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• Laval police shoot and kill dog that bit woman twice

  23-08-2018 23:58 via cbc.ca
  A 42-year-old woman was bitten on the hand or the arm in the neighbourhood of Laval-des-Rapides.
  
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• Coalition Montreal in dire straights

  23-08-2018 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Aug 23: The future of the Coalition Montreal political party is in jeopardy. As Global’s Brayden Jagger-Haines reports, Marvin Rotrand’s party is hanging on by a thread – it is in debt and party members are not sure what to do next.
  
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• Quebec election notebook: CAQ offers mixed messages in English, French

  23-08-2018 23:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Keep an eye on how the Coalition Avenir Québec woos voters in English vs. French.
  As recently as Wednesday, the party was advertising on Google, with different messages depending on whether you searched “CAQ” with your browser set to English or to French.
  In English, the slogan: A Strong Quebec Within Canada, with a subtitle promising “concrete results for Quebecers.”
  In French, the slogan: Répond à l’appel des Québécois
  
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• School now free for all Quebec children, no matter immigration status

  23-08-2018 23:50 via montrealgazette.com
  For the first time, all children who live in Quebec can attend school this year for free, regardless of their immigration status.
  Under a new Quebec law, parents need only show that they live in Quebec in order to enrol their children in primary or secondary school. But advocates for undocumented families are worried school districts aren’t ready to fully implement the law.
  How will undocumented families find out about the new policy? Will school district staff know which documents to
  
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• Quebec’s provincial election campaign kicks off

  23-08-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec is about to head to the polls, and that province’s Liberals are running on their strong economic record, hoping that voters will re-elect the party. As Mike Armstrong reports, there are a couple of new twists in the run-up to this year’s vote.
  
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• Quebec election campaign kicks off

  23-08-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Aug 23: It’s official. Quebecers will be heading to the polls on Oct. 1. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, Premier Philippe Couillard officially asked the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the National Assembly, kicking off the province’s 39-day election campaign.
  
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• Hwy. 40 crash raises questions on construction site safety

  23-08-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Aug 23: A massive accident on Highway 40 east in the West Island has left two construction workers with serious injuries. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, this latest crash has truckers and highway construction workers alike, calling for better safety measures.
  
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• Quebec election: 'Time for new faces,' says Québec solidaire at launch

  23-08-2018 23:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Free dental care, half-price public transit, free tuition, legal jiu-jitsu.
  Launching its election campaign Thursday at a sunny park in Villeray, Québec solidaire said it wants Quebecers to dream big — and forget the tired, old politics of the past.
  “Philippe Couillard, Jean-François Lisée and François Legault have had 15 years to prove themselves,” QS spokesperson Manon Massé told a large crowd of supporters and reporters. “Now, it&rsqu
  
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• Live – Quebec Election: Leaders raring to go on first day

  23-08-2018 23:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome to the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election. This post will be updated throughout the day with news from the campaign trail. Email me at [email protected]:15 p.m.: Leaders raring to go on first day
  All four political parties have launched their campaigns:
  Philippe Couillard and the Liberals: “Today the choice in this election is simple — either we harvest the fruits of our past efforts or we compromise years of work. The choice will be
  
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• No jail time for getaway driver in home invasion at Mafia leader's residence

  23-08-2018 23:24 via montrealgazette.com
  A young man who acted as a getaway driver when someone stormed into the Laval home of a Montreal Mafia leader and threatened the mobster’s family at gunpoint will not have to serve jail time for his role in what transpired.
  Quebec Court Judge Serge Cimon said on Thursday that sending 26-year-old David Cormier to a detention centre would negate the efforts he has made to get his life together since his arrest last year. Shortly before noon on May 6, 2017, a gunman entered the home of France
  
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• Construction on Highway 40 in Montreal’s West Island to begin this fall

  23-08-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Transport Quebec will carry out repaving work on Highway 40 in Montreal's West Island east of the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge.
  
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• Impact won't have to face TFC's Jozy Altidore in crucial road match

  23-08-2018 23:18 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s rivalry week in MLS and that means a derby game between the Impact and Toronto FC Saturday at BMO Field (8 p.m., TSN, TVA Sports, TSN-690 Radio).
  This is a crucial game for both teams’ playoff hopes and the impact gets a break because they won’t have to face Jozy Altidore. He saw an additional game tacked on to his original one-game ban for kicking out at NYCFC’s Alexandre Callens two weeks ago.
  “Jozy has always been a thorn in our side, and we’re certain
  
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• Decision Quebec: A look at Quebec Liberal Party of 2018

  23-08-2018 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  The ruling Quebec Liberals are vying for a second mandate as the leaders of the provincial government.
  
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• Decision Quebec: A look at Québec Solidaire of 2018

  23-08-2018 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  Québec Solidaire, a left-leaning party dedicated to Quebec independence and social programs, is looking to boost its presence in the province and at the National Assembly this election season.
  
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• Decision Quebec: A look at Parti Québécois of 2018

  23-08-2018 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Parti Québécois (PQ) is heading into the election as the Official Opposition with 68 of 125 seats at the National Assembly.
  
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• Decision Quebec: A look at Coalition Avenir Québec of 2018

  23-08-2018 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) has never been elected to power, but the centre-right wing party is looking to court voters in its bid to form the next provincial government this fall.
  
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• Canadiens alumni to play game to benefit soldiers, veterans, first responders

  23-08-2018 23:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Organizers of International Heroes Hockey Night in Kingston coming up on Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Leon’s Centre in Kingston are hoping for a sellout.
  Tickets are currently on sale at the arena’s box office, but organizer Kerri Tadeu hopes the game will be sold out by Sept. 1.
  The Montreal Canadiens alumni are scheduled to play against the Our Nation’s Heroes team, made up of soldiers, veterans and civilian first responders.
  The game is a fundraiser for the Po
  
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• Transgender army corporal recounts life-altering transformation

  23-08-2018 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Aug 23: He started his Army career as Virginie Lamarre but Cpl. Vincent-Gabriel Lamarre finally feels comfortable in his own skin. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki sat down with the young soldier as he opens up about his life-altering transformation.
  
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• Montreal's new animal-control bylaw focusses on prevention

  23-08-2018 22:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Choke chains will be banned, a list of potentially dangerous dogs will be made public, and pet stores will only be permitted to sell shelter dogs.
  Those are some of the elements of the city’s animal-control bylaw, which was adopted this week and will gradually come into force starting Monday. The bylaw was voted in days after a dog in Montreal North attacked two children on the same day. The Plante administration hopes the bylaw will allow the city to prevent future incidents.
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• BEI launches investigation after man found unconscious in Montreal police cell

  23-08-2018 22:25 via cbc.ca
  The 51-year-old man was found less than two hours after being placed in a cell at the SPVM's west operations centre.
  
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• Canadian transgender soldier speaks out on transitioning to help others

  23-08-2018 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  A soldier in the Canadian military documented his transition from female to male. He's hoping by speaking out about the process, he will make it easier for others to do the same.
  
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• Montreal is somehow the 'most reputable' city in Canada: report

  23-08-2018 22:08 via montrealgazette.com
  What word comes to mind when you think of Montreal?
  If your answer to that question is “reputable,” you may be less alone in the world than you once feared.
  Montreal, you see, has been listed by the Reputation Institute as the most reputable city in Canada.
  The research and advisory firm’s newly released city rankings for 2018 evaluate metropolises in three main areas: “advanced economy,” ” appealing environment” and “effective government.”
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• Restaurant review: Café Bazin is a sweet spot for more than desserts

  23-08-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Café Bazin
  ★★★ out of ★★★★
  $$
  Address: 380 Victoria Ave.
  Phone: 438-387-3070
  Website: cafebazin.com
  Open: Mon.-Sat. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., lunch 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Saturday lunch starts at 10 a.m.)
  Wheelchair access: One step
  Reservations: None; busiest from noon to 1:30 p.m.
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian-friendly: Yes
  Licensed: Yes
  Parking: On the street
  Price range: Small dishes $6-$10, mains $1
  
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• Quebec elections: PQ leader criticizes Liberals on corruption

  23-08-2018 21:56 via montrealgazette.com
  He isn’t chanting “lock them up,” but Jean-François Lisée says the Liberal party needs to be held accountable for years of alleged corruption.
  During a campaign stop in Montreal Thursday, the Parti Québécois leader pondered why, after “so many investigations” into claims of Liberal corruption, more people aren’t in jail.
  “When we were in power, Mayor (Gilles) Vaillancourt was arrested, Montreal Mayor (Michael) Applebaum w
  
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• Montreal must decide whether to cover or clean up contaminated Meadowbrook stream

  23-08-2018 21:26 via cbc.ca
  The brook is the last vestige of the Saint-Pierre River, which used to flow from the west of the island to Pointe-à-Callière in the Old Port.
  
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• Free in Montreal Aug. 23-26: Street art, bike rides and Polish fest

  23-08-2018 21:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Take a free ride on a Bixi this Sunday
  Summer’s almost over, but there’s surely enough time to explore what Montreal has to offer when it’s not a frozen tundra. Part of the Free Bixi Sunday promotion, users can grab a bike for a free 30-minute ride. Look out for the electric blues for a trip that’s both exciting and sweat-free.
   
  Join the kickoff of the urban art expo
  Surfaces, the urban art expo, begins on Thursday and runs every day until the end of September. Stre
  
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• Quebec election: Legault 'turning the page' with CAQ campaign launch

  23-08-2018 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Flanked by supporters and candidates, Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault chose to kickstart his campaign where the party most recently found success.
  Legault held the first news conference of the 39-day campaign in Quebec City’s Louis-Hébert riding, taken over by the CAQ from the Quebec Liberal Party in an upset byelection win last fall.
  At the time, Legault said the win was a “scathing message” from voters to Premier Philip
  
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• Vaudreuil-Dorion mayor asks residents where their weed shop should go

  23-08-2018 20:01 via cbc.ca
  Mayor Guy Pilon says he wishes he didn't have to deal with the issue of cannabis consumption at all and feels it's been dumped on him, but since he has no choice, he wants residents to have a say in where the cannabis store will set up shop.
  
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• Live – Quebec Election: CAQ is nationalist or federalist, ça dépend

  23-08-2018 19:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome to the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election. This post will be updated throughout the day with news from the campaign trail. Email me at [email protected]:10 p.m.: The CAQ – Quebec-nationalist federalists
  Keep an eye on how the Coalition Avenir Québec woos voters in English vs. in French.
  As recently as Wednesday, the party was advertising on Google, with different messages depending on whether you searched “CAQ” with your
  
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• Quebec election: Lisée says the PQ would hold referendum after 2021

  23-08-2018 19:56 via montrealgazette.com
  At the outset of Quebec’s 39-day election campaign on Thursday, Jean-François Lisée vowed to take his party back to its roots.
  A Parti Québécois government, he said, would fight for the working class, double down on the Charter of the French Language and work toward turning Quebec into an independent nation.
  Though the PQ would not hold a referendum in its first mandate, he said it would study a referendum plan and present it to Quebecers during a massive public
  
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• Today is the anniversary of Youppi getting ejected from an Expos game

  23-08-2018 19:42 via montrealgazette.com
  On Aug. 23, 1989, then-Montreal Expos mascot Youppi was ejected from the team’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  The 11th-inning ejection is believed to be the first time a mascot was thrown out of a baseball game.
  As the game extended into extra innings, Youppi marked its length by napping atop the visiting team’s dugout wearing a nightgown and carrying a pillow.
  Tired of the mascot’s antics, Dodgers managers Tommy Lasorda stepped out of the dugout and stared him dow
  
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• Opinion: Quebec's economy shouldn't be taken for granted

  23-08-2018 19:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A common interest in national prosperity tends to work against ideological divisions in the political spectrum and any popular appetite for taking extreme stances on issues. Quebec, relatively, has more than held its own economically, and as we head into an election campaign, we can, by and large, consider ourselves fortunate to live in this province. Not everything is perfect, mind you — as the candidates of the various parties will surely remind us on a daily basis — but as voters
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals promise quality of life and stability

  23-08-2018 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  With the central theme of “Improving the lives of all Quebecers,” Liberal leader Philippe Couillard officially launched his party’s 39-day provincial election campaign in Quebec City Thursday.
  His emphasis was firmly on the economic progress the province has enjoyed during his party’s four-year tenure, and cautioning voters against risking that in pursuit of change. At the same time, he did not downplay suggestions his unpopular health minister, Gaetan Barrette, could be
  
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• Update: Highway 40 reopens after major crash, truck fire

  23-08-2018 18:44 via montrealgazette.com
  An accident between three heavy trucks, one of which caught fire, closed Highway 40 E. in Dorval Thursday morning, causing kilometres of traffic backups.
  According to Montreal fire department chief of operations Benoit Martel, who was one of 30 firefighters on the scene battling the blaze, the crash occurred just before 3 a.m.
  Martel said a 53-foot-long, 18-wheeler freight truck carrying a load of meat veered out of its lane near Sources Blvd. Two signal trucks were in another lane as workers fi
  
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• Naqvi-Mohamed: Nasty political discourse has deep effect on minorities

  23-08-2018 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec election campaign is gearing up and around the corner are yet more promises, photo opportunities, debates (thankfully in English this time), political manoeuvring and the finest advertising that campaign money can buy.
  It’s been widely noted that the possibility of a referendum on independence isn’t on the table in this campaign. Instead, however, other divisive issues are coming to the surface.
  Federal MP Maxime Bernier’s tweet last week cautioning against too
  
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• Break out the props! CFL relaxes rules on touchdown celebrations

  23-08-2018 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  The CFL will now allow players to use props during touchdown celebrations, provided they aren't hidden in their uniform or the goal-post assembly.
  
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• Hotel Intel: Float away to relaxation in Flotel's micro-lodging

  23-08-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The delightful new Flotel in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is an innovative combination of land and sea.
  It offers micro-lodging in stylish converted shipping containers docked in a marina, so the nights are blissful and soothing, similar to sleeping aboard a boat. But sports, entertainment and restaurants are at the doorstep.
  Developer Bruno Lefebvre hails from this picturesque island region about 75 kilometres west of downtown Montreal, and he has spent most of his life cruising these waters. He kn
  
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• Phase out supply management? Tories’ debate a ‘healthy exercise,’ expert says

  23-08-2018 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Conservative Party of Canada is discussing phasing out supply management at its policy convention, but such a shift is likely still years down the road, a food distribution expert says.
  
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• Montreal, Laval team up in Canada's largest order of electric buses

  23-08-2018 17:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal and Laval have teamed up to order 40 electric buses, and they will take on passengers in two years.
  Montreal will get 30 buses, and Laval the other 10. The slow-charge, 40-foot buses built by New Flyer Industries Canada will cost $43.2 million, according to a statement issued by the Société de transport de Montréal.
  This is the largest-ever order of electric buses in Canada, the STM says. The vehicles will be on the road next spring as they are tested out by th
  
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• Canadiens on the bubble: Jacob de la Rose faces battle for ice time

  23-08-2018 17:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens are going into training camp, which begins Sept. 3, with more bodies than they need to fill the 23 roster spots when their season begins on Oct. 3 against the Maple Leafs in Toronto. This is the second in a five-part series about players who are on the bubble to earn a roster spot.
  The best thing that happened to Jacob de la Rose last season was the Canadiens’ decision to trade Tomas Plekanec to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Feb. 25 for their playoff run. De la Rose went from be
  
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• Traffic nightmare: Major crash, truck fire closes Highway 40 in Dorval

  23-08-2018 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  An accident between three heavy trucks, one of which caught fire, closed Highway 40 E. in Dorval Thursday morning, causing kilometres of traffic backups.
  According to Montreal fire department chief of operations Benoit Martel, who was one of 30 firefighters on the scene battling the blaze, the crash occurred just before 3 a.m.
  Martel said a 53-foot-long freight truck carrying a load of meat veered out of its lane near Sources Blvd. Two signal trucks were in another lane as workers finished colle
  
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• Proud and confident, Couillard kicks off Quebec election

  23-08-2018 17:38 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — They’re off to the races.
  A final meeting of cabinet, some fond farewells and then a short walk by the premier up the street to visit the lieutenant-governor to make it all nice and legal.
  And that’s it.
  Quebecers are headed to the polls Oct. 1 in the 42nd general election in the province’s history.
  “Pride and confidence,” Premier Philippe Couillard said emerging from his meeting with Lt.-Gov. Michel Doyon, who signed the necessary decrees — one
  
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• Police expert defends officer at inquest into teen's death

  23-08-2018 17:36 via cbc.ca
  A police expert has testified officers acted professionally the night 17-year-old Brandon Maurice was shot and killed following a high-speed chase near Maniwaki, Que., in 2015.
  
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• Dangerous worksite in Plateau? youtu.be/jFZQe9Tyk5U

  23-08-2018 17:30
  Dangerous worksite in Plateau? youtu.be/jFZQe9Tyk5U
  
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• Bonjour Girl: a novel about cyber-bullying youtu.be/JcGmEFM2ekg

  23-08-2018 17:30
  Bonjour Girl: a novel about cyber-bullying youtu.be/JcGmEFM2ekg
  
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• Sandwiches, speeches and a psychedelic bus: The Quebec election campaign in photos

  23-08-2018 17:12 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec election campaign is officially underway. Voters will head to the polls on Oct. 1 after a 39-day campaign.
  
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• Sandwiches, speeches and a funkadelic bus: The Quebec election campaign in photos

  23-08-2018 17:12 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec election campaign is officially underway. Voters will head to the polls on Oct. 1 after a 39-day campaign.
  
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• Live – Quebec Election 2018: Liberals in doghouse after bus flap

  23-08-2018 17:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome to the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election. This post will be updated throughout the day with news from the campaign trail. Email me at [email protected]:55 a.m.: Liberals in the doghouse after bus flap
  The campaign just started and the Liberals are already in the doghouse with reporters.
  On Wednesday, the party took flak for slapping Liberal logos on the bus that journalists will ride on as they follow Premier Philippe Couillard on the campaign
  
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• Wine pairings with cheese

  23-08-2018 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  La Fête des Vendanges in Magog-Orford is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Join Global’s Laura Casella and renowned sommelier Jessica Harnois with wine and food pairings all from Quebec.
  
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• MP Maxime Bernier quits 'morally corrupt' Conservatives, plans to start new party

  23-08-2018 17:05 via cbc.ca
  Divisive Quebec MP Maxime Bernier made a scorched earth exit from the Conservatives today, while announcing plans to start his own federal party.
  
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