MLA rejoins a disgraced party… but why?

Sign up for the newsletter, and support our work at https://onthetrail.info ! This is entirely reader funded, and we don't accept corporate payouts. Support the hardest hitting journalism in Quebec.Another week with lots of headlines– but none more interesting than Lionel Carmant returning to be among the CAQ faithful. After leaving the party because of their poor management of doctor’s remuneration, he has returned to the fold. Is it to run again under the CAQ colours? No! Instead Carmant is returning for the last few months of the CAQ, not running again, and then leaving the party to flail in the wind, likely to lose every seat that they have. The new leader will be elected for the party next week, and they seemed doomed before even starting. What will happen to the CAQ? Without Francois Legault, who are they? Meanwhile, Canada is introducing a fascist immigration bill that can allow for people to be deported as they wait for asylum. What happens next? I suppose we’ll find out. Israel kills three more journalists.Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran conflict.Report finds Canadian healthcare access favors the wealthy over universal availability.Exploding food costs place major burden on Quebec public hospitals.Three Indonesian UN peacekeepers killed in Lebanon with suspected Israeli involvement.Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne paid consultants 14000 dollars for a speech.Mark Carney tells Indigenous protester I can outlast her during Toronto talk.Doug Ford and Mark Carney announce 8 billion dollar Ontario housing initiative for developers.Canada Transportation Agency lowers airline fees despite consumer advocate backlash.Catholic priest killed during Israeli attacks on Lebanon.Alberta bill removes government deadlines for responding to citizen petitions.Clarification: Stephen Lewis passed away in 2021.Mark Carney pledges not to prorogue parliament if he wins a majority.Newfoundland and Labrador government withheld 1000 freedom of information requests in one year.Correction: Pam Bondi was not fired as US Attorney General; she previously served as Florida Attorney General.Doug Ford appeals for Liberal majority and claims Mark Carney is more conservative than him.Artemis II breaks the record for the furthest crewed flight from Earth.David Eby faces backlash and polling decline over Indigenous rights legislation in BC.Pierre Poilievre returns to populist branding with new Axe the Gas Tax slogan.Alberta eliminates environmental assessment for world’s largest data center.Scientists complete first full map of the human clitoral nerve system.Donald Trump posts an easter sunday special: Open the fuckin strait you crazy bastard or you’ll be living in hell– praise allah he said in a tweet