Tag Archives: Québec Politics
Adieu Jean
Jean Lapierre was a gentleman. Quebec and Canada have lost an immense talent, and one of our best political analysts. The information available at this time is that he and four family members were en route to the Iles de … Continue reading
The Agence métropolitaine de transport to be abolished
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
Brain Drain
Today was just one of those days I suppose. Perhaps you’ve had them too. A day were you read the paper and see the headlines and wonder just what it is you’re doing living in Montreal. Today wasn’t even particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience
Tagged Canadian politics, CAQ, François Legault, Life in Montréal, Life in Quebec, Montréal Politics, Parti Québécois, Philippe Couillard, Pierre-Karl Péladeau, PLQ, Politics, Politics of Montreal, Politics of Québec, PQ, QLP, Québec Liberal Party, Québec Politics, Yves Bolduc
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This Isn’t Normal
On April 3rd I was covering the anti-austerity demonstration organized by the ASSÉ student collective for CJAD, keeping myself at the front of the line snapping photos of what some fear may be the return of regular and illegal student … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Scenes from the City, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Anti-Austerity, ASSÉ, Canadian politics, Montreal Police, Police brutality in Montréal, Québec Politics, Quebec social values, Social Commentary, SPVM, Student Demonstrations in Montreal
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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
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary
Tagged 2014 Quebec Election, Jean-Francois Lisée, Parti Québécois, Pauline Marois, Philippe Couillard, Politics of Québec, Québec, Québec Liberal Party, Québec Politics
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City describes its own urban redevelopment project as ‘ambitious’
We may have come full-circle. The City of Montreal recently released what it is describing as an ‘ambitious’ plan to redevelop the urban core of the city – what we ambiguously, perhaps ambitiously, call Downtown (though it for the most … Continue reading →
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