With Québec Solidaire (QS) talking like they aren’t just hoping for a better result than last time and really want to form government come the […]
Category: Politics
Sidewalks as Bike Lanes: Replacing One Dangerous Situation with Another
In 2014, a truck ran into and killed cyclist Mathilde Blais as she rode through an underpass on St-Denis. City Hall opposition party Projet Montreal […]
A Grassroots Candidate: Accountability, Construction and Sue Montgomery’s Bid to be Mayor of Côte-des-Neiges/NDG
Anyone living in the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough will tell you that unless you are construction worker with a cushy government contract, the area is a living […]
Mainstream Political Xenophobia is Alive and Well in Quebec
Just when you thought you had heard the last of xenophobia and hate driving mainstream Quebec politics, they’re back! Or rather, they never left. I’m […]
Niki Ashton on Trudeau, Real Progress and Changes in the NDP and Canada
Niki Ashton is the Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, Manitoba and one of four candidates currently running to replace Ton Mulcair as leader of […]
FTB Poll: Mayor of Montreal 2017
On November 5th, 2017, Montrealers return to the polls to determine if Denis Coderre will remain the city’s mayor for the next four years or […]
FTB Poll: 2017 Federal NDP Leadership Race
Now that we know who the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is (Andrew Scheer), there is one more podium to fill next […]
Meanwhile in Canada: Promoting Militarism as an Anti-Trump Move
Last week, while everyone was busy looking at that nice picture of Obama and Trudeau amiably chatting it up in Little Burgundy, the government dropped […]
Deflecting Scandal with Identity Politics: Why Couillard is Reopening the Constitutional Debate in Canada
On June 1st, 2017, Premier Philippe Couillard announced that the time has come to reopen the constitutional debate in Quebec. The response across much of […]
Ministry Food Aid Programs Decimated in Some Quebec Regions
The Ministry of Education has revised its criteria for what constitutes an underprivileged school and how much food aid they should get. The Ministry’s food […]