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After 28 years of waiting, postal workers won in court yesterday. The supreme court of Canada ruled in their favor in a pay equity case. It could mean up to 250 million dollars in damages awarded to about six-thousand current and former workers.

A case like this might not be seen again for a while. In 2009 conservatives passed a measure that forces workers to deal with pay equity disputes through collective bargaining agreements. It was meant to keep pay equity disputes out of the courts.

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The amendments proposed on Tuesday by Quebec’s justice minister will be supported by federal Liberals. Jean-Marc Fournier, Quebec’s justice minister, brought up three changes regarding young offenders in parts of the C-10 bill.

The Agence Metropolitaine de Transport unveiled an ambitious 16.8 billion dollar plan to improve public transit. They want transit ridership to increase 33 per cent by 2020. This is part of the city of Montreal's ongoing plan to get more cars off the road.

10 billion dollars of the new plan will go towards developing new services. Studies are underway to expand the metro east, south, and north.

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MNA Tony Tomassi was officially charged for fraud and breach of contract.

He is accused of using a credit card from a private security firm for his own personal uses.  That same firm received millions of dollars in provincial contracts and loans.

The scandal broke out in May 2010 when Tomassi was still family minister for the Liberal party.  He has since been asked to leave Charest’s party and now represents the east-end Montreal riding of Lafontaine independently. 

Tomassi says he will fight the charges that could result in a five year prison sentence.