The Quebec government fights racism with one hand, feeds it with the other
“So, how does a government fight what it can’t even acknowledge? With teeny tiny half-measures like these.”
We’re experiencing a serious empathy deficit
A response to anti-vax protestors interrupting Remembrance Day events & wearing yellow stars, teachers insisting on using the n-word, comedians making tasteless jokes against the trans community and more.
Montreal election: More women, more diversity, more young people
“Women are treated harshly in politics; they’re too young, too naive, too angry, they smile too much or they don’t smile enough. So forgive me for taking a minute to rejoice in seeing some of them have the last laugh.”
Why I’m voting for Valérie Plante
Plante and Projet Montréal have weathered a pandemic and focused on reducing the effects of the climate crisis, while her rivals remain fundamentally flawed.
Change to Quebec religion course: More crass political marketing by the CAQ
Teachers resent being used as tools in the government’s pre-election wave of patriotic fanfare.
Doug Ford is here to save us from leeching immigrants
“The tropes of the bad immigrant persist in many anti-immigrant circles, and many Canadians continue to buy into them.”
Quebec-bashing is not the issue, but a divisive debate question made it one
The English debate was a disaster for unity and a gift for Blanchet.
What climate emergency?
“The world is burning, coastal cities are flooding, glaciers are melting, droughts, heatwaves and hurricanes are commonplace, and yet the ‘climate emergency’ question was relegated to very end of the debate, like an afterthought.”
Two Quebec lawyers want to rescue Afghan women judges in fear for their lives
Pepita Capriolo and Marie-Christine Kirouack are urging our governments to help their sisters in the field in Afghanistan start a new life here.
Montreal North will have the final say on the candidacy of Will Prosper
A shameful smear campaign against the borough mayor candidate is being waged by a certain local publication and by politicians whose records are far from spotless.