Tag Archives: 2014 Quebec Election
Gong Show {Part Deux}
Thought this clip of Jean_luc Mongrain going off about mediocrity in Quebec from about twenty years ago was worth highlighting. Enjoy! The PQ has backed itself into a corner. The more they turn up the heat on the charter issue, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Sovereign Socialist featured article, Video
Tagged 2014 Quebec Election, CAQ, Charter of Quebec Values, Claude Blanchet, Françoise David, Le Cartier Apartments, Les Janettes, Parti Québécois, Pauline Marois, Philippe Couillard, PLQ, Politics of Québec, PQ, QS, Québec Liberal Party, Quebec culture, Quebecor
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Terminée
Sometimes the gods just smile and align the stars just right. Or in this case a tour bus for vedette Québec politician Pauline Marois, who was involved in running the province for a while about a year ago before she … Continue reading
Voter Suppression in 2014 Quebec Election
Hundreds of people have been turned away from voter registration centres in the Montreal region, notably in the Westmount-St-Louis and Saint-Marie-Saint-Jacques ridings, because they ‘lack the intent’ to stay, live and work in Quebec. Nearly all of these people have … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Sovereign Socialist featured article, What were they thinking?
Tagged 2014 Quebec Election, Elections Quebec, Montréal, Parti Québécois, Pauline Marois, Politics of Québec, Quebec sovereignty, Voter Suppression in Quebec
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Kyoto, not Kippahs
Before anything else, something funny. Rick Mercer, as per usual, nails it. The Parti Québécois is completely delusional. I’m not completely sold on the divorce analogy, unless Confederation is a kind of political polygamy. Ours is not a nation of … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Sovereign Socialist
Tagged 2014 Quebec Election, Canadian History, Canadian politics, Environmentalism, Parti Québécois, Québec History, Québec Politics, Québec Society, Quebec culture, Social Welfare State
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Gong Show
We all need to take a major chill pill. After this past week, not only would I say any kind of a referendum on whether or not Québec seeks constitutional negotiations is out of the question, I’m also highly doubtful … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, What were they thinking?
Tagged 2014 Quebec Election, Canadian politics, Charter of Quebec Values, Parti Québécois, Pierre-Karl Péladeau, Québec Politics, Québec Society, Quebec culture, Racism in Quebec
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High Hopes
Last night Quebec won. All of Quebec, all of us. We won because the party that promised another doubtlessly fruitless referendum and an unbearably regressive plot to institutionalize discriminatory hiring practices in the civil service lost, and lost big. Twenty-four … Continue reading →
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