The Home of the Habs: For Whites Only?
The Hobby Lobby case rules that Corporations can impose their restrictive values on others. What if the corporation is racist? As a Verdun resident, Fred Christie follows the Habs, as…
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The Home of the Habs: For Whites Only?
This blogpost was published in the HuffPost under the title: This Canadian Stood Up to Racism Before Rosa ParksThe Hobby Lobby case rules that Corporations can impose their restrictive values…
The Home of the Habs: For Whites Only?
This blogpost was published in the HuffPost under the title: This Canadian Stood Up to Racism Before Rosa Parks The Hobby Lobby case rules that Corporations can impose their restrictive…
Le PQ de Pauline a-t-il perdu à cause du vote ethnique?
Le ectoplasme du «prochain» référendum s’éloigne maintenant que le Parti québécois (PQ) a été défait dans scrutin provincial québécois. Après un cycle électoral acrimonieux et débordant d’allégations de corruption, d’insinuations…
Le PQ de Pauline a-t-il perdu à cause du vote ethnique?
Le ectoplasme du «prochain» référendum s'éloigne maintenant que le Parti québécois (PQ) a été défait dans scrutin provincial québécois. Après un cycle électoral acrimonieux et débordant d'allégations de corruption, d'insinuations…
Les Plumes des Peau-Rouges de Nepean attérissent sur le Rouge-et-Noir d’Ottawa
La région de l’Outaouais va bientôt accueillir un nouveau club de football. Ce sera la 3e fois que l’équipe renait de ces cendres : les Ottawa Rough Riders ont fait…
Ottawa’s RedBlacks, Redskins and Blackface
The National Capital Region will soon welcome a new CFL football club. This will be the third time the team rises from its ashes: the Ottawa Rough Riders went bankrupt…
Harry Potter and the Half-Ass Effort: How The Agenda Can Realign with Real Ontario Viewers
The Cloak of Invisibility is a magical artefact used to render the wearer invisible. It was the only known invisibility cloak that would not fade with age and would provide…
Harry Potter and the Half-Ass Effort: How The Agenda Can Realign with Real Ontario Viewers
This article also appeared in the Huffington Post Canada. The Cloak of Invisibility is a magical artefact used to render the wearer invisible. It was the only known invisibility cloak…
Scandale au view Forum de Montréal #Habs
Le Canadien de Montréal est une équipe mythique. Une des équipes fondatrices de la Ligue nationale de hockey (LNH). Le Forum a été pendant longtemps le temple du sport de…
Bob Rae, his Rosedale gang and Rosa Parks
In case you’ve been living under a rock, there is a by-election coming on Monday. Candidates are going head to head (to head) in Manitoba, Montreal and Toronto. There’s been…
Ottawa Bells Rang but No One Woke Up
The City of Detroit has become the butt of jokes for its upside down procurement priorities. The downtrodden Motor City has made a series of poor investments over several mayoral…
Why does the Ottawa Sun get away with this double standard?
The Diva is perplexed. Behold, today’s Ottawa Citizen cover. It is a heart-wrenching account of an adult who died of a drug overdose. His family is going through the grieving…
Why does the Ottawa Sun get away with this double standard?
The Diva is perplexed. Behold, today’s Ottawa Citizen cover. It is a heart-wrenching account of an adult who died of a drug overdose. His family is going through the grieving…
La St-Jean souillée par les séparatistes
La chroniqueuse dans Le Devoir pose une question intéressante: À qui appartient la Saint-Jean-Baptiste? La fête rebaptisée «la Saint-Jean» a une connotation sociopolitique très particulière au Québec depuis les années…
The Year of the Snake : It didn’t start in 2013
Chinese-Canadians have been part of the Canadian landscape for over a century. As May is Asian Heritage Month, Canadians of all backgrounds take a look back at their contributions: past,…
Ben Johnson Syndrome -or- Why Rob Ford’s Dealers are Somali and Doug Ford is not an ‘Irish Drug Dealer’
The curious case of Canucks who suddenly morph from Canadian to foreigner when their behaviour causes discomfort. The “Ben Johnson syndrome” was first documented when the famous athlete ran the…
The O stands for Originality, aka the oxymoron to "Ottawa"
This article was published in The Huffington Post Canada. Read it here and post a comment! This week is momentous for legions of moms and women in general: the “Big…
For Asian-Canadians, the Year of the Snake didn’t Start in 2013
On February 8th, PM Stephen Harper issued a statement on the occasion of Chinese New Year. “As Chinese Canadians usher in the New Year, they can rest assured that our…
La Banque du Canada dit non au reflet de la diversité sur les dollars -OU – La xénophobie structurelle à la Banque du Canada: le jupon qui dépasse
Quand la nouvelle est tombée l’été dernier que la Banque du Canada avait effectué un nettoyage ethnique dans les images imprimées sur la monnaie canadienne, le faux-pas a fait le…