The 2019 Federal Election campaign is now underway, but before it even started officially, there were stories of the Green Party of Canada picking up […]
Author: Jason C. McLean
Plateau Borough Mayor Luc Ferrandez is Leaving Politics
Luc Ferrandez, Borough Mayor of Plateau Mont-Royal since 2009, former interim leader of Projet Montréal and more recently the Executive Committee member responsible for Montreal’s […]
Fare Jumping Is Not a Threat to Public Safety But Some Montreal Metro Security Guards Are
Last week we learned that Montreal’s transit authority, the STM, wants its security guards to have more “police-like powers” (whatever that means) despite recent incidents […]
FTB Survey: Quebec’s Bill 21 aka The Religious Symbol Ban
Lately, talk in Quebec political circles has focused on the CAQ Government’s proposed law 21. Currently a bill before the National Assembly, it is better […]
Anjou Borough Councillor Proves Just How Ridiculous the Argument for a Religious Symbol Ban Actually Is
On Friday, Anjou Borough Councillor Lynne Shand had a problem with her eye, went to an emergency room, received, as she later called it, “excellent” […]
Montreal Will Remove the Crucifix in the City Council Chamber and the Cover of Secularism Some Bigots Use Online and On TV
Today, the Plante Administration announced that after City Hall renovations are complete, they won’t put the crucifix back in the City Council chambers. Yes, this […]
Air Traffic Controllers Ended the US Government Shutdown but Aren’t Getting Much of the Credit
On Friday, US President Donald Trump agreed to re-open the US Government for 15 days without funding for his much fetishized border wall, thus ending […]
With Talk of Replacing Singh, the NDP Could Be Headed for Their Very Own Ignatieff Moment
On February 25th, voters in the British Columbia riding of Burnaby South may very well give Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a seat in the […]
Jagmeet Singh Redefining Quebec’s Religious Symbol Ban May Be What the NDP Needs
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh just put a new face on the opposition to Quebec’s religious symbol ban: his own. In an interview with CBC […]
Only in Quebec: The SQDC is Considering Closing Legal Weed Stores Because of Too Much Demand
Only in Quebec could we bungle legal weed this badly. The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) is now considering closing stores because they can’t seem […]