In the premier of the FTB Fridays video series, Jason C. McLean speaks with spoken-word artist, writer and seasoned political observer Der Kosmonaut about the […]
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Last Week in Canada, Our Minority Parliament Worked the Way It Is Supposed To
Now that the second COVID-19 lockdown has taken effect here in Montreal and people are upset with the Legault Government for its seemingly haphazard approach […]
COVID-19: Quebec Puts Montreal, Quebec City and Chaudière-Appalaches on Red Alert
Quebec Premier François Legault announced today “with a heavy heart” (as he put it), that the provincial government is placing the Greater Montreal Region (including […]
Pulling Down Statues: Changing History or Starting a Dialogue?
By CHRIS DODD A good many years before John A. Macdonald’s statue was pulled down from its perch in Montreal’s Dominion Square, my high school […]
Don’t Put Sir John A. MacDonald Back Where He Was
Last Saturday, Defund the Police protesters, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter marched through the rainy streets of Downtown Montreal. When they arrived in Dominion […]
Kamala Harris Through Progressive Lenses
Joe Biden officially named Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 US Election on August 11th. Since then, all eyes have understandably been […]
Donald Trump’s RNC Messaging Has Casualties in Wisconsin
Last night, a gunman shot and killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin and injured a third. This was on the third consecutive night of protests […]
New Rates for Public Transit in Montreal as of October
Some Montreal transit fares will be going up as of October 1st. After a few months of record low ridership on the Metro and bus […]
Unprecedented Yet Entirely Predictable: Donald Trump Suggests Delaying the 2020 US Election
Sure, I had “Donald Trump Attempts to Cancel US Democracy Itself” on my 2020 Bingo Card. I even had the excuses he would use (mail-in […]
What to Expect When You’re Testing (For COVID-19 in Quebec)
We are in the midst of a global pandemic. COVID-19 is ravaging the United States and the European Union and other countries are slowly easing […]