Quebec
Speaking out against an unwanted Quebec mine
Protests about Barriere Lake continue.
Quebec
How Jack Layton's NDP won Quebec
The NDP won 59 of 75 seats in Quebec the old-fashioned way, on television. A first (and then a second) appearance by Jack Layton on the Sunday night talk show Everyone is Talking About It (Tout Le Monde En Parle) which draws Stanley Cup Final size audiences every week of its season, ignited terrific interest in the party.
Quebec television features home grown cultural expression; most people in the province watch Radio-Canada, Radio-Quebec, and the French language commercial channels.
A daughter wants justice for her mother's death
Algonquin elder Gladys Tolley was killed by a police car driving through her reserve in 2001. Her daughter still fights for answers.
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Quebec gets another political option -- from the right
In a widely anticipated move, former Parti Québecois major player, François Legault has announced the creation of a new centre right political grouping: the Coalition for the Future of Quebec. First "soft" launched via You Tube video, ex-PQ Minister Legault, a founder of Air Transat, followed up by holding a press conference, where he shared the podium with another businessman, Charles Sirois of Fido, a noted federalist. Not yet officially a party, Legault's Coalition has two years until the next Quebec election to get itself ready.
Quebec right attacks MNA Amir Khadir
Just a week after being proclaimed the most popular politician in Quebec, Amir Khadir, the only MNA from Quebec solidaire, was out in public again to support a controversial issue knowing it would prompt rabid attacks from his opponents.
Khadir took to the street on Dec. 18 to picket a Montreal shoe store that sells Israeli-made products, as a part of a consumer boycott campaign initiated by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction group, a Palestinian solidarity organization. While the effectiveness of this tactic for the Palestinian cause is debatable, one ought to commend Amir's courage to stand up for his principle without fearing what it will do to his popularity.
We support the Tunisian struggle
Friday, January 14th 2011
The associations and organizations signing the present declaration strongly condemn the violent repression by the Tunisian government of the current demonstrations by citizens that the country is now witnessing. We stand with the far-ranging expressions of dismay and international solidarity to demand an immediate cease-fire by the government in Tunis. We support the legitimate demands of Tunisians for respect of their rights to dignity and their democratic freedoms as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Le Journal de Montreal lockout two years on
It has been almost two year since 253 workers of Le Journal de Montréal -- journalists, photographers and office staff -- were served with a lockout notice by their employer. On every single day since Jan. 24, 2009, whether under the scorching summer sun or the chilly winter of Montreal, these locked out workers have picketed the building they used to work in.
The perils of Pauline Marois
Parti Québecois leader Pauline Marois has all the qualities necessary to be premier of Quebec. First elected in 1981, Mme. Marois has been minister of finance and of health, and has held other significant ministerial positions. Not many figures in Canadian political history have been as well prepared as Marois to become head of government.
All she is lacking is one thing. Her party does not hold the majority of seats in the national assembly.