Quebec police spied on reporters

Q: Quebec provincial police confirm that six journalists were spied on in 2013 as part of a police investigation that was launched on the same day that a labor union boss filed a complaint during a corruption probe. Where is Quebec?

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Q: Earlier a newspaper in Quebec’s largest city said police obtained 24 warrants this year to track columnist’s whereabouts using the GPS chip in his iPhone, and to obtain the identities of everyone he communicated with. What is Quebec’s largest city?

A. Montreal

B. Ottawa

C. Quebec City

D. Toronto

Q: The revelations of phone tracking created a political storm in Quebec, Canada’s . . .

A. Most populous province

B. Largest province by area

C. Both

D. Neither

Q: Canada ranks fairly high on the 2016 World Press Freedom Index. It ranks 18th compared with the U.S. at 41st. The index is compiled by Reporters Without Borders, which is based in which European nation that first colonized Quebec?

A. Britain

B. Dutch Republic

C. France

D. Spain

Q: At the time of the American Revolution, the province of Quebec included the area of what U.S. state?

A. Michigan

B. Ohio

C. Wisconsin

D. All of the above


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