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A Quebec family physician's point of view regarding the impact of Bill 2.
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Opinion: I'm a family physician in Quebec. Here's how I'm paid

Opinion: Demystifying how family doctors in Quebec are paid: why bill 2 is bad for business

montrealgazette.com

November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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If all goes to plan, there will be no election and the budget will pass!
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Liberals head into final confidence vote on federal budget expecting a narrow win

NDP sources say two of the party’s MPs are expected to abstain in order to help pass the budget

www.theglobeandmail.com

November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM

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Should it not be a team? Stay in your own lane? Is this working?

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Sen. Tim Kaine defends Schumer, says House Democrats 'should focus on their own leadership'

In an exclusive interview on "Meet the Press," the Virginia senator defended his decision to side with Republicans on a funding bill to reopen the government.

www.nbcnews.com

November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM

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Unsure of how many months this will be open when done but climate change could affect that. Kinew, I suspect, will have his indigenous ducks in a row.

winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/11/16/f...

PM Carney, Premier Kinew announce steps toward Churchill port expansion as nation-building project

The federal and Manitoba governments announced steps toward a possible expansion of the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay. The idea of improving the port and a railway that serves it is among several na...

winnipeg.citynews.ca

November 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM

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Well, there isn’t for them. They get paid for months for no work. What is their hourly rate since July, for work actually done?

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump's Republican Party insists there's no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

Many Republican leaders insist there's no problem with the GOP's policies, the party's message or President Donald Trump’s leadership, despite big losses in this month's elections.

apnews.com

November 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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Please wait. There is hope on the distant horizon.

montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett...

Letters: Health care could pave the way to victory for Quebec Liberals

"But why isn't Pablo Rodriguez a more regular presence?"

montrealgazette.com

November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM

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He didn't crawl under a rock like the stink bug he is?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

Why Matt Gaetz Is Still Around

www.nytimes.com

November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Who would've ever thought? Side with MTG: Side with Trump? who would've ever thought?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...

Trump rescinds support for Marjorie Taylor Greene, marking major political breakup | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump announced Friday he is officially rescinding his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and attacked her in personal terms, while the congresswoman countered that Trump was ...

www.cnn.com

November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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The exodus continues. Legault doesn't care. He has no solutions. If he really loved Quebec, he would resign, or at least fire Dubé.
montrealgazette.com/news/nearly-...

Nearly 400 Quebec doctors apply to leave province since Legault’s health bill

The rising number shows a break from historical trends with Ontario seeing the most at 296 applications, followed by New Brunswick with 80.

montrealgazette.com

November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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Freed: WHAT’S UP DOC? Has Quebec launched a Doctors Crossing Borders program?

This government always prefers cudgels to carrots. So if the health system is unhealthy, beat up on doctors.

montrealgazette.com

November 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM

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November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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Could have paid a couple of doctors with those cost overruns. Yet another Dubé failure. It would be nice to be able to fire him, but Legault refuses to budge. Legault’s favourability is now in Trudeau-territory at the time he was ousted.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Santé Québec IT project derailed by series of mistakes, government audit finds | CBC News

Quebec’s Health Ministry made several mistakes and "failed to meet its obligations," which led to the derailment of Santé Québec’s digital transformation project, according to an audit by the province...

www.cbc.ca

November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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I always enjoy his commentary and humour!
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/p...

George Conway, a prominent Trump critic, may jump into New York congressional race, source tells CNN | CNN Politics

George Conway, a prominent lawyer and critic of President Donald Trump, is actively considering running for Congress from New York City, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.

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November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM

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November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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Disagree. Maybe not totally about the shutdown, but the Dems as a whole need a vision. Schumer seems visionless.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...

Opinion | Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown.

www.nytimes.com

November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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As he should, this being the first time Schumer showed any sort of spine. His leadership caused this cave movement.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Schumer didn’t vote for bill to reopen the government. He’s facing liberal fury anyway. | CNN Politics

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer went out of his way to embody the anger of his Democratic base during this fall’s funding showdown with Republicans — an intentional turnaround from his capitulati...

www.cnn.com

November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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The CAQ says it won't back down. I suspect they actually have no idea of how to solve the health care problem. They should resign as a government.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Hanes: Family doctors wave a red flag over ‘the disaster that is coming’ with Bill 2

"If I don’t have the revenue to pay my staff, we’ll close. I don’t mean this as a threat. I mean it as a business reality."

montrealgazette.com

November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM

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November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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Schumer never was effective Pelosi was. He just tagged along.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

‘Schumer is no longer effective’: Dems outraged over shutdown deal

Congressional Democrats are furious after eight colleagues voted with Republicans.

www.politico.com

November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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I often wonder if Dems want to lose. It sometimes feels like it. Another shoot yourselves in the foot move.

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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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Take note of the names, and yes our non democratic Fetterman is on the list!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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I agree with Bernie, it would be a massive mistake to cave right now. Why would you? All that grief, and you have nothing to show for it.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...

Analysis: Democratic unity fractures, paving the way for the government to reopen | CNN Politics

Enough Democrats caved.

www.cnn.com

November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

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montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

'No to Bill 2': Thousands of doctors pack Bell Centre for massive protest against health-care law

Sunday's rally resembled a rock concert, with doctors bused in from all regions of the province.

montrealgazette.com

November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM

🇨🇦 Femel Wita 🇨🇦

@femel.bsky.social

Trump is a bully, why would we think PP and his henchmen better. They listened and learned. We all knew PP was a mini maple trump. There are no surprises here just horror.

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...