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Déjà Vu, All Over Again

Michael Binnion | Posted 06.10.2013 | Canada Alberta
Michael Binnion

I really thought the conversation on local natural gas development had moved beyond the mania of an availability cascade in Quebec. Everyone tells me I am optimistic and last week's report in La Presse proves them right.

WATCH: They Speak English, 'Then We Punch Them In The Face'

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada Politics

The Language Police are at it again – and this time, they’re going ‘under the cover.’ In the YouTube comedy that follows Quebec's 'Pastagat...

Quebec's Signature on the Constitution Is Symbolic But Ideal

Deborah Coyne | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Politics
Deborah Coyne

The Constitution of 1982 is the fundamental law of the land everywhere in Canada, including Quebec, notwithstanding the regrettable fact that the then sovereigntist premier of Quebec, René Lévesque, refused to sign the final document. However, although not legally necessary, it is nevertheless desirable that the National Assembly of Quebec formally endorse the 1982 constitutional changes.

Gunfire Exchanged After Helicopter Escape: Police

CP | Nelson Wyatt and Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.18.2013 | Canada

A young helicopter pilot picked up a pair of passengers for what was supposed to be a routine weekend flight over the north shore of Montreal.Instead,...

Would You Support a Liberal Leader Who's Pro-Segregation?

Tony Kondaks | Posted 05.18.2013 | Canada Politics
Tony Kondaks

Can you imagine a leader of one of Canada's main federalist parties supporting laws which give rights to members of one group while denying those same rights to others? I can't. What makes Justin Trudeau unfit to lead the Liberal Party of Canada and the country is his support of segregation.

Couillard Wins Quebec Liberal Leadership

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.17.2013 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - The new leader of the Quebec Liberals says he wants to make strengthening the province’s place in Canada a priority for the party.Philipp...

Quebec Liberals Set To Choose New Leader

CP | Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Politics

CP UPDATE: Philippe Couillard chosen to replace Jean Charest as Quebec Liberal leader. MONTREAL - Quebec Liberals are getting set to choose their...

How Open-Minded Are You?

CP | Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada Impact

MONTREAL - A public display of affection between a couple shouldn't usually elicit a reaction from people.But what if those engaging in that passionat...

Funeral For Quebec Officer Draws Hundreds

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.09.2013 | Canada

OTTAWA - A young constable gunned down in northern Quebec was remembered Saturday as a community-minded "superman" who packed a tremendous amount of l...

A Drop in Rankings Is What McGill Needs

Davide Mastracci | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Politics
Davide Mastracci

The 2013 Times High Education World Reputation Rankings (WRR) were recently released. The WRR measures the best universities in the world based upon t...

Open Letter to Pauline Marois, Premier of Quebec

Kokulan Mahendiran | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada
Kokulan Mahendiran

Dear Premier Marois, Speaking at the infamous Summit on Higher Education you held last month, McGill Principal Heather Munroe-Blum warned, "The quali...

Will Montreal Students Live Happily Ever After?

Supriya Dwivedi | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada Politics
Supriya Dwivedi

After the second protest in the last two weeks following a provincial summit on higher education, everything about Montreal's current spring weather seemed to have year-old Maple Spring undertones to it, including violence, arrests and injuries. The plight of student debt, post graduation underemployment, and rising housing costs are all unarguably quite legitimate burdens faced by my generation. Will free tuition as demanded by the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSÉ) and its followers solve these zeitgeist conundrums? Unlikely.

Why the EI Program Should Become a True Insurance System

Yanick Labrie | Posted 03.06.2013 | Canada Business
Yanick Labrie

The recent changes to the employment insurance (EI) system implemented by the Conservative government continue to fuel discontent in the eastern provi...

Is the Montreal Gazette's Don Macpherson out to Lunch?

Beverly Akerman | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada
Beverly Akerman

Don Macpherson must need a break--and badly. That's the only explanation I can come up with on the heels of his scurrilous article in Saturday's Montr...

What I Learned This Week: Quebec's Language Police Are Great for Business

Andy Nulman | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada Politics
Andy Nulman

The recent crackdowns by Quebec's French-language watchdog troupe (officially known as the OQLF) is actually designed to BENEFIT Quebec's English-speaking minority (a.k.a. "Anglophones") and small business. The global attention generated by the OQLF will spawn a new breed of tourist, "Wordies," who will flock here to eat, drink and take pictures in all the affected places.

Disgraced Former Spy Watchdog Gave Money To Tories

CP | Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Arthur Porter was a donor to the federal Conservatives during his time at Canada's spy watchdog, public records show.But his contributions ap...

Suspect Dead After Quebec Standoff

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.03.2013 | Canada

KUUJJUAK, Que. - Members of a small northern Quebec community were reeling Sunday after a police officer was shot and killed Saturday night while resp...

PQ Should Use Public Funds To Promote Sovereignty: Parizeau

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois premier Jacques Parizeau is taking aim at the current party leadership, saying it should do more to promote sovereig...

Ex-Spy Watchdog Now A Wanted Man

CP | Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - Once entrusted with keeping an eye on the country's spy agency, Arthur Porter is now a wanted man.The former head of the CSIS watchdog agen...

Why Canada's Definition of Austerity Is All Wrong

David Gratzer | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Business
David Gratzer

Government program spending is still growing from sea to sea. Virtually every government in Canada is spending more in current dollars from one year to the next. Many are spending more in inflation-adjusted dollars, too. If they aren't, they're generally coming pretty close.

They're Back

CBC | Posted 04.28.2013 | Canada Politics

Montreal police say ten people were arrested for assaulting police officers during a protest in Montreal against the Quebec government's decision to i...

Anthony Bourdain Talks Drugs, Paula Deen And Quebec

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 02.26.2013 | Canada Living

When Anthony Bourdain took to Reddit to answer reader questions, we expected drug references and some hate for the Travel Channel, but professing his ...

New Quebec Language Police Target? 'Steak'

CBC | Posted 04.27.2013 | Canada Politics

More Montreal restaurateurs are speaking out about the demands imposed by Quebec's language police over signs and menu items that are not in French. ...

Another Maple Spring Coming?

CP | Andy Blatchford and Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.26.2013 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - Not even the most militant of Quebec's student federations expects this week's education summit to plunge the province into another Maple S...

Another Quebec Restaurant Bites Back At Language Watchdog

CP | Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - One of Canada's most famous restaurants has come forward with its own tale of troubles with Quebec's language watchdog, days after a flap o...