Demand-side housing assistance
Eric Latimer and I recently wrote a report for the Province of Québec about demand-side housing assistance for low-income households. A ‘top 10’ overview of the report can be found…
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Anti-Fascism and the Three Way Fight in Québec [ThreeWayFight]
by Dandy Andy In his “Afterword” to Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism, Michael Staudenmaier writes: “The three way fight is not an ideology or a fixed political line.…
Hydrogen Train Takes to the Rails in Quebec
In an effort to show North Americans that train travel can be both good for the environment and getting around Alstom has sent a train to Quebec. The train company…
How Quebec Will Defeat AirBnB
The global housing crisis has numerous causes, and one of them is AirBnB. Of course there are competitors to the short term rental company but the impact of their presence…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Labour Day reading. – David Macdonald offers a reminder that any difficulty employers are having finding workers is a result of their failing to pay wages…
How historical happenstance resulted in the Québécois being ruled by the same monarch they would have had anyways if they had never left France
The Québécois are, as a rule, not fond of the monarchy. Poll after poll bear this out. Its not so much that Québécois dislike the Queen or, arguably, even the…
Schadenfreude, Hydro-Québec and the Maine referendum
It’s called schadenfreude, the satisfaction you get from someone else’s misfortune. Some Albertans may be feeling it this week after the referendum in Maine that rejected a Hydro-Québec transmission line…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ian Austen takes Alberta’s shame to the international stage by pointing out how the UCP’s “best summer ever” has given rise to…
On narrow targets
At this stage of the federal election campaign, the seemingly wide range of outcomes is entirely an artifice of a first-part-the-post system with multiple parties contending for seats. Barring a…
The bloc québécois’ housing platform
With Canadians heading to the polls in a federal election this month, I’ve written a 600-word overview of the Bloc Québécois’ housing platform. It’s available here: https://nickfalvo.ca/ten-things-to-know-about-the-bloc-quebecois-housing-platform/
Quebec Cancels Planned LNG Operation to Protect the Environment
The waters of the Saguenay and the St. Lawerence have avoided great harm thanks to the cancellation of a massive natural gas facility in the area. People had been protesting…
Homelessness planning during covid
The Calgary Homeless Foundation has just released a 12-city scan of homelessness planning during COVID. It’s a national study (which I authored). My ‘top 10’ overview of the study can…
Joyce Echaquan’s treatment wasn’t an isolated incident
Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman died at Joliette hospital after she posted a video of slurs said by staff right before her death. This Op-Ed appeared in the Montreal…
Bigotry is blooming early in Quebec.
It seems to come each year with the spring flowers. Bigotry is the passion of Quebec nationalists. They care less that people recognize them for what they are: small-minded, intolerant,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Sarah Schulman discusses the importance of sleep as a determinant of health, arguing that a safe bed is the first step toward…
On unreliable suppliers
There’s been plenty of bluster between Jason Kenney and Yves-Francois Blanchet over equalization and its relationship to the oil industry. But it’s worth pointing out that to the extent Quebec…
How A Liberal Minority Government Might Impact Corporate Environmental Outlook
The 2019 Canadian election resulted in a Liberal minority government led by Justin Trudeau. How might it impact your corporate environmental policy? To help guide your outlook we highlight notable…
Canada 2019 – Election Notes
With Canadians going to the polls tomorrow, I’ll offer a few thoughts on what to watch for on election day and beyond in a campaign whose early stability seems to…
Apparently I’m a Quebecker
Vote Compass recently published a survey of Canadians’ attitudes toward a variety of issues. The results were broken down by province, scaling how much respondents agreed or disagreed with different…