With the 2019 Canadian Federal Election looking like it might be a close one, we’re hearing calls for strategic voting once again. The narrative, coming […]
Category: Opinion
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s Deadline Forces Justin Trudeau to Reveal He Doesn’t Really Care About First Nations Kids During an Election Campaign
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Law that Hurts Everyone: A Crash Course on Bill 21
Canada is a secular society, but we are a society that has recognized that secular laws and practices can coexist with many people’s religious beliefs […]