Category Archives: Commentary

In response to Maxwell Turner…

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

I guess I’m late to the game on this one. The rant entitled Montreal Sucks and Everyone Knows It by Maxwell Turner was published about a month ago on IXDaily and drove a lot of online commentary. I only just … Continue reading →

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Sabotage

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

This article was originally published by Forget the Box and can be read here. There’s really no other way to put it; Canada Post is being sabotaged. It’s politically expedient for the Tories to do so as recently announced cutbacks … Continue reading →

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The Case for Cabot Square

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Poor John Cabot, we hardly new ye. Most people don’t know who he is or why there’s a sizeable chunk of prime downtown property in a state of seemingly perpetual disrepair named after him. In fact, it’s not even actually … Continue reading →

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Austerity Measures & Bad Design in Montreal Public Transit

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Not exactly the kind of news regular users of Montreal’s public transit system want to hear, but it looks like the city’s public transit agency is facing a budget shortfall of $20 million, and this apparently is going to result … Continue reading →

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Montreal’s Public School Crisis

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

This is really disturbing. A recent Radio-Canada report has shed some light on what might be the greatest case of long-term negligence in our province’s history of neglecting civic infrastructure. 82 public schools administered by the Commission Scolaire de Montréal … Continue reading →

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This is Getting Ridiculous – Israel is no Friend of Canada

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Taylor C. Noakes

Hat’s off to the Beaverton for nailing it with this headline: “Israeli Prime Minister Stephen Harper returns after long visit in Canada” …and to the Gazette’s Terry Mosher, for much the same reason (*Note the comments and replace the Star … Continue reading →

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