Changing the Game
We need to change the question of Québec independence. From the ground up, in fact. For nearly forty years Montréal has been on a veritable decline – in terms of economic security, long-term...
View ArticleThe OQLF – Still Ridiculous After All These Years
The OQLF is a joke. There is simply no threat to the stability and sanctity of the French language in Montréal, Québec or Canada, nor is there any doubt whatsoever of the predominance of the French...
View ArticleThe PQ: Destroying Québec’s Reputation, One Scandal at a Time
I found the following statement posted to Reddit’s Montreal community page. It’s not entirely clear where or what the original source is, but it’s nonetheless attributed to Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a...
View ArticleAn Incomprehensible Display of Political Incompetence: Amir Khadir Must Resign
Earlier today perennial last-place contestant Québec Solidaire issued a statement pertaining to the death of the convicted terrorist, felon and murderer Paul Rose. Further still, MNA Amir Khadir...
View ArticleAnnual Fistfight with Police Ends in Multiple Arrests
Once again Montréal was the scene of it’s much beloved annual fistfight between students/activists and the city’s police, leading to a record-breaking 250 tickets being handed out, an as yet...
View ArticleMontreal Mayors: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Meet Laurent Blanchard, Montreal’s latest mayor. By my count he’s number 43 in a list that stretches back to our city’s first mayor, Jacques Viger, in 1832, the year the city was incorporated. To date...
View ArticleThe Most Important Thing You Haven’t Heard About
The Trans Pacific Partnership has been described as ‘NAFTA on steroids’. While I don’t generally care for such pop metaphors this one may be quite apt. It’s also been described as a multi-national...
View ArticleChristmas Wishes
I’d like a few things for Christmas this year. I’m patient, and I wouldn’t expect such gifts any time too soon either. But if somehow these wishes come true in 2014, perhaps my faith in humanity will...
View ArticleVince Li and the Politics of Fear
This article was originally published on Forget the Box and can be read here. Toronto-based criminal lawyer David Butt makes a profoundly solid argument, in a way one might expect from a seasoned legal...
View ArticleThe CBC should consolidate its operations in Montreal
Recently announced cuts to the CBC/Radio-Canada got me thinking: why is this particular crown corporation’s operations split between three different major Canadian cities and why is the CBC/SRC trying...
View ArticleThoughts on a Grim Day
Some very foolish, backwards people did an awful thing today. In a misguided attempt to satisfy the insane demands of their purported faith, three men stormed the offices of a satirical French magazine...
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