Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Government is fighting the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s ruling that Ottawa compensate First Nations children taken from their families under the On-Reserve […]
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Federal Election 2019: Where the Main Parties Stand on Issues Concerning Younger Voters
For the first time, younger voters are set to overtake the baby boomers as the largest voting block in Canada, and it’s about time. The […]
Montreal’s Climate March is Friday
The Montreal Climate March is tomorrow. It’s part of the student-started global Climate Strike movement, but with so much official support and participation, not to […]
FTB Poll: 2019 Canadian Federal Election
It’s that time again. The 2019 Canadian Federal Election is underway and Forget the Box is launching an election poll. The winning party gets the […]
Greenwashing Bigotry For Political Gain
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 […]
The Politics of Montreal Pride in Three Perspectives
Pride has become many things over the years. For some it’s a great party – a chance for peoa ple of all genders and sexual […]
A March Not a Parade: Montreal’s Transgender Community Takes to the Streets
On a sunny Sunday in downtown Montreal, a group gathered at Place de la Paix with a purpose. It’s Pride month and the trans and […]
An Open Letter to Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante: Refuse to Enforce Quebec’s Bill 21
I had high hopes for the mayor of Montreal. I thought that in all the discourse about Bill 21, Mayor Valérie Plante, the leader of […]
Social Justice Tool or Pathetic PR Move? The STM Announces a New Oversight Committee
In light of the video going viral of Juliano Gray being brutally beaten by STM security at Villa Maria metro, the STM announced their plan […]
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 […]