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Not Rex: Quebec shooting and the reality of right-wing terrorism | Sep 13 2012 | Humberto DaSilva | At first I thought it was just a second gunman shooting at Pauline Marois, then I realized how vast the conspiracy actually was!
Pauline Marois and Léo Bureau-Blouin. (Photo: Marie Berne / flickr)
Could this be the PQ's last hurrah? | Sep 10 2012 | Trevor Hanna | It's entirely plausible that both the PQ and Liberals (PLQ) could disappear from Quebec's electoral landscape within a few decades.
Charest's defeat is a victory for students | Sep 6 2012 | Ethan Cox | Charest is gone, the students have won at least a partial victory and Quebec's political future is uncertain.
Quebec election results: What PQ minority rule will mean | Sep 5 2012 | Duncan Cameron | Leading PQ strategist, and newly elected MNA, Jean-François Lisée compared the situation facing Pauline Marois to that of Stephen Harper and his 2008 minority government.
Statement of solidarity and sympathy in light of the election night shooting | Sep 5 2012 | Translating the printemps érable | There is no place, in a fair and democratic election such as the one we participated in yesterday, for violence. We are outraged at this attack on our democratic process.
Photo: Alexandre Guedon
Quebec and the rest of Canada: Why we shouldn't fear conversations about sovereignty | Sep 5 2012 | Nora Loreto | It's easier to scare people with the belief that Canada is about to collapse because of Québec than to allow Canadians to see which public policies are possible, like 7$/day daycare.
Quebec's carrés rouges: Mélanie Robert on taking down Jean Charest's Liberals | Sep 4 2012 | Jane Gatensby, Nicolas Quiazua | For Mélanie Robert, a photographer, journalist and contributor to Voir, wearing the red square is, in essence, about promoting the bien commun.
Quebec's carrés rouges: François Saillant on why he's running for Quebec Solidaire | Sep 4 2012 | Jane Gatensby, Nicolas Quiazua | Saillant is taking a pause from his longstanding position as coordinator of the housing rights group FRAPRU to run for Quebec Solidaire (QS) in Rosemont,
Quebec's carrés rouges: Normand Baillargeon wears the red and black squares together | Sep 4 2012 | Jane Gatensby, Nicolas Quiazua | “I added the black square when I saw the government intervene in such a brutal way -- during the negotiations, through police intervention, and in adopting la loi spéciale.”
Photo: D'Arcy Norman.
Quebec election: Strategic voting and the myth of change | Sep 3 2012 | Mohamed Shaheen | Until electoral reform becomes a reality, Quebecers and all Canadians should vote for those that best represent their values and hopes.
Women against intolerance during the 'reasonable accomodation' debate in Quebec.
When a spade is truly a spade: The PQ's xenophobia in a throwaway election for progressive federalists | Aug 31 2012 | Kevin J.S. Duska Jr. | The endgame of this election is far from clear for those of us who identify as progressive federalists.
The Parti Quebecois plans to implement a 'charter of secularism'.
The trouble with a 'charter of secularism' for Quebec | Aug 29 2012 | Ehab Lotayef | As the Quebec election approaches I find myself, unfortunately, pressured to vote for a candidate and party based on my religious sentiments and my feelings of discrimination against my community.
Serge Roy of Quebec Solidaire on the campaign trail in Taschereau.
Battleground Taschereau: A riding to watch in Quebec | Aug 29 2012 | Nora Loreto | Taschereau has been held by Parti Québecois MNA Agnès Maltais since 1998. From the beginning of this Quebec election campaign, this riding was going to be a battleground.
'Caribou hunt' in Quebec: One week until the vote | Aug 28 2012 | Duncan Cameron | Ballots in the Quebec election will be counted next Tuesday, September 4. With a week to go, almost nobody believes the Quebec Liberals will be re-elected.
Amir Khadir: In conversation with Quebec Solidaire's co-spokesperson | Aug 26 2012 | Ethan Cox | rabble.ca's Quebec correspondent sits down for an extended feature interview with the co-spokesperson for Quebec Solidaire.

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