Looks like the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)’s union have a new strategy for dealing with the allegations of systemic police abuse against aboriginal women: sue […]
Year: 2016
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles is Getting an Anthem
The Montreal Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles is getting its own anthem. Can’t really call it a national anthem, because Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles is not a nation, or a province, or […]
Granite Tree Stumps: Denis Coderre Can’t Even Do Corruption Right
I think Montrealers owe Gerald Tremblay and even Jean Drapeau an apology. Sure, they may have been corrupt, but at least they had the basic […]
After Elbows, Will Canadians Finally Reach Peak #Gate? Aka, #GateGate
To think, we had our chance. A luscious one at that: green, fatty and garlicky smooth. Yet we didn’t let it sink in properly up here. That heralding moment […]
Failing Foreign Workers: Work Visas and Medical Deportation in Canada
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has come under fire recently for letting a foreign worker die. In late 2014, Sheldon McKenzie, a thirty nine year […]
Trudeau’s Elbow: Some Advice for our Prime Minister and the NDP
I really thought the US would get there first and we’d see a fistfight on the floor of the House of Representatives before what happened […]
Turning an Outrage into a Vindication: Ghomeshi, Peace Bonds and Kathryn Borel
On May 11, 2016 the Jian Ghomeshi scandal was brought to what is for many a disappointing end. On that day it was announced that […]
Using Language Politics to Divide and Conquer: A Crash Course on The Office de la Langue Française
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Quebec politicians desiring of success must be in want of the support of the French speaking majority. There […]
When Your Soapbox is Burning, Stop Preaching: Wildfires are a Disaster. Period.
Fort MacMurray and large swaths of Northern Alberta have been burning for a few days. Homes and communities have been destroyed and people have died, […]