Some Quebecers like their politicians soft
How do you like your eggs? Hard boiled, once over lightly? Me, I like mine scrambled usually. But what about the men and women elected to public office? The most…
Quebec politics
Legault’s CAQ party filling Separatist sails
Quebec Liberal party supporters could be excused for perhaps thinking that the idea for the creation of François Legault’s CAQ party was to split the federalist vote. After all the…
Québec – What happens after a vote for independence?
For some, perhaps for most, the question of Québec separation is a dead issue. There are many who believe that the referendum in 1995 was the last kick at the…
Why this voter is going with Québec’s Liberals and Jean Charest
This will be my first time voting in a Québec election, and as everyone who reads this blog knows, (all four of you) I take my democratic franchise very seriously.…
Marois contre Legault face à face…For all the marbles?
With the Liberals seemingly bleeding, Jean Charest is reported to be trailing badly in his own riding, the debate between Pauline Marois and François Legault takes on even greater significance.…
The Dog Days of Summer
Pauline Marois will make Quebecers long for the tolerant Premiership of Jacques Parizeau With politicians away from Ottawa and politics the last thing on the minds of Canadians, the summer…
Legault contre Charest – face à face – A game changer
This was Charest’s Waterloo as I see it, win the debate and the world is your’s, lose and…well, perhaps the end of a brilliant political career. I won’t beat the…
Charest contre Marois face à face and toe to toe
I just finished watching the one on one debate between Jean (or is it John) Charest and Pauline Marois. My first thought is that I’d love to see this format…
Québec’s road to independence
A while back I shared my opinion on Québec sovereignty, expressing the view that independence is inevitable. Well, my opinion has changed. I wrote that particular entry back in April…
Thoughts on the Québec leaders debate – Charest bounce coming?
To this anglophone ear, listening to to the debate on CBC French language radio 106.3 FM here in the capital of the nation, it struck me that Prime Minister Jean…
Yarmulkes ha-jibs and burkas OH MY!!! Get a grip Pauline
I’m not big on religion, oh I go to church from time to time, but I’m not religious about it. As far as I know I don’t wear anything that…
The Cross is Boss: Marois 1, Frontwoodsers 0
As a proud fifth-generation anglo Québecker de souche, properly baptised by the Plymouth Trinity United Church of Sherbrooke, I must take a moment here to salute Parti-Québecois leader Pauline Marois…
The Cross is Boss: Marois 1, Frontwoodsers 0
As a proud fifth-generation anglo Québecker de souche, properly baptised by the Plymouth Trinity United Church of Sherbrooke, I must take a moment here to salute Parti-Québecois leader Pauline Marois…
The Cross is Boss: Marois 1, Frontwoodsers 0
As a proud fifth-generation anglo Québecker de souche, properly baptised by the Plymouth Trinity United Church of Sherbrooke, I must take a moment here to salute Parti-Québecois leader Pauline Marois…
An anglophone ‘pur laine’ considers voting Parti Québecois
For those unaware, I moved to Québec City back in October of 2011, and I am about as English Canadian as you can get, given that my ancestors came from…
From an Anglo to the Anglophones in Quebec
It is odd being an Anglo in Quebec. But not because I feel apart from the Francophones. Indeed, it is Anglo community that I feel estranged from. I live in…
Quebec election: the faux choix of the first two days
As everyone knows by now, Quebec is headed into a summer election. The Liberal party is trying to define the election as a choice between democracy or protest. As someone…
Quebec Votes
Jean Charest has been around forever. He’s the longest serving Quebec Premier since Maurice Duplesis, and has been PLQ leader for over 14 years. Older Quebecers no doubt remember him…
A CLASSE act for Quebec’s next provincial election
Should an election be called, the more militant group of the Quebec student protest movement will mobilze students against ideology and neo-liberal politics. That’s according to CLASSE’s new manifesto, recently…
The Name Game
Despite all quantitative evidence to the contrary, trust me when I say Quebecers hate these two men more than the Boston Bruins In today’s Globe & Mail, Lysianne Gagnon takes…