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CTV News
13 hours ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Ruba Ghazal wants QS to endorse pro-worker stance
Quebec Solidaire Leader Ruba Ghazal questions the government at the legislature in Quebec City, Tuesday, April 29, 2025 (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press) Québec Solidaire (QS) co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal wants her party's members to endorse a pro-worker stance at the party's National Council meeting this weekend. 'We need to prioritize and focus on one major issue, and that is workers. That doesn't mean we're putting everything else aside, far from it,' she told The Canadian Press. She insists that this is not a vote of confidence in her leadership. 'It's the members who decide. So we shouldn't assume anything, but I'm not worried about that,' said Ghazal. After Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois resigned as party co-spokesperson and the party suffered a disastrous result in the Terrebonne by-election last March, Ghazal said that QS needed to rediscover its 'North star.' Since then, she has been trying to focus her discourse on defending workers. 'Especially since we are facing a CAQ government that is anti-worker. We have seen this with the increase in labour disputes in the public sector,' says Ruba Ghazal. QS was quick to denounce Bill 89, which was passed last week and limits the right to strike in certain circumstances. According to interim co-spokesperson Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, the 'Manifesto for a Quebec in solidarity with its workers' that will be submitted to members is 'also a promise of action on the ground.' 'We intend to be much closer to workers, on the ground, visiting their workplaces and meeting with them,' he says. With its poll numbers struggling, QS hopes that this new direction will shift the polls in its favour. A Léger poll published in May puts QS at only 10 per cent of voting intentions. The Qc125 poll aggregator projects only six seats for the political party. QS currently has 12 members in the National Assembly. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French June 8, 2025.
Local France
16-04-2025
- Business
- Local France
France rolls out simplified process for claiming benefits
If you are entitled to certain benefits in France, you may recently have received an email from the government informing you of changes in how you claim them following a six-month trial in the Alpes-Maritimes, Aube, Hérault, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, and Vendée départements. Anyone who receives the revenu de solidarité active (RSA – a top-up payment for residents who have little to no income) or the prime d'activité will find the system for making claims is now simplified. In the coming months, benefits from the Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA) are also expected to be included, according to Actu France. Previously, applicants had to file a self-completed declaration of their income every month to prove their eligibility. From May 1st the declaration will arrive in your email inbox pre-filled. READ MORE: Benefits, grants and housing: What are foreigners in France eligible for? 'From now on, the CAF will provide you with a pre-filled declaration by collecting your income details 'at source' from employers or the organisations that pay replacement income (daily allowances, unemployment benefits, etc.),' the Employment Ministry tells recipients in the email. Advertisement Online declarations will be pre-filled with some of your income (such as salaries, bonuses, daily Social Security benefits, unemployment benefits, disability or retirement pensions). All recipients have to do is check the figures are correct and click to confirm – after adding any income not included (alimony payments for example). If you file your return on paper, your declaration will be compared to information known to the CAF and modified in the event of an error. Be aware, however, that income for the first three months of the year will still have to be declared in the previous manner, as the old and new systems integrate. Are all benefits affected by this change? These changes do not concern all benefits. The declaration of resources for housing benefits (APL) or the declaration of resources for the allowance for disabled adults (AAH) are not concerned by this simplification.
