The nature of the event has also been met with criticism outside of Quebec, such as that given by Ottawa Citizen columnist David Warren, who said in 2007: " The Canada of the government-funded paper flag-waving and painted faces — the ' new ' Canada that is celebrated each year on what is now called ' Canada Day '— has nothing controversially Canadian about it.

* Rupert River ( Quebec )-diverted in 2007 for hydroelectric development and no longer a popular destination

Gilles Duceppe announced on 11 May 2007 that he would run in the Parti Québécois leadership race to replace André Boisclair, who resigned on 8 May 2007, after the poor performance in the March 2007 Quebec provincial election and internal dissent forced him to step down.

" His new record had very low sales ; as of March 9, 2007, only 233 copies were sold in the entire province of Quebec and about 30 outside of Quebec and Canada – excluding digital sales.

Richard Martineau wrote in his column in Le Journal de Montréal an article criticizing the episode of October 7, 2007 entitled " Quebec Nation ".

It was won by Martin Truex Jr. On August 4, 2007, the Series held its second race outside of the United States, at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, another road course.

Education in Ontario once involved an Ontario Academic Credit ( OAC ) as university preparation, but that was phased out in 2007, and now all provinces except Quebec have 12 grades.

Also in 2007 Siemens acquired Vai Ingdesi Automation ( Argentina, Industrial Automation ), UGS Corp., Dade Behring, Sidelco ( Quebec, Canada ), S / D Engineers Inc., and Gesellschaft für Systemforschung und Dienstleistungen im Gesundheitswesen mbH ( GSD ) ( Germany ).

" In August 2007, Quebec police admitted that " their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators.

On 17 July 2007, the North American premiere was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the Just For Laughs festival ; the launching pad for the Mr. Bean character 20 years earlier.

In Quebec, where an MMP model was studied in 2007, it is called the compensatory mixed-member voting system ( système mixte avec compensation or SMAC ).

In 2007, however, the Action démocratique du Québec ( ADQ ), whose official colours were blue and red, temporarily became the official opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec.

In February 2007, a combination of a fire at the Nanticoke Refinery and a strike at Canadian National Railway resulted in a shortage of gasoline at Esso stations in Ontario, driving up prices and causing shortages in competitor's stations, both in Ontario and neighbouring Quebec.

In the March 2007 election, his government won re-election but was reduced to a minority government, the first minority government in Quebec in 129 years.

The Flag of Quebec was modeled after the Carillon flag and the Fort and its history bring honor to a nation which was recognized by the Canadian government in 2007.

Karina wrote, directed and starred in Victoria, a musical road movie filmed in Montreal, Quebec and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean in 2007.

Many Quebec separatists felt that a strong performance by the Bloc in the 2006 federal election would boost the sovereignist movement and perhaps set the stage for a new referendum on secession after the anticipated Quebec provincial election expected in 2007.

In the March 26, 2007 Quebec provincial election, the Parti Québécois found itself reduced to third place in the National Assembly of Quebec, behind both the governing Quebec Liberal Party and the opposition Action démocratique du Québec.

Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Canadian Wildlife Service, Quebec Region, 2007.

It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election.

A new constitution was adopted in 2007 ( the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, 2007 ) and came into force when the Legislative Council was dissolved for the 2007 general election.

Sanader was reelected in the closely contested 2007 parliamentary election.

A woman casts her vote in the second round of the French presidential election of 2007

* 2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.

A 2007 study looked at the introduction of Fox News into local U. S. markets between 1996 and 2000, and found that in the 2000 presidential election " Republicans gained 0. 4 to 0. 7 percentage points in the towns that broadcast Fox News ".

* 2007 – Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei ; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.

Fine Gael won 19 seats in Seanad Éireann following the 2011 election, a gain of four from the previous election in 2007.

Since the 2007 election, the party's structure has significantly weakened.

Since July 2007, following the 2006 Palestinian legislative election and the following Battle of Gaza, Hamas has functioned as the de-facto ruler in the Gaza Strip, forming an alternative Hamas Government in Gaza.

Mikheil Saakashvili resigned from the position of the President on November 25, 2007 as the Constitution of Georgia requires the president stands down at least 45 days before the next election to be eligible for retaking part him / herself.

The 2007 presidential election was won by the centre-left Álvaro Colóm.

In June 2007, the Greens in Bremen entered into a coalition with the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) following the 2007 Bremen state election.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 21. 4 % of the vote.

The Reform Package debate has seen the return of key political figure and former Chief Secretary Anson Chan, raising speculations of a possible run up for the 2007 Chief Executive election, though she dismissed having a personal interest in standing for the next election.

In November 2007 two anti-government rallies occurred, precipitated by allegations of corruption and discrepancies in the election system that heavily favoured the ruling political party, National Front, which has been in power since Malaya achieved independence.

The election set against two new parties, the Democratic Party ( founded in October 2007 by the union of the Democrats of the Left and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy ) led by Walter Veltroni, and The People of Freedom ( federation of Forza Italia, National Alliance and other parties ) led by Silvio Berlusconi.

The Greens became part of the Irish government for the first time following the Irish general election, 2007, having agreed upon a programme for government in coalition with Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats.

In the subsequent leadership election, John Gormley became the new leader on 17 July 2007, defeating Patricia McKenna by 478 votes to 263.

) Brian Wilson, formerly a councillor for the Alliance Party, won the Green Party's first seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2007 election.

The PQ was unable to maintain this momentum, and in the 2007 provincial election, the party fell to 36 seats and behind the conservative Action démocratique du Québec ( ADQ ) in number of seats and the popular vote: this is the first time since 1973 that the party did not form the government or Official Opposition.

The Liberal party suffered a major setback in the 2007 election, which saw them reduced to a minority government, having lost francophone support to the surging ADQ.

Under longtime leader Mario Dumont, the ADQ had a strong showing in the 2007 provincial election, reducing the ruling Quebec Liberal Party ( PLQ ) to a minority government and relegating the Parti Québécois ( PQ ) to third place.

When the 2007 election campaign started, the ADQ was running only a few candidates with widespread name recognition and lacked the financial resources its rivals ( especially the Liberals ) had.

The ADQ MNAs and supporters met in Victoriaville in late September 2007 to detail the party's environmental policy.

During the year that followed the 2007 election, a number of ADQ members such as Éric Caire, Gilles Taillon and especially Sébastien Proulx emerged as effective and articulate legislators.

Dumont was elected as an ADQ member of the National Assembly for Rivière du Loup in the 1994, 1998, 2003, and 2007 elections.

* Quebec general election, 2007 – Ascent of the Action démocratique du Québec ( ADQ ) to Official Opposition status

After the PQ ’ s defeat in 2007, factions of the SPQ criticized the party leadership for allowing the “ identity question ” and defence of " Québécois de souche " to be led by the ADQ.