Toula Drimonis

“Political strategy that thrives on aggressive opposition and leverages pre-existing discontent, often fixated on elected officials, could lead to the steady deterioration of our political institutions.”

Debby Adegboye, her husband and their three children, who’ve lived here since 2017, are scheduled to be deported to Nigeria, where Christians like them live under the constant threat of human rights abuses, targeted persecution and kidnapping.

“It’s been frustrating to watch anti-immigrant sentiment ramp up in Quebec over the last five years, aided by a CAQ government that irresponsibly continues to treat immigration as a constant threat to Quebec’s identity and language.”

We spoke with lawyer Maxime Lapointe, family reunification advocates and LGBTQ+ couples separated by anti-immigration policy in Quebec.

The province’s strict limits on admissions for family reunification, and subsequent delays that make the wait three times longer here than in the ROC, have led to profoundly heartbreaking human consequences.

“Undocumented migrants in the U.S. pay BILLIONS in taxes to fund services they will, in most cases, never be able to take advantage of. Meanwhile, the Treasury Department has found that the top 1% of American earners evade $163-billion in taxes annually.”

Back from the holidays and down in the polls, the CAQ produced a partisan ad with some unintentional entertainment value, including echoes of Taylor Swift singing, “It’s me! Hi! I’m the problem, it’s me.”

The Montreal Sexual Assault Centre has added a chat feature to meet young people where they are and provide added anonymity to facilitate taking that necessary first step to denounce violence and seek out help.

“Every migration expert I have ever spoken to warned that closing Roxham Road would create jobs for human smugglers, one of whom — hired to guide Ana Karen Vasquez-Flores by text message as she walked alone in the woods across the U.S./Canadian border — is now facing extradition from Canada to the U.S.”

We spoke with parents and teachers about the need for fewer distractions for students in class and whether the ban will solve attention-span issues or create new problems.