The administration of newly elected mayor Valérie Plante is off to a good start. She cancelled the traffic-inducing ridiculously expensive publicity stunt called the “Formula […]
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Oprah 2020? Celebrity Power Trip
Today on the reality show that is the United States LIVE! Everyone’s favorite talk show mogul Oprah Winfrey is rumored to be in the presidential […]
Joshua Boyle’s Fall from Grace and the Victimization of Caitlin Coleman and Her Children
The case of Joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman is one where the questions are more important than the answers. Just over five years […]
An Incomplete Attempt to Finally Fulfill an Election Promise: An Analysis of the Federal Cannabis Legalization Law
On April 13, 2017 our parliament began its first reading of Bill C-45, The Cannabis Act. Recently this bill was passed in the House of […]
Bye Bye Montreal Formula E: Plante Fulfills Another Campaign Promise
During the 2017 Montreal Municipal Election campaign, Valérie Plante said that she would either move the Formula E electric car race to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve […]
Net Neutrality Under Threat…Again
Tomorrow morning, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US is set to scrap Net Neutrality. Specifically, they plan to eliminate Title II protections that […]
Pointing a Canon at the Catholic Church: How Civil Suits Against Pedophile Priests are Handled in Canada
Quebec has a love-hate relationship with its Catholic heritage. The province began as a settlement ripped from First Nations by Catholic France before the British […]
Montreal is Scrapping Breed-Specific Legislation
That didn’t take long. Less than a month after taking office, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante’s Projet Montréal administration announced they will fulfill an important campaign […]
Keeping Kids Safe: An Introduction to Youth Protection in Quebec
In a decision by the Quebec Court’s Youth Division last week, Judge Annie Savard awarded a mother full custody of her children. The kids, age […]
Who will be FTB’s Person of the Year for 2017? Time to Vote!
Last year, as an alternative to Time Magazine naming then President-Elect Donald Trump its Person of the Year, we decided to invite our readers to […]