“Two years of Poilievre’s rage-baiting and I still struggle to name one — just one — concrete policy reform or solution proposed by a man who keeps yelling that the country is ‘broken’ yet has happily been part of this system for 20 years and who had a vote in shaping it every step of the way.”
According to federal immigration data, there are 96,021 asylum seekers in Quebec — far less than the 160,000 cited by the CAQ to sell the idea of forcing 80,000 people out of the province, which would contravene the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Anti-immigration conservative nationalists are actively trying to terrify the public about a demographic shift they say is leaving French-speaking Quebecers a vulnerable minority.
“Organizations that work with refugees are raising awareness of how inhumane this added hurdle is for people dealing with complex trauma and PTSD that makes it much harder to integrate — let alone learn a new language in six months.”
“The CAQ’s decision to halve Quebec’s capacity for family reunification dashes the hopes of approximately 40,000 applicants who’ve been waiting an average of 34 months to bring over a spouse or a child from abroad.”
“While the building’s collapse has been devastating for the tenants who lost everything and it certainly serves as a poignant reminder of the unpredictability of life, silver linings exist.”
“The truth is that those disinclined to vote for a female candidate can be appeased by nothing and aggravated by everything.”
“This doesn’t improve the French majority’s chances of better healthcare or protect the French language in any possible way.”
“It bears repeating that secularism is merely the separation of church and state. It isn’t the right not to be exposed to religion publicly, or the right not to live alongside people who may have a different relationship with faith than you do.”
“With the CAQ in power, the jokes often write themselves.”
