Protests against systemic racism and police brutality continue as thousands gathered at Place Emilie Gamelin last Sunday. Protestors spent their sunny afternoon marching peacefully in […]
Category: Politics
There’s Another March in Montreal This Sunday Because Police Racism Isn’t Just An American Problem
Last Sunday, approximately 10 000 people took to the streets of Montreal demanding justice for George Floyd and all the other victims of racist police […]
Three Way Agreement Marks Steps Forward For Traditional Wet’suwet’en Land Rights
“We have a lot of work ahead of us, a lot of catching up to do,” said Chief Gisday’wa. “A hundred and fifty years of […]
COVID-19: Quebec Delays Re-Opening Non-Essential Businesses in the Greater Montreal Area One Week
Schools and non-essential retail businesses across Quebec are re-opening today, except those in the Greater Montreal Area. While schools in the 514, 438 and 450 […]
Bernie Sanders Suspends His Presidential Campaign Then Releases an Ad Proving He Is the Most Relevant National Political Figure in the US
On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders announced that he is suspending his campaign to be the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. Thursday, his […]
Mike Bloomberg is Like Trump for the Democrats But In All the Wrong, Unelectable Ways
After the pasting Elizabeth Warren and most of the other presidential hopefuls gave billionaire candidate Mike Bloomberg in the most recent Democratic Debate, dropping out […]
The Montgomery-Plante Saga So Far and the Next Montreal Municipal Election
In just over two years, Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce Borough Mayor Sue Montgomery and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante have gone from the seemingly closest of teammates to not […]
Canadian-Splaining Medicare for All to US Primary Voters
American friends, in particular those choosing a Democratic candidate for President, something’s been bugging me about the debates I’ve been watching. It’s the rhetoric attacking […]
The 2010s in Montreal Politics: Five Mayors in Ten Years
Montreal politics in the 2010s saw quite a bit of change, followed by more change. The city had five mayors in ten years. The decade […]