At the end of May it came to light that Karla Homolka, the Barbie of the Ken and Barbie Killers, was volunteering at her kids’ […]
Year: 2017
Deflecting Scandal with Identity Politics: Why Couillard is Reopening the Constitutional Debate in Canada
On June 1st, 2017, Premier Philippe Couillard announced that the time has come to reopen the constitutional debate in Quebec. The response across much of […]
Ministry Food Aid Programs Decimated in Some Quebec Regions
The Ministry of Education has revised its criteria for what constitutes an underprivileged school and how much food aid they should get. The Ministry’s food […]
In Quebec, We Unionize: A Crash Course on Labour Disputes and the Law
On May 24, 2017 Quebec construction workers walked off the job after failing to sign a collective agreement with their employers. Though the provincial government […]
Meet the Gouin By-Election Candidates: Who Said What?
Four months after Françoise David resigned from all of her political functions, it is time for the people of Gouin to choose her successor. The […]
Increasing Municipal Revenue at the Expense of Community Organizations: The City of Montreal and the Taxation of Churches
After years of tax exemptions, the religious communities in the City of Montreal are facing big tax bills. It has recently come to light that […]
Chelsea Manning Walks Free
Chelsea Manning, the American soldier jailed in 2010 for leaking information to Wikileaks, is finally free after serving seven years out of her 35 years […]
Don’t Call it Stealthing: Non-Consensual Condom Removal and the Law
It is appalling that in 2017 we still need to have a conversation about sexual consent. In April 2017, Alexandra Brodsky published an article in […]
Discussing Solidarity and Climate Change in Pierrefonds’ Flooded Streets
Pierrefonds-Roxboro is one of the three Montreal boroughs under state of emergency, but you certainly wouldn’t know it from walking on the dry and clean […]