We didn’t hear all that much about Montreal municipal politics in 2020. Plenty was happening on the local front, but with COVID-19 raging for most […]
Year: 2021
FTB Fridays (01/15/2021): 2021 Montreal Municipal Election
Host Jason C. McLean and special guest Niall Clapham-Ricardo discuss the 2021 Montreal Municipal Election and whether or not Valérie Plante and Projet Montréal can […]
Hope and Justice in the Face of Uncertainty: CDN-NDG Borough Mayor Sue Montgomery on the Pandemic and Her Recent Victory in Superior Court
It’s been a tough year. A virus is killing people left and right, and Quebec is under curfew from 8 pm to 5 am every […]
US President Donald Trump Impeached Again, This Time for Inciting Insurrection
The US House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump. This makes Trump the only president in United States history to be impeached […]
Quebec Under Curfew: Legault’s Performative Paternalistic Pandemic Management
Quebec is now officially under an 8pm to 5am curfew which began Saturday night and is scheduled to last for four weeks. This is the […]
FTB Fridays 01/08/2021: Shocking But Predictable Failed But Ongoing Coup Attempt in the US
Jason C. McLean and guest Der Kosmonaut discuss the roots of pro-Trump domestic terrorists storming the US Capitol on Wednesday, the hypocrisy of the police […]
Quebec Will Be Under an 8pm to 5am Curfew As Of Saturday, Primary Schools Will Re-Open Monday
The rumours were true, or at least most of them were. Quebec Premier François Legault announced in a press conference that Quebec will be under […]
Quebec to Extend the Lockdown and Possibly Impose a Province-Wide Curfew
Quebec Premier François Legault had scheduled a press conference for today (Tuesday) at 5pm then rescheduled it for tomorrow. It looks like this extra day […]
FTB Fridays 01/01/2021: 2020 Year-in-Review
On the latest FTB Fridays, host Jason C. McLean and guest panelists Samantha Gold and Jerry Gabriel take a look back at 2020 covering federal […]