other ways, millions of persons that will have to live with the result."
Well, what about his government's own Bill 170 and the merger of municipalities on the island of Montreal?
Thu 4/19/01 10:58 AM Legault, Bantey showed civility Your "other side" political commentary columnist Josee Legault has been appointed special adviser to the Parti Quebecois (Gazette, April 11).
If only all our writers and activists could be as civilized as Ms. Legault. Surely even those who would disagree with her support of sovereignty for Quebec would have to admire and applaud her civilized ways, both in print and on the radio. They would also applaud The Gazette for having chosen her to succeed sovereignist columnist Ed Bantey. By including a point of view not shared by the majority of its readers, The Gazette shows its commitment to a free press.
Tue 4/17/01 7:00 PM LANDRY SPEECH HEIGHTENS TENSION WITH OTTAWA Quebec Premier Bernard Landry kept his promise Tuesday to use the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Quebec City to promote the sovereigntist cause.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/04/17/landry_nation010417
Fri 3/23/01 8:00 PM MCGILL PROFESSOR WELCOMES LANDRY MOVE ON REPORT A political science professor at McGill University says Premier Bernard Landry might be on to something.
montreal.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/03/23/gagnon010323
Fri 3/23/01 9:31 AM Landry starts the machine
The speech delivered by Premier Landry in the National Assembly yesterday was disappointing but hardly surprising. Mr. Landry made it clear that, after several years of being stashed away in the garage, the separatist political machine is being hauled out, oiled up and set in motion. This is bad news for Quebecers looking for good government from their new premier.
Mr. Landry's inaugural address in the new session of the National Assembly was an opportunity for him to put a decisive stamp on his government. After the cautious attitude toward sovereignty adopted by his predecessor, Lucien Bouchard, Mr. Landry is anxious to crank up the separatist rhetoric. He used every opportunity to do so yesterday.
22/Mar/2001 Bernie and the bill By: BILL BROWNSTEIN
It's like a crapshoot: Quebec Premier Bernard Landry delivers his inaugural address for the second session of the legislature today, and it's anyone's guess what will pop out of his mouth. Just like what might have transpired if he hadn't been kept by the feds from addressing the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City next month.
Sat 3/17/01 8:01 AM Landry is looking like a jerk By: NORMAN WEBSTER Robert Bourassa got off a good line during debate over the Charlottetown Accord almost a decade ago. Speaking to an audience in Montreal, he summed up one opponent of the accord, a then-out-of-office Bernard Landry, as "un homme toujours brillant, parfois intelligent" (always brilliant, sometimes intelligent).
What we're seeing these days is Bernie's brilliant side. Intelligence has yet to make an appearance.
Tue 3/13/01 7:07 AM
Canada is worse than useless for Quebec: Landry By: KEVIN DOUGHERTY Belonging to Canada has been "harmful" to Quebec, Premier Bernard Landry said yesterday. In an interview on the Radio-Canada radio program Le Midi-15, host Jean Dussault asked Landry whether he is convinced that Canada is of no use to Quebec.
Mar 12 2001 3:34 PM EST LANDRY CALLS CANADA 'USELESS' Premier Bernard Landry says Canada has been useless and harmful to Quebec's economic growth over the years. ...For example, Landry says, Quebec would have been better off had Ottawa adopted free trade in 1911 when Wilfred Laurier was in power. But he says the province was forced to wait for Brian Mulroney. montreal.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/03/12/landry010312
Sat 3/10/01 8:01 AM Walking and chewing
By: JOSEE LEGAULT
Premier Bernard Landry's new cabinet confirms that a government can, indeed, walk and chew gum. To quote Landry, it means his government "can pursue the goal of sovereignty and govern with vigour at the same time." After Lucien Bouchard's tenure, this will be a refreshing change. The emphasis Landry puts on the importance of the Regions Ministry and on what he calls his newfound enemy - poverty - tells part of the story. JFreed-Menu or Return to 4/19/01

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March 9, 2001 Bernard Landry
The installation of Bernard Landry took place yesterday. The province of Quebec has a new leader and, perhaps more important to the country, the PQ has a new champion. What are the differences we are likely to see in the advocating of separatism from Mr. Landry? Early signs are not promising. It may be we will come to miss the more imposing charisma, that annoying and yet strangely dignified self-certitude that seemed to be Mr. Bouchard's hallmark. cbc.ca/news/national/rex/rex20010309.html
Fri 3/9/01 7:02 AM Landry (64) shows he's in charge Premier Bernard Landry was sounding like a broken record, promising once again to fight for sovereignty as he unveiled his cabinet yesterday. And as though to make sure he actually keeps his own promise, he appointed his chief rival to the No. 2 position in the party. Pauline Marois, 51, who stepped into the finance ministry and the highest elected office held by a woman in Quebec, now has become the younger, highly ambitious No. 2 to Mr. Landry's aging leader-clinging-to-power. It's like Mr. Landry decided to follow the hard-edged advice of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer. It was an expected appointment by Mr. Landry, who turns 64 today, in acknowledgement (read reward) of Ms. Marois's stepping aside as his chief rival for the leadership abruptly vacated in January by Lucien Bouchard.

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Thu 3/8/01 7:00 PM LANDRY SWORN IN AS PREMIER OF QUEBEC Bernard Landry has been sworn in as premier of Quebec. Landry, who said becoming premier is a dream come true, was acclaimed leader of the Parti Québécois last Friday after his competition stepped down before a leadership convention could be held.
cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/03/08/landry_premier010308
Tue 3/6/01 7:02 AM Short honeymoon for Landry
By: DON MACPHERSON The Gazette There was a wedding-night disappointment on Friday evening in a hotel in Saint-Hyacinthe beside Highway 20. Less than two hours after the beginning of Bernard Landry's honeymoon as Parti Quebecois leader, it was apparent that it was already starting to end.
The PQ had been eagerly anticipating the start of the Landry era, having convinced itself that he would somehow succeed where Lucien Bouchard had failed to will them to the promised sovereign land.
Tue 3/6/01 7:02 AM Spending on sovereignty Bernard Landry says that after he becomes premier this week he might use public funds to promote the idea of the Quebec "nation." That would be outrageous.
Perhaps aware that a recent poll suggested that 74 per cent of all Quebecers do not want taxpayers' money used to push sovereignty, Mr. Landry draws a phony distinction between promoting a sense of nation and promoting sovereignty.
Sun 3/4/01 8:32 AM Landry sways his party By: PHILIP AUTHIER The Gazette Premier-in-waiting Bernard Landry scored a major victory over language hard-liners yesterday when Parti Quebecois members backed his view that now is not the time to force immigrants to attend French-language CEGEPs as well as French elementary and high schools.
But the win came at a price. On Landry's first official day as leader, three senior party members who sit on his national executive voted with the hard-liners, and one riding president, Andre Reny of Mercier, walked out, saying he's quitting the PQ because it has lost its compass and members are being manipulated from the top.
Sat 3/3/01 8:32 AM Landry era begins By: JOSEE LEGAULT
The Parti Quebecois has a new leader and Quebecers are about to get a new premier - the third one in less than six years. Bernard Landry is a man who has never shied away from arduous tasks. But this time, his plate will be fuller than full. While working toward a third mandate for the PQ government, he'll be facing many challenges, along with the great expectations of both his party and Quebecers.
Now that the page has been turned on the Lucien Bouchard era, Landry will be free to show Quebecers just what kind of leader he can be. This week, on RDI's Maisonneuve a l'ecoute, he sent out an interesting signal about what his leadership style might be. While Bouchard took a hands-on approach to most files, to put it mildly, Landry intends to leave more initiative to his ministers - something that, by the way, was one of Rene Levesque's best qualities.
Sat 3/3/01 8:32 AM Landry's Frankenstein monster By: DON MACPHERSON
Poor Saskatchewan. What did it ever do to Bernard Landry to cause him to demean it throughout his coronation procession leading up to his installation as Parti Quebecois leader last night?
You would think the cradle of medicare might deserve a little respect from someone who still calls himself a social democrat.
Fri 3/2/01 8:00 PM DUMONT SLAMS LANDRY AND HIS METHODS Action Démocratique Leader Mario Dumont had harsh criticism for Bernard Landry as the finance minister prepares to assume the leadership of the Parti Québécois. montreal.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/03/02/dumont010302
February 2001

Tuesday, 27 February, 2001, 07:23 GMT
Top post for Quebec deputy premier

Bernard Landry apologised for flag comment
By Mike Fox of the BBC in Montreal
"Quebec is a nation, just like Sweden or Denmark or Scotland" quote Landry
Wed 2/28/01 7:02 AM LANDRY OFFENDED BY $1.5-BILLION PAYMENT The federal Industry minister finds it strange that Quebec's soon-to-be premier is not reacting positively to $1.5 billion in equalization payments. Bernard Landry calls the federal money ''degrading''. montreal.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/02/28/landry010228

JAY BRYAN

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Sun 2/18/01 8:33 AM Landry has broken the spell
By: TOMMY SCHNURMACHER Bernard Landry is a voracious reader. Our deputy premier long ago devoured all the classics and we're told he continues to read several books a week. There is no doubt our future premier makes Evelyn Wood look like George Dubya.

David Jones

6/Feb/2001 Ottawa Citizen Op-Ed Bernard Landry: A Quebec Hedgehog Although you may have seen this already, I was not aware that it had run on 6 February 2001 as it did not appear on the Internet. Hope that you find it of interest. David Jones www.geocities.com/davidnicholson_99/Jones.htm
2/Feb/2001 so we're stuck with Bernard Landry. First of all, from a personal point of view, I feel that no matter who replaces Lucien Bouchard will be less popular. Well, okay, it's true that I'm not shedding any tears at Bouchard's departure, but Bernard Landry doesn't beat around the bush or play around with half-statements. Do you remember when he said that the death of elderly Quebecers would help the sovereignist cause? And then there's the incident on referendum night when he lashed out at an employee of the InterContinental Hotel, accusing her of voting 'No' because she was not a Francophone. By Jacques Chagnon, MNA for Westmount-St. Louis
3/Feb/2001 Landry resurrects Mosel Vitelic monster

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29/Jan/2001 LANDRY UNFLAPPABLE IN 22-MINUTES SPOOF As Parti Québécois organizers set rules for a leadership race that may end in acclamation, the only declared candidate was ambushed Saturday by someone after laughs, not his job.. cbc.ca/cgi-bin/view?/news/2001/01/27/landry_010127
Maite Ormaechea reports for CBC TV
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As we analyse the details of the Québec budget this Wednesday, let us ponder the thought: "The difference between the magician's act and the Finance Minister's is that for the former we watch how the rabbit gets pulled out of the hat, whereas with the Minister we wonder how the rabbit got in". (Profesor Tony Deutsch)
Man - and for that matter, Woman - does not live by the budget alone, however, therefore there will indeed be other topics, including last weekend's meeting of municipally-inclined minds.

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DEBT
from Wed941 Wednesday-Night #941 on debt
CANADA
March 15, 2000
Debt is a drag on the economy. According to the budget, the Federal debt stands at $576 billion, although it could be assessed at $560 billion if some offsetting assets are included. But the real number is much bigger if we include all!

Jacque Clément

To get the complete picture, the federal, provincial debt should be combined as the feds can print money but the provinces cannot. Ottawa won't print money however, says our central banker, as this would be inflationary. If the debt is consolidated, as is done in France and Italy, then Canada rates as the fifth worst among 45 countries measured on a debt to GDP ratio. Servicing this Debt cost over $45b a year ...many times the cost of Medi Care
Canada was at 60% indebtedness, and is planning to move to 50%. Paying off the debt may drive interest rates down, which in the long run may be good for social programs (students and entrepreneurs could borrow more cheaply.
QUEBEC

Québec has balanced its books this year and now has a surplus of some $2 billion, however, the provincial debt stands at $100.2 billion and currently at 48% debt/GDP. And that doesn't count the $38 billion debt owed by Hydro Québec. The Parti Québecois has no intention of paying the debt down although there is now Québec legislation forcing the hospitals to balance their budgets and pay down their loans. Would a reduced debt not be a " winning condition" for Québec - making it a stronger economic entity?
We should not forget that there are totally different perspectives in Ottawa and Québec. The Federal government is based on the principle of sound fiscal management. However, Article 1 of the PQ Party Policy fixes separation as the ultimate goal. Landry is out to buy votes, and to him and most of the Québec public - debt does not matter. What does concern them is being the most highly taxed province in North America, while the health care and other services are poor.
In this connection comments were made on the $825 million sitting in a Toronto bank account, which should be spent on health care. This is good fiscal management? Talk about "washing one's dirty Landry in public!"
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?
Tony Deutsch opined that the federal financial assumptions are on the conservative side and the overall economy may well do better than predicted. However, at the provincial level, assumptions are over-optimistic and there well may be problems in a couple of year's time. There could be a snap election, as the PQ will argue there is a surplus, and they have turned the economy around. The employment growth figures are the best in 28 years, with 75,000 jobs created last year in Québec. GDP is at 3.3% here and 4.0% in the US. Housing starts are up to 50,000 units. The PQ in any election would use all the good economic news as ammunition.
HIGHER EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT FUNDING
The universities are a regulated industry (especially here in Québec), and there are no incentives to optimize the operation. Fees should be deregulated, as has been done in some Ontario University programs. see #941 on education
DOWNLOADING
NO! NON! The court decision on the challenge by the City of Westmount to the $322 million downloading should come in about 2 months. What appears to be happening is the removal of municipal revenue on a permanent basis, offset by a one-time handout OF $170 million (whereas Landry promised $430 million) for all municipalities. This is part of Landry's plan to improve the economy and lower unemployment as part of creating the "winning conditions".

Try a small test also try
A movie of the Cirque du Soleil you select; all 6 clips are fun.

QueGovNotes.htm Wed next

Landry: target is 10,000 jobs in production.

Tuesday 27 April 1999 837 new multimedia jobs $15,000 annual subsidy for each post will be recouped, Landry says JAN RAVENSBERGEN Lucrative Quebec government incentives have drawn a further 15 multimedia companies - and a promised 873 new jobs over the next three years - to the provincial government's Cite du Multimedia project adjacent to Old Montreal, the province announced yesterday.
The fresh influx brings to 36 the number of multimedia and related companies which have signed up to take advantage of exceptionally generous Quebec tax credits of as much as $15,000 per job created, per year, from June 15 through to the end of 2010.
Tuesday 27 April 1999 Boost economy with tax cuts, not handouts JAY BRYAN Leapin' tax burden! Fast Bernie Landry has done it again. This fearless champion of entrepreneurship has created 873 virtual jobs over the next three years (we won't know the actual number until this promise has been long forgotten, of course). And he did it using nothing more than creativity, hard work and $100 million or so of taxpayer-funded handouts.

Montreal - Mega-city or not? do see #894 for more

amalgamation?
Peter Trent getting legal