From the pro-police media: Vandals armed with suspected Molotov cocktails and red paint hit several buildings in Montreal overnight, in an hour-long spree that left windows damaged and buildings defaced. Montreal police say there were at least four attempted firebomb attacks at buildings containing provincial government offices after 3 a.m.
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From Orangutan: Bonjour Line Beauchamp,
Yet again, you continue to make strange political decisions. First, on Sunday afternoon, you gave media outlets less than an hour’s notice of a press conference that you wanted to hold. Next, at the press conference, you proposed to meet with certain, but not all, Quebec student federations. And then,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bye Bye Bixi
What a disgrace. Quebec has ordered Bixi to sell off its British bike share spinoff because Montreal didn’t have the authority to send money to a business that created a product and service that is marketable outside of Canada! How strange, and counterproductive. If Bixi had failed, everything would have
Continue readingThings Are Good: Fracking Banned in Quebec
People love putting oil in things so much that they’ll cause fracking earthquakes. Quebec has decided there’s no fracking way in their province as the hydraulic fracturing method to get oil out of hard to reach places is too dangerous. It’s really good to see at least one Canadian province
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Line Beauchamp,
Why would you offer a proposal to Quebec students that would place them in further debt, and then claim that you knew the students would reject the proposal? Is that not a waste of time, especially when one considers that the student boycott is costing taxpayers $104,000 an hour (or
Continue readingOh Peggy, Your Anti-Quebec Bias Is Showing!
Peggy Wente first goes into her commentary over Patrick Brazeau and Justin Trudeau’s boxing match last week-end and saying that Justin Trudeau would not be a good leader for the Liberals, because the west hates his dad, yadda! yadda! yadda. Yes, I’m sure Peggy would be one of the first
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Line Beauchamp and Jean Charest,
Why do you both insist that Quebec tuition fees must increase to keep the quality of education at expected standards? This premise is simply incorrect. My readings, for example, have taught me that although the price of attending a post-secondary institution in the United States has risen over the past
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Line Beauchamp,
Doesn’t it bother you, as a woman who is the Quebec Minister of Education, that given that women still do not earn the same salaries as men, raising tuition fees means that women will pay more for their education now and in the decades it takes them to pay back
Continue readingImpolitical: Memories of Mulcair
This Canadian Press report from Friday is about the use of the debate time in the House of Commons Friday on the reaction to the budget. The NDP took up all the debate time that day to prevent Liberals from getting any of it. Rae pointed it out as being
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Premier Jean Charest,
Here are some words of advice. You may be making the biggest career mistake of your life by ignoring the hundreds of thousands of protesting students in your Canadian province of Quebec. From what I have read, you are currently the most unpopular provincial leader in Canada, and your Liberal party
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Lockouts Almost Derail GDP Growth
Statistics Canada reported today that economic growth dropped to a bare 0.1% in January. The New Year began with Rio Tinto locking out former Alcan employees at Alma, Quebec, and Caterpillar locking out former Electro Motive employees at London, Ontario. Closing these major facilities contributed to cutting growth in durable-goods
Continue readingThe cost of Conservative Government Getting Out of Healthcare: An Election
The Quebec Minister of Finance today warned that the Conservative government would lose an election if they didn’t recommit to their fair share of healthcare costs, citing Prime Minister Pearson’s commitment to 50/50 sharing of a National Healthcare program. There is going to be another federal election…We have time to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The path ahead
To start off, I’ll heartily congratulate Thomas Mulcair on his strong victory in the NDP’s leadership campaign. But it’s well worth working on what comes next from day one of Mulcair’s tenure. Last night’s inaugural interview with Peter Mansbridge already represented a great start on the party unit front –
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Inflation Central
Statistics Canada reported today that consumer prices edged up by 0.1% in February on a seasonally-adjusted basis, bringing the annual inflation rate to 2.6% and the core inflation rate to 2.3%. These rates are within the Bank of Canada’s target range and should allow it to keep interest rates low,
Continue readingCo2 Art: Should Quebec Students’ Strike for Lower Tuition be Spread to Rest of Canada?
Students in Quebec have been protesting a 75% tuition increase over five years announced by the provincial government. there are two sides to this story In favour of keeping lower tuition 1. many countries, such as Norway, Sweden, Brazil, the Bahamas and Scotland, have free university education, and it is
Continue readingCo2 Art: Should Quebec Students’ Strike for Lower Tuition be Spread to Rest of Canada?
Students in Quebec have been protesting a 75% tuition increase over five years announced by the provincial government. there are two sides to this story In favour of keeping lower tuition 1. many countries, such as Norway, Sweden, Brazil, the Bahamas and Scotland, have free university education, and it is
Continue readingCo2 Art: Should Quebec Students’ Strike for Lower Tuition be Spread to Rest of Canada?
Students in Quebec have been protesting a 75% tuition increase over five years announced by the provincial government.there are two sides to this storyIn favour of keeping lower tuition1. many countries, such as Norway, Sweden, Brazil, the Bahamas and…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Ed Broadbent and the Progressive Suicide Club
It was so spooky on the waterfront last night, as a heavy mist rolled in, it reminded me of the movie The Fog. You know, the one where the ghosts of the past stagger ashore, and scare the bejeesus out of everyone. Just like Ed Broadbent. Former NDP leader Ed
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: Adieu Madeleine Parent
Aerial view of Montreal Cottons Valleyfield works, 1950. Copyright undetermined as per citation at Université de Sherbrooke’s Bilan du Siècle I was saddened to learn of the death last night of the iconic Québec labour activist Madeleine Parent. She was 93 so I knew that when I wrote this tribute
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Death of the CAQ, Return of the PQ?
That was certainly quick. A couple of months after François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) swallowed up the old Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), and ended up with eight experienced members of l’Assemblée Nationale, the party has spent the last four polls from three different companies in third place, behind
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