Category Archives: Let’s make this an election issue
A Public Obscenity
*** Please note, the people in this video do not represent the majority of Québécois. They are not representative of the people of this province. They are, however, representative of PQ supporters. Draw your own conclusions. This video is now … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Sovereign Socialist featured article
Tagged Bernard Drainville, Bill 60, Bill 60 Public Consultations, Canadian politics, Charter of Quebec Values, Institutionalized Racism, Québec, Québec Politics, Quebec Secularism Charter, Quebec social values, Racism in Quebec
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Pedestrianizing Ste-Catherine Street: How to Make it Work
It looks as though Mayor Coderre is at the very least interested in discussing the possibility of pedestrianizing Ste-Catherine Street in advance of the city’s 375th anniversary. This is as a consequence of needing to dig up the street and … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, History and Culture, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Landmarks, Urban Redevelopment
Tagged Denis Coderre, History of Montreal, Montréal Theatres, Montreal Forum, Montreal History, MTL375, Rue Ste-Catherine, Ste-Catherine Street, Streets of Montreal, Urban Renewal
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Montreal Cops, the Homeless Problem & Paradoxical Undressing
Today’s news is that the Montreal police (SPVM) will discipline an unnamed constable for threatening to lock a homeless man (seen on a remarkably frigid day last week in nothing but shorts and a t-shirt outside the Jean-Talon Métro station) … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Scenes from the City, Social commentary, Video, What were they thinking?
Tagged Contemporary Social Problems in Major Cities, Homeless problem in Montréal, Montreal City Living, Montreal Police, SPVM, Urban Living
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Fantasy Montreal Transit Map
Perhaps I’ve got a smidge too much time on my hands… In any event, here’s my very own Montreal transit fantasy map. This is the mass transit system I’d like to see for my city, ideally within the next twenty … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Economic commentary, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Unrealized development projects, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged AMT, History of the Montreal Métro, Light rail, Mass-transit in Montreal, Métro, Métro de Montréal, Métro Expansion, Montreal History, Mount Royal Tunnel, Public Transit in Montreal, RÉSO, STM
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Skyline to Change, Condo Ghetto Unlikely
I’ve been meaning to talk about this for a while, but Bill 60 got in the way… Cadillac Fairview corporation (the real estate arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the single best performing pension plan in the entire world) … Continue reading →
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