“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.”
Contrary to the Quebec government mantra that immigrants are “anglicizing” the province, most newcomers want to learn French ASAP. But how to get started is not always obvious.
“We’re feeling constantly under attack, and that’s because we are. This government has attempted to abolish school boards, imposed arbitrary measures on who we can hire as teachers with Bill 21 and imposed further language restrictions with Bill 96.”
“Bill 96’s narrower definition of who is considered an English-speaker means that close to half a million Quebecers who are more comfortable receiving healthcare or legal communications in English are no longer legally permitted to do so.”
“What is up with some people’s complete disrespect for our public spaces? It doesn’t require a huge amount of effort and discipline to keep our streets, sidewalks, parks and shorelines clean. Yet some of us appear incapable.”
“The French language will be better protected when it’s not constantly politicized.”
“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.”
