Monthly Archives: September 2013
Sad News for Montreal Conservationists – Angell Woods to be Razed for Housing
The Mayor of Beaconsfield, one of the wealthiest cities in Canada and a West Island suburb, has announced that a portion of Angell Woods, a large undeveloped tract of old-growth forest between highways 20 and 40, will be developed for … Continue reading
Premier Marois to Stifle Opposition with Métro Extension Plan
The mayoral contest officially kicked off today with Projet Montréal taking a strong lead, winning the idiotically-named ‘poster war’ thanks primarily to the fact the party is fielding 103 candidates and an immense volunteer effort. Aside from Projet’s street sign … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Social commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Blue Line, Métro de Montréal, Métro Expansion, Métro Expansion Plans, Montréal Métro, Montréal public-transit, PQ, STM
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Monsieur (ou Madame) le Maire – Tear Down This Cross!
Today the PQ’s secularism charter was unveiled, detailing the party’s plan to prohibit public servants, everyone from judges to nurses, corrections officers to daycare workers, from wearing overt and conspicuous demonstrations of their faith. In real terms this means wearing … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, What were they thinking?, Worth reconsidering
Tagged 2013 Montreal Municipal Election, Montréal Politics, Québec Society, Quebec culture, Quebec politcs, Quebec social values, Quebec sovereignty
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Your City, Your Candidates
Part of an on-going series of interviews of local candidates I’m doing with Forget the Box, an excellent Montreal blog. This is the full version of the interview I did with Jimmy Zoubris, a local businessman looking to represent Projet … Continue reading
Pensées sur la rentrée
It’s official, Montréal’s exceptionally large student population is now safely locked away in their classrooms and lecture halls, allowing old people to once again return to our city’s streets, public spaces and transit systems, confident in their knowledge they won’t … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Montréal Culture, Montréal Society, Public education in Montreal, School taxes in Montreal, Segregation in Quebec public education
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New Condos for Overdale, No News re: Future of Lafontaine House
*Author’s note re: the above rendering. I’ve gone and checked – the trees along the left and right edges of the rendering above do not exist. In fact, the one at left could not exist as it would be located … Continue reading →
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