UPDATE: The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled today that Bill 52 can go ahead In 2013, Bill 52 – An Act respecting end-of-life care was […]
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Besieging the Heavens: Podemos and the Politics of the Impossible
* Please note: This post was written prior to the elections in Spain. Results are now available. FTB apologizes for the publication delay. Today the […]
Montreal Police are Out of Control
It’s not a new thing, really. In fact, it’s something people who participate in protests with less than a hundred thousand marchers have known for […]
Boroughing Themselves into a Constitutional Challenge: Religious Freedom and Outremont’s New Zoning Bylaw
The Borough of Outremont recently passed a zoning law banning any new houses of worship from establishing themselves on Laurier and Bernard Avenues. The goal […]
The hostage taking of the French Republic
As night fell in France, sighs of relief resonated through the French political class. The “Republican Front”– put together by the center-right and center-left coalitions […]
Why the Donald Trump Campaign Really is a Hate Group
The other day I saw people sharing an article with the headline: Southern Poverty Law Center Lists Donald Trump and his Campaign, Donald J. Trump […]
Guns and White Ribbons: Bill 64 and Gun Control in Canada
Sunday was the 26th anniversary of the École Polytechnique Massacre in which 25 year old Mark Lépine shot 28 people, killing 14 women, before subsequently […]
Penalizing Harassment and Discrimination: A Crash Course on the Quebec Human Rights Commission
On November 23, 2015 the Arts and Science Federation of Associations (ASFA) of Concordia University reached a settlement with a former executive who accused them […]
Smoke Ban and Mirrors: Couillard Found His Distraction
Philippe Couillard and his Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) needed a distraction, badly. With austerity everywhere except for Bombardier and mass protests ramping up again, they […]
Joke’s On the Joker: Uttering Threats, Inciting Hatred, Fake Guns and Terrorist Hoaxes
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in France, a video appeared on YouTube of someone in a Joker mask threatening to kill Muslims in […]