Quebec Premier Pauline Marois surprised reporters this morning when she announced that the Quebec election, originally slated for next Monday, would be postponed until August […]
Category: Politics
Voter suppression Quebec-style: What Marois is really afraid of
It’s enough to make any true bleu Quebec nationalist quake in their boots. It’s also enough to make Quebec Anglos who already feels persecuted raise […]
The Unholy Alliance: Marois, PKP and Harper
Pierre Karl Péladeau, or PKP, is the name on everyone’s lips since the announcement last week that he would be running in the riding of […]
The poverty of politics in Quebec
We are now amidst what could probably become one of the most polarizing electoral cycles of contemporary Quebec history, certainly a pivotal moment in many […]
Into Darkness: Quebec Election called for April 7
The worst kept secret in Quebec is now public knowledge. Premier Pauline Marois confirmed this morning that there will be a Quebec election on April […]
Coderre and Bergeron: A bromance in the making?
A couple days back I was at the mayor’s press conference concerning the provincial budget and something he said, and repeated, caught my attention. In […]
P6 is police collaboration and I refuse to participate in it
When the municipal by-law P6 first came into legislation, our spirits were high and our fists still raised
Venezuela: Student protests or economic war?
In the past few weeks Venezuela has been shook by violent protests, some say violent repression of peaceful protests. The central notion in every narrative […]
The phantom of the middle class
Recently, in the House of Commons, “middle class” has become the favorite buzz word, omnipresent in every debate related near or far to the current […]
Lac-Mégantic residents protest for the right to cross town and visit their loved ones
Yesterday in Quebec there was a protest. It wasn’t about some broad-reaching concept like the Charter, it was about something much more specific and basic: […]