The Quebec group is now waiting to see if the fully grown trees will be equally protected.
Mr Fortier's main concern is to nurture the Quebec support for the Tories built in the Mulroney-Charest years.
The Quebec government is expected to bring forward legislation in the coming year.
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It is a big step for the Quebec government as they continue to ease accessibility into mineral-rich Northern Quebec.
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The Quebec-based company made the announcement in a press release and said the area is named the Robinson Zone.
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Premier Charest stated that the Quebec government has a 37% stake in Stornoway.
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No wonder: his party faces an autumn by-election in the Quebec City area.
Along with strong financial backing, the Quebec Lithium open pit mine is on schedule in terms of commissioning and construction.
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The Quebec mining community, as well as competing political parties, believe this would be detrimental for mining in the province.
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People on both sides of the border felt an earthquake originating around the Quebec and Ontario borders, the Canadian government said.
The Canadian government worked with Montreal police, the Quebec Prosecution Service and German officials to bring about Magnotta's extradition, officials said.
But ignoring the Quebec wing and slipping back towards the left is probably a formula for fading into political obscurity once again.
Some fans just started following the local junior team, the Quebec Remparts, which draw 11, 000 fans to the Nordiques' old rink, Colisee Pepsi.
Some fans just started following the local junior team, the Quebec Ramparts, which draw 11, 000 fans to the Nordiques' old rink, Colisee Pepsi.
No one has seen any that far north in January before, said Christian Ramp, a researcher with the Quebec-based Mingan Island Cetacean Study.
But this has not helped Mr Charest, who in 1998 gave up the leadership of the federal Conservatives in Ottawa to lead the Quebec Liberals.
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Back on the Quebec-side, at Jacques Cartier Park, the Snowflake Kingdom is North America's biggest snow playground, with giant snow slides, obstacle courses and horse-drawn sleigh rides.
But Jean Charest, installed this spring as the Quebec Liberals' leader, acknowledges that a plain 50% plus one was accepted in both the 1980 and the 1995 referendums.
His successor's first task will be to hold together a disparate parliamentary group, divided between left-wingers and moderates, between vestigial socialist centralism and the Quebec contingent's desire for devolution.
By playing in his sixth NHL game, the 18-year-old's entry-level professional contract officially began and he is no longer eligible to return to the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec junior league.
John Stradling, professor of respiratory medicine at the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, told BBC News Online said the Quebec findings fitted in with what he had suspected about sleep apnoea's links with psychological illness.
Chief Picard and the Pessimit community felt that the Plan Nord did not honor previous obligations made by the Quebec government and that the economic development stipulated in the Plan Nord would not benefit the community.
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MONTREAL(Kitco News) - According to the Canadian Boreal Initiative (CBI), the Quebec government will be releasing a consultation document with proposed details regarding sustainable development and conservation related to its Plan Nord project stretching across Northern Quebec.
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He is also seen as a good-hearted bumbler, whose administration fell because he couldn't count, and whose later attempt (as minister for constitutional affairs) to sort out the Quebec issue with the 1992 Charlottetown Accord failed in a referendum.
During a visit to the construction site for the new arena, Labeaume, the Quebec mayor, waded through cold, gray mud, stopping at a spot where one of the rink's faceoff circles will likely be, and pointed to a Nordiques flag flying from an industrial crane.
Mr Bouchard is expected to call a vote next spring, and Daniel Johnson, the uninspiring leader of the Quebec Liberals, has made it clear to his federalist allies elsewhere that he will need a unity package to offer, if he is to have any hope of success.
Churchill buffs should note the shot of Sir Winston and his wife stepping out of the Mount Stephen observation car, en route to the 1943 Quebec Conference at which the Allies firmed up their plans for D-Day.
Intrawest, a Canadian company, owns resorts spanning the continent's mountain ranges, from the Laurentians in Quebec to the Sierras in California.
Their objective is to showcase the expertise of Quebec within the industry.
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The region is situated in the north of Quebec, between the 55th and 62nd N parallels and spans a territory of 660, 000 sq km (255, 000 sq miles) - larger than France.
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