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Tag: Quebec
Juggling Parental Discretion, Government Supervision, and the Right to an Education: The Problem with Bill 144
On November 9, 2017, the Quebec government passed Bill 144, An Act to Amend the Education Act and other legislative provisions concerning mainly free educational […]
Beating Bill 62: Quebec Muslims’ Constitutional Challenge to the Religious Neutrality Law
On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, Muslim groups and civil liberty advocates launched the constitutional challenge we all knew was coming. Last week, I and many […]
Benevolent Sexism and Racism Masquerading as Religious Neutrality: A Crash Course on Bill 62
Four years after the Parti Québecois’ colossal defeat over their quietly racist but aggressively secular Charter of Values, and less than a year after a […]
Unknown Montreal Bus Driver May be the First Casualty of C-62
On Friday morning, transit users stood at stops along the 80 du Parc South route wearing surgical masks and other face coverings to protest recently […]
Quebec Just Went Full-On Ignorant, Bigoted and Needlessly Hurtful with C-62
This is not the time for nuance. This is the time to feel embarrassed as Quebecers and angry at our government for removing any illusion […]
Reopening Barely Healed Wounds: The Negligence Trial for Lac Mégantic Begins
This past Monday, after nearly three weeks of jury selection, the trial for Lac Mégantic began in Sherbrooke. Train engineer Thomas Harding, 56, railway traffic […]
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 […]
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 […]
In Quebec, We Unionize: A Crash Course on Labour Disputes and the Law
On May 24, 2017 Quebec construction workers walked off the job after failing to sign a collective agreement with their employers. Though the provincial government […]