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The Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ; Quebec Federation of Labour) is the largest labour federation in Quebec in terms of its membership. It has over 500,000 members, who account for 44% of the unionised workers in Quebec. This ratio is 60% in the private sector, in which most members work.
The Ministry of Labour (in French: Ministère du Travail) is responsible for labour relations and regulations in the province of Quebec. As of 2018, the minister responsible is Dominique Vien. The Ministry was founded in 1905 as the Ministry of Public Works and Labour (Ministère des Travaux publics et du Travail).
The ministry was founded on 5 November 1968, a decision made by then Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand.The reasons for the creation of the ministry were: to prevent French from losing its dominant position in Quebec society as the birth rate of French Canadians fell, and to attract immigrants from the French-speaking world to Quebec. [2]
Quebec has a historied relationship with France, as Quebec was a part of the French Empire and both regions share a language. The Fédération France-Québec and the Francophonie are a few of the tools used for relations between Quebec and France. In Paris, a place du Québec was inaugurated in 1980. [186]
Montreal [a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America.It was founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [19] and is now named after Mount Royal, [20] the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. [21]
The Quebec Government Office at 59 Pall Mall in London, England. The Quebec Government Offices (French: Délégations générales du Québec) are the Government of Quebec's official representations outside of Canada. They are overseen by Quebec's Ministry of International Relations.
The first step towards Quebec developing an "international personality" distinct from that of Canada, viewed by many as a stepping stone towards full independence, was for Quebec to develop relations with other nations independent from those of Canada. That effort began in earnest after de Gaulle's return to power, when France and Quebec began ...
Founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1961, as the Association des Universités Partiellement ou Entièrement de Langue Française (AUPELF), [4] the AUF is a multilateral institution supporting co-operation and solidarity among French-speaking universities and institutions.