Category Archives: Commentary

A tasteless, jingoistic, paramilitary embarrassment…

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

Lord what’s become of the RCMP Musical Ride? The title of this post is a quote from former CBC journalist Frank Koller; you can read his blog post here. The paramilitary demonstration in question, according to the RCMP, has been … Continue reading →

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The Agence métropolitaine de transport to be abolished

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

When you want news to get buried over the weekend, you deliver it on Friday afternoons. The Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) will be abolished as of Monday. The provincial government agency is currently responsible for all transit planning in … Continue reading →

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Accessibility & Public Transit: RAPLIQ Requests Class Action Suit

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

Interesting story from last week. The organization that represents Quebec’s mobility-impaired population, RAPLIQ, has filed a request for a class action suit of $100 million against the Montreal transit commission (STM), the provincial Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT – which … Continue reading →

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Irony is Dead

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

I’m not sure who snapped this photo from a student anti-austerity demo a few days back, but in any case, chapeau Monsieur, whoever you are, for capturing the innate irony and hypocrisy of protest in Quebec. The cop and the … Continue reading →

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Yesterday and Today

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Taylor C. Noakes

This is Berri Square on June 9th 1976, the year of our Olympiad. I find this photo significant for a few reasons. First and foremost is that UQAM had not yet built its main campus. That came three years later. … Continue reading →

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