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Tasmania's new Resources Minister is disputing claims certification of the state's forests could be jeopardised if the peace deal is repealed.

The Government yesterday outlined plans to dismantle the deal by moving to unlock 400,000 hectares of protected forests for logging in six years.

The chief auditor from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Robert Hrubes says that could affect the status of any certified forests.

Forestry Tasmania is working towards securing environmental certification for a total of 900,000 hectares.

Mr Hrubes says the organisation's bid for certification could be jeopardised if it logs an area of forest that was tied with deal.

"Let's for the moment assume that FT (Forestry Tasmania) had achieved certification on the 900,000 ha prior to that point in time, and if FT was involved in the logging of that 400,000 ha, it would arise then as an issue about whether or not they can maintain their certification," he said.

Resources Minister Paul Harriss says the government is working closely with FT and has guarantees that the certification will not be jeopardised.

"That's entirely why we've provided this six-year moratorium, so we can work productively and cooperatively with the industry and those who seek to rebuild the industry and grow it into the future and continue to harvest only on that land which is described as non-contentious," he said.

"The FSC certification will not be compromised by this new process."

The Government has been accused of reneging on its promise to dismantle the peace deal in full.

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The Canberra Liberals have failed in a bid to set up a board of inquiry into the ACT's construction sector.

Opposition planning and infrastructure spokesman Alistair Coe says government regulations and interference are contributing to a downturn in the industry.

He called for an independent inquiry to consider fees and charges, planning laws, worker safety and land releases.

"Whether you're looking at land release, whether you're looking at the charges, the regulatory burden and numerous other things, they all add up to at times providing an insurmountable obstacle for the sector," he said.

"It's very important that we have all the conditions set correctly so that that sector of the economy can be firing on all cylinders."

But the Sustainable Development Minister Simon Corbell says it is not the job of a board of inquiry to undertake research for the Canberra Liberals.

"This proposal today is entirely a political tactic, a political stunt and an attempt by the Liberal Party to get someone else, preferably the taxpayer, to pay for their own policy development," he said.

Mr Corbell says the most devastating impact on confidence in the ACT construction sector is federal public service job cuts.

"Talk to anyone around town today about the impact of uncertainty associated with the massive level of redundancy and the forthcoming Commission of Audit and they will tell you it's having a big impact, a big impact on the construction sector and on confidence in investment," he said.

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Quebec voters have given a majority mandate to the Liberal Party, led by neurosurgeon Philippe Couillard, after an election campaign focused on fears the separatist Parti Quebecois would seek another vote on splitting from Canada.

The Liberals were elected in 70 of 125 seats according to unofficial results compiled by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The Parti Quebecois was reduced to 30 seats as incumbents across the French-speaking province, including Premier Pauline Marois, were defeated. Marois announced she would step down as party leader.

The results complete a comeback for the Liberals, who were defeated by Marois less than two years ago. Couillard, 56, swept to power by stoking fears of another referendum and stressing the need to promote growth in Canadas second most-populous province.

All Quebec has won by giving itself a stable government, Couillard told supporters after the votes were counted. He pledged to run an administration focused on employment and prosperity, and to work to overcome linguistic divisions.

Couillards Liberals took 41 percent of the vote according to preliminary results, compared with 25 percent for the Parti Quebecois. The Coalition Avenir Quebec, led by businessman Francois Legault, was elected in 22 seats with 23 percent of the vote, while Quebec Solidaire, another separatist party, was elected in two seats and was leading in one other.

The extra yield investors demand to hold Quebec bonds instead of those from Ontario, Canadas most-populous province, has declined during the campaign as the prospect of another Parti Quebecois victory dimmed. The Canadian dollar rose to its strongest level in six weeks against the U.S. dollar last week.

The Quebec election dispelled fears of separation, leaving Quebec bonds still at a discount versus Ontario, said Sebastien Galy, senior currency strategist with Societe Generale in New York, in a note to clients. This election wont help the oversupply in housing in Quebec, but it will likely help give a positive impulse to its economy.

Liberals who were elected included Carlos Leitao, former chief economist of Montreal-based Laurentian Bank of Canada, who was ranked the second-most accurate forecaster of the U.S. economy by Bloomberg in 2008. Jacques Daoust, a former executive at Laurentian Bank and Montreal-based National Bank of Canada, also won, as did Martin Coiteux, an economist who worked at the Bank of Canadas Montreal office.

The Liberals promised to create 250,000 jobs in Quebec over five years, according to the Liberal website. The province added 204,900 jobs over the past five years through March, Statistics Canada data shows. Quebecs economy added 15,100 jobs last month, second behind British Columbia, the statistics agency said April 4. That pushed Quebecs unemployment rate down to 7.6 percent from 7.8 percent in February, compared with 6.9 percent for all of Canada.

Quebec is budgeting a C$1.75 billion ($1.59 billion) deficit for the fiscal year that began April 1. Couillard has vowed to balance the budget in fiscal 2015-16. To get there, he plans to reduce spending by C$1.3 billion over two years, including 500 job cuts in the education ministry and a 10 percent reduction in bureaucracy of the health ministry.

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Qubec solidaire, for its part, was holding its breath, hoping a narrow lead would hold so it could also take a seat away from the PQ.

Liberals managed to topple Diane De Courcy, language minister in the PQ government, and slashed the margin of victory for Jean-Franois Lise, PQ minister responsible for the Montreal region.

As of 11:50 p.m., Liberals were elected or leading in 21 of 28 seats on Montreal Island, leaving four for the PQ and three for QS.

In 2012, the Liberals took 20, the PQ, six and QS, two.

Montreal has long been a Liberal stronghold.

Premier-elect Philippe Couillards Liberals kept the PQ at bay by raising the spectre of another referendum and exploiting opposition to the PQs plan to ban public workers from wearing religious gear.

QS hoped its softer line on religious minorities and its promise to hold a referendum in a first mandate would attract disillusioned, left-leaning sovereignists who normally opt for the PQ.

Four PQ ministers were running for re-election.

De Courcy, the language hardliner who spearheaded the PQs failed bid to toughen Bill 101, lost Crmazie riding to Liberal Marie Montpetit, a health-policy adviser, by about 2,400 votes.

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