Quebec’s recent passage of Bill 62, which bans the wearing of the niqab in Quebec for people seeking access to public services, appeases the political demands of the ultra-right in the province, argues Yasmin Jiwani, a Professor of Communication Studies at Concordia University. The post Quebec’s niqab ban uses women’s
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somecanuckchick dot com: Pauline Marois defends anti-Semitic PQ candidate Louise Mailloux?!?!
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out– because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out– because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out– because
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Behold the completely dependent independent Québec!
An independent Québec — according to Pauline Marois — would continue to use the Canadian dollar, seek a Bank of Canada seat, offer dual citizenship, have no borders, no customs house, no visa requirements, no tolls, etc. In short, a completely dependent [yet somehow independent?!] Québec. Minimizing how much would change, if
Continue readingPample the Moose: Canada at the breaking point? Justin Trudeau, Le Devoir and Me
Just a quick post this weekend to link to a story in Le Devoir today by Guillaume Bourgault-Côté, occasioned by Justin Trudeau’s recent remarks about how the possibility of living in a Canada whose identity actually did correspond to the refashioning that PM Harper has undertaken could make him contemplate
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