La Patrie
Le discours du PQ : mensonges et idées dépassées
By Jean-François Rancourt on November 27, 2008
L’idéologie du Parti Québécois est basée sur une série de mensonges et d’idées dépassées. Si ce parti a déjà été jeune et dynamique, voire utile au Québec, ce n’est plus le cas depuis longtemps. Par des manœuvres habiles et en martelant sans cesse la même rhétorique, le PQ a réussi à faire croire à plusieurs qu’il serait le seul parti à pouvoir défendre les intérêts des Québécois, comme s’il détenait l’exclusivité des valeurs québécoises, et comme si, par surcroît, il détenait le monopole de la définition de notre identité collective.,,
SAQ coming down on east-end topless landmark
By P.A. Sévigny on November 27, 2008
At 8:30 in the morning, the fast-food restaurant on Hochelaga Street was just as busy as any other fast-food joint in the city — perhaps busier. While Les Princesses served fast-food breakfast meals just like any other of its kind in the city, the well-known restaurant also had a liquor license. For almost 10 years, Gaetan Thomas, its owner, said the restaurant was doing good business before Quebec liquor board authorities recently decided to revoke his liquor license. Now he will probably have to close the business.,,
Opération Mr. Big™ (Made in Canada)
By Daniel Laprès on November 27, 2008
Même si certains médias (dont le journaliste Brian Hutchinson dans le National Post du 18 décembre 2004) en ont parfois fait état, peu de gens au pays savent que la Gendarmerie Royale du Canada (GRC) applique depuis plusieurs années des tactiques policières qui relèvent purement de la fabrication de preuves et dont plusieurs parmi nos concitoyens ont été les innocentes victimes...
Des élections? Pour quoi faire?
By Pierre K. Malouf on November 13, 2008
Que les prophètes de tout acabit se le tiennent pour dit : il n’existe pas plus sûr moyen de se fourvoyer que de prédire l’avenir. Une prédiction qui se réalise prouve que le voyant a eu de la chance ; une prédiction qui ne se réalise pas fait la preuve de son ineptie. Votre humble serviteur n’échappe pas à la règle : dans ma chronique du 16 octobre dernier je prévoyais le résultat de la prochaine élection provinciale, hallucination dont je me repens humblement.
Decision Quebec: riding round-up
By Jessica Murphy on November 13, 2008
Quebec’s declaration of values
By Amb. Martin Collacot on November 13, 2008
The decision by the Quebec government to require immigrants to that province to declare that they accept the basic common values of Quebecers makes good sense.,,
Boroughs gone bonkers
By Jessica Murphy on November 13, 2008
Last September, The Metropolitain reported on merchants along Parc. Ave being hit with a number of fines under Montreal’s cleanliness bylaws.
At the time, property owner Bill Vasilios Karidogiannis complained that the street was in disrepair despite merchants pressuring the borough to contribute to its upkeep. So when the borough sent a team of workers to clean the streets a couple of weeks later, he was overjoyed.,,
“..Some things are worth fighting for!”
By P.A. Sévigny on November 13, 2008
Last Sunday, Montreal’s St. James United Church held its annual Remembrance Day service to honor all who served and died for this nation during all of its wars.,,
Did Liberals give 100%?
By Dan Delmar on October 30, 2008
Just 14 of 75 seats in Quebec: The search for answers and the finger-pointing has begun inside Liberal Party ranks. Was it a one-off, attributable to an unpopular leader and a convoluted carbon tax scheme? Could more have been done to win battleground ridings like Outremont or Jeanne-Le Ber? Was this just an accident or was it…murder?..
Le poids du mépris
By Bernard Amyot on October 30, 2008
Dans La Presse du 19 octobre dernier, le « chroniqueur » Patrick Lagacé a su décocher tout son fiel dans une charge tout à fait gratuite et sans fondement contre Stéphane Dion, et cela au moment où celui-ci était plus blessé et vulnérable que jamais auparavant, soit à la toute veille de l’annonce de sa démission comme chef du parti libéral du Canada...
Outflanking the Liberals on the left
By George Jonas on October 30, 2008
There’s no confusion about the election results in Canada, only about who won. Some say, well, the winner is whoever forms the government, and that’s Stephen Harper. Not so, others counter. Mr. Harper called an election to get a majority; he was denied one, so he lost. Even worse, look at his opponent. Anyone who can’t knock out Stéphane Dion has no business claiming the belt...
La nation ne s’est pas prononcée
By Pierre K. Malouf on October 30, 2008
Gilles Duceppe déclarait récemment que c’est la nation québécoise qui s’est prononcée le 14 octobre en élisant 50 députés du Bloc. Aucun commentateur n’a jugé bon jusqu’à maintenant de relever l’énormité des prétentions de M. Duceppe. Alain Dubuc grattait les bords de la plaie dans sa chronique du 26 octobre, mais ne mettait pas le doigt sur le bobo. Je serai donc le premier à le faire...
Justice for Anas?
By Jessica Murphy on October 30, 2008
Bizarre circumstances surround the shooting death by police of Mohamed Anas Bennis on Dec. 1, 2005. This summer, the family, who has been fighting for almost three years against government stonewalling, thought they would finally learn the facts about that day in Cote-des-Neiges...
Therefore choose courage! A personal reflection on memory and witness
By Beryl Wajsman on October 16, 2008
My father died this past Monday. At a time when so much of the currency of our public discourse is spent on meaningless façade, political correctness and false piety, I wanted to share this article I wrote last Remembrance Day about him. Our political elites could take a few lessons from a member of the “greatest generation”...
Pouvoir de nuisance
By Pierre K. Malouf on October 16, 2008
Le Québec vient d’aggraver son handicap, c’est-à-dire son éloignement du pouvoir par bloquistes interposés. Nous aurons donc un gouvernement minoritaire. Le troisième en quatre ans...
“What ever happened over just one night?” One on one with Julie Couillard
By Beryl Wajsman on October 16, 2008
She was never charged with any crime. She was never the object of any complaint. She’s lived her life openly and transparently. But in the public life of this country, anyone can be targeted if they can be abused for political gain to get at someone else. The math in politics is simple. Add two plus two and make sure it equals five...
Canada and Julie Cuillard
By Beryl Wajsman on October 16, 2008
My interview with Julie Couillard caused me to reflect on some issues in her story that really are message and metaphor for some sad realities in the public life - political and journalistic - of this country. I wanted to share them with you particularly on election week...
Election review of selected ridings served by The Métropolitain
By Dan Delmar on October 16, 2008
Trudeau takes north end riding
By P.A. Sévigny on October 16, 2008
ustin Trudeau learns fast. He waited till all the votes were in and counted before thanking his wife, his friends, his campaign workers and especially the people of his riding for their faith, their trust and their votes...
Dévoilée
By Dan Delmar on October 16, 2008
Le Métropolitain s’est entretenu récemment avec une candidate néo-démocrate des plus controversées, Samira Laouni. La musulmane pratiquante s’est vu répondre à nos questions concernant ses croyances religieuses, sa vision pour la circonscription de Bourassa (où elle s’est classée quatrième Mardi) et ses impressions sur la politique internationale...
“We are a testament to their failures”
By Dan Delmar on October 16, 2008
Three Canadian Muslims took a stand earlier this month against the extremist branches of their religion and appealed for Quebecers to stand up for their secular values...
Trois Aspects!
By Alain-Michel Ayache on October 16, 2008
Au moment où j’écris ces mots, le résultat des élections fédérales demeure encore inconnu bien que la plupart des sondages penche du côté des Conservateurs pour un second mandat minoritaire...
Excited delirium
By Jessica Murphy on October 16, 2008
The concept of 'excited delirium' is igniting the debate on stun gun use by police forces across Canada. Defenders of the term call it an unrecognized health and policing crisis while critics fear it could be used to whitewash police brutality...
Whatever happened to market corrections?
By Anthony Philbin on October 2, 2008
While bankers and financiers and the lawmakers they control are spinning various doom and gloom scenarios to rationalize why they need saving, under the tenets of a free market economy what we are witnessing is not some unexpected or earth-shattering aberration...
La campagne électorale et la présence canadienne en Afghanistan.
By Pierre K. Malouf on October 2, 2008
Je n’avais pas aussitôt écrit dans ma chronique du 18 septembre (rédigée le 8) que le gouvernement conservateur (bientôt réélu) allait prolonger « la guerre en Afghanistan grâce à notre appui honteux », que Stephen Harper s’empressait de me rabrouer : la mission canadienne en prendra fin en 2011. Le gouvernement conservateur a l’habitude de tenir ses promesses, bonnes ou mauvaises, j’espère qu’il ne tiendra pas celle-là!..
Sébastien Dhavernas: un souffle nouveau en politique
By Louise V. Labrecque on October 2, 2008
C’est le portrait d’un homme intègre que je vous présente aujourd’hui. En le rencontrant et en discutant avec lui de ses idées et de ses priorités, j’ai pu percevoir un homme pour qui le dialogue, l’ouverture aux autres et la compassion sont réellement les moteurs de l’action, notamment politique...
Westmount going green
By Isaak Olson on October 2, 2008
Linking arms with the growing "green city" trend, Westmount officials have jump started a "sustainable development" initiative by holding the same community-wide discussion that has been building steam around this rapidly-warming globe we call home...
What happened to the honour system?
By Jessica Murphy on October 2, 2008
Revenu Quebec has played hardball for far too long. According to a partner and chartered accountant with a prominent Canadian financial management firm, the provincial revenue ministry has dropped the honour system and started to treat the average citizen like a crook...
A pastor for Jeanne Le Ber
By P.A. Sévigny on October 2, 2008
When Darryl Grey realized he couldn’t think of anybody he would want to vote for, he saw no reason why he shouldn’t run for parliament. As the pastor for Little Burgundy’s Imani Family and Full Gospel Church, he knew why he had to run for parliament...
Pour en finir avec l’âge de la déraison
By David Simard on September 18, 2008
Voici donc qu’on découvre que la candidate conservatrice dans Saint-Bruno/Saint-Hubert, Nicole Char- bonneau-Barron, est membre d’un groupe sectaire catholique et profondément réactionnaire, l’Opus Dei...
Why our elections highlight the need for a true Canadian Republic
By Beryl Wajsman on September 18, 2008
rime Minister Harper’s frustration with a recalcitrant opposition was understandable. An opposition that sabre-rattled with weekly regularity yet supported the government on some forty confidence votes.
Un pacifisme de tout repos
By Pierre K. Malouf on September 18, 2008
La campagne électorale vient à peine de débuter (j’écris ces lignes le 8 septembre) que déjà les sondages pleuvent...
Concordia back at the table
By P.A. Sévigny on September 18, 2008
Just days after classes resumed at Concordia, the university’s part-time faculty association is getting ready to pull the rug out from under the administration’s feet...
Election 2008 - Montreal: riding by riding
By Jessica Murphy on September 18, 2008
Don’t clean weeds and butts? You pay!
By Jessica Murphy on September 4, 2008
Montreal merchants say they're being fined under the cleanliness bylaws while the City remains in disrepair...