The Quebec Liberals promised a fresh, corruption-free beginning. But escaping the past will not be so simple.
Quebec’s former deputy premier attacked Maclean’s for its coverage of corruption in Quebec. She is one of seven now facing fraud charges.
Quebec’s deputy premier, Nathalie Normandeau, strode to a news conference clutching the latest copy of Maclean’s….
“Maclean’s should apologize to all the people of Quebec. . . Maclean’s is attacking our institutions, our history, our symbols. Today, Maclean’s deliberately decided to attack the whole of Quebec, of who we are as a society.”
— CTV News, Sept. 24, 2010
Jean Charest denied the mess all around him for years–eventually it will destroy him
From the Summer ’09 Newsmakers family edition