The senator Patrick Brazeau was removed from Conservative caucus this past week and I ask myself where did this go wrong.

To understand what pressures have been placed on Patrick Brazeau, you first have to understand what he could have possibly created and how he was seen by Canadians, whether he felt that way about himself or not.

A large crowd was expected to mark the 100th day of Quebec student protests against the Provincial government's decision to unilaterally raise tuition fees - Nobody expected the turnout to be as large as it was - much like the "occupy" movement in the united states.

Hosni, from Algeria, was one of the participants in the march, and although neither a student himself nor a native Quebecer by birth, his presence and support for the student cause clearly shows that what had started out as a Quebec student movement now embodies the vision of social justice shared by all progressives.

Mr. Olivier de Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, made his first official organized stop on his grand 10-day Canadian tour on Sunday in Montreal.

At a panel discussion, held at the Universite de Montreal, there were representatives from People's Unions, Greenpeace, Food Independence groups, and professional food-gatherers' alliances. The main issues identified by the groups included poverty and access to healthy food, Aboriginal peoples, governance, the industrial food model and international issues.

There is a long-standing core of the NDP's longest-serving members who have an objective for the Party - yes, they want an NDP government, that is a priority - moreover, the core and established serving members of the NDP also want to enjoy the alienation of the arrogance they faced as third-party members toiling in the shadows for so long - in particular the alienation of the Liberal Party.

Putting an end to this political class arrogance is what the experience of the longest-serving NDP members has shown to be the major and vital challenge for any party representative of the Canadian centre-left.