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Radio Poubelle
In the Canadian province of Quebec, trash radio () refers to a type of shock jock radio stations that have existed since the 1970s. Originally stemming from Québec City, trash radio stations are known to espouse conservative views on topics including immigration and multiculturalism. Personalities Radio host André Arthur (1943 – 2022) has been credited as the "godfather" of ''radio poubelle''. Beginning in 1970, Arthur emerged as a popular radio hot in Québec City, where derogatory comments about Arab drivers and Creole languages led him to face legal scrutiny in the 1990s. During the 1990s, Arthur was noted for having "a particular venom about Quebec separatists", including Bloc Québécois' then-leader Lucien Bouchard. Arthur was ultimately dropped from the airwaves following public outcry over homophobic comments in 2018. Jeff Fillon, who has credited American radio personalities Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern as influences, has been described as one of the leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec City Mosque Shooting
The Quebec City mosque shooting () was an attack by a single gunman on the evening of January 29, 2017, at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy, Quebec City, Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada. Six worshippers were killed and five others seriously injured after Isha prayer, evening prayers when the gunman entered the musalla, prayer hall shortly before 8:00 pm and opened fire for about two minutes with a 9×19mm Parabellum, 9mm Glock 17 Gen 4 semi-automatic pistol. Approximately 40 people were reported present at the time of the shooting. The perpetrator, 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette, pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder. On February 8, 2019, Bissonnette was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 40 years. Upon appeal, the Court of Appeal of Quebec found 40 years without parole to be unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment, adjusting the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock Jock
A shock jock is a radio broadcaster or DJ who entertains listeners and attracts attention using humor or melodramatic exaggeration that may offend some portion of the listening audience. The term is used pejoratively to describe provocative or irreverent broadcasters whose mannerisms, statements and actions are typically offensive to much of society. It is a popular term within the radio industry. A shock jock is the radio equivalent of the tabloid newspaper in that both consider entertaining their audience to be as important as—if not more important than—providing factual information. A radio station that relies primarily on shock jocks for programming has what is called a hot talk format. The term is used in two broad, yet sometimes overlapping, contexts: # The radio announcer who deliberately makes outrageous, controversial, or shocking statements, or does boundary-pushing stunts to improve ratings. # The political radio announcer who has an emotional outburst in respon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Conservative Party Of Quebec Leadership Election
The 2021 Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election took place on April 17, 2021 to elect a leader to replace Adrien D. Pouliot, who tendered his resignation on October 16, 2020 to focus on his business ventures. The election was won by radio host and columnist Éric Duhaime. Background Adrien Pouliot announced on Facebook that he would be resigning as party leader on October 16, 2020, to pursue further business ventures. Pouliot remained party leader until the new leader was chosen. Timeline 2020 *October 16 – Adrien Pouliot announces his pending resignation as Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec. *October 20 – The Leadership Contest Organization Committee (LEOC) is announced. *October 27 – The official rules of the election are released. *November 11 – Daniel Brisson declares his candidacy. *November 22 – Éric Duhaime declares his candidacy. *December 16 – First deadline to raise $1,500 as part of the entry fee. *December 17 – Last day to regist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party Of Quebec
The Conservative Party of Quebec (CPQ; , PCQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was authorized on 25 March 2009 by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. The CPQ has gradually run more candidates in successive elections, with 27 in the 2012 general election and 125 (all seats contested) in 2022. The party has not won a seat in the National Assembly of Quebec; however, under leader Éric Duhaime the CPQ won about 12.9% of the popular vote in the 2022 election, a major increase from prior elections. Previously on June 18, 2021 Claire Samson crossed the floor to join the party after having won election in 2018 as a candidate of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). For the 2014 provincial election, the party used the name "Équipe Adrien Pouliot – Parti conservateur du Québec" (). For the 2022 provincial election, the party used the name "Parti conservateur du Québec – Équipe Éric Duhaime" (). History Initial phase In 2009, former Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Duhaime
Éric Joseph Duhaime (; born April 15, 1969) is a Canadian conservative columnist, radio host, and politician serving as leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec since April 17, 2021. During his radio career, he has been associated with '' radio poubelle'' (literally "garbage radio")'','' a style of provocative right-wing radio popular in Quebec City. Early life and education Born on April 15, 1969, in Montreal, Duhaime holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the Université de Montréal and a Master's degree from École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP). Career He writes for the ''Journal de Montréal'' and the ''National Post'' and is also a blogger. He participated in various blogs such as ''Les analystes'' and also ran a blog on the pages of '' Journal de Québec'' (called ''En droite ligne''). He hosted ''Le retour d'Éric Duhaime'' on FM93 in Quebec City. He also worked as part of public affairs programs broadcast on Noovo, Télé-Québec, Rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier (; formerly known as Portneuf) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1867. Its population in 2001 was 87,141. It is currently represented by Joël Godin of the Conservative Party of Canada. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' Ethnic groups: 96.6% White, 1.7% IndigenousLanguages: 96.0% French, 1.7% English Religions: 71.1% Christian (64.2% Catholic, 6.9% Other) 28.3% None Median income: $48,400 (2020)Average income: $57,150 (2020) Geography The district includes the Regional County Municipalities of Portneuf Regional County Municipality, Portneuf and La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, La Jacques-Cartier as well as the municipality of Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures. The main communities are Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Donnacona, Quebec, Donnacona, Lac-Beauport, Quebec, Lac-Beauport, Neuville, Quebec, Neuville, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as Member of Parliament (Canada), members of Parliament (MPs). The number of MPs is adjusted periodically in alignment with each decennial Census in Canada, census. Since the 2025 Canadian federal election, 2025 federal election, the number of seats in the House of Commons has been 343. Members are elected plurality voting, by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's Electoral district (Canada), electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ''ridings''. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically, however, terms have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Canadian Federal Election
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Canadian Parliament, 39th Parliament of Canada. New details of the sponsorship scandal were released through the John Gomery#Gomery Commission, Gomery Commission, and the three opposition parties aimed to bring down Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government, contending that it was corrupt. On November 28, 2005, Martin's government was defeated on a Motion of no confidence, motion of non-confidence. A day later, Martin met with Governor General of Canada, Governor General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve Parliament of Canada, parliament, triggering an unusual winter election. The Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party, that was formed in 2003 from the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance, scored its first-eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Legault
François Legault (; born May 26, 1957) is a Canadian politician serving as the 32nd premier of Quebec since 2018. A founding member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), he has led the party since it began in 2011. Legault sits as a National Assembly of Quebec, member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Lanaudière region riding of L'Assomption (provincial electoral district), L'Assomption. Legault's ongoing tenure of , as premier is the ninth-longest in Quebec history. Concurrently, he is also the Dean of the Quebec National Assembly. Prior to entering politics, he was the co-founder of the Canadian airline Air Transat. He was a MNA from 1998 to 2009—serving in the governments of former premiers Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry—as the minister of education from 1998 to 2003 and as the minister of health from 2002 to 2003. He was a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), first elected in the 1998 Quebec general election, 1998 Quebec election in the riding of Rousseau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Trudeau
Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025. He led the Liberal Party from 2013 until his resignation in 2025 and was the member of Parliament (MP) for Papineau from 2008 until 2025. Trudeau was born in Ottawa, Ontario, as the eldest son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from McGill University and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia. After graduating, he taught at the secondary school level in Vancouver before returning to Montreal in 2002 to further his studies. He was chair for the youth charity Katimavik and director of the not-for-profit Canadian Avalanche Association. In 2006, he was appointed as chair of the Liberal Party's Task Force on Youth Renewal. In the 2008 federal election, he was elected to represent the riding of Papineau in the House of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Quebec
The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was part of the global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Until 2021, Quebec had reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Canada, eventually overtaken by the neighbouring province of Ontario. However, Quebec still reports both the highest number and the highest rate of deaths in the country, largely due to poor conditions in long-term care homes, where around 80% of deaths in the first wave (March to June 2020) occurred. Over the course of the first two years of the pandemic, Quebec underwent four lockdowns, corresponding to the four major waves of the virus. COVID-19 propagation tended to follow a seasonal pattern of intensification in the colder months (September to March), resulting in the tightening of measures, and reduction in the warmer months (April to August), resulting in the relaxation of measures. The purported ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
