Students strip in protest of Formula 1 in Montreal
Picture: AFP The circus that is Formula 1 racing has arrived in Montreal for its annual visit and injection of about $100 million into the local economy. The fears that the current student protests...
View ArticleIs international media attention good for the Quebec student protesters?
Jonathan Mann CNN As I write this the sound of a helicopter hovering over Montreal’s downtown area is loud and clear. Once again the student protesters are out but this weekend they have a bigger...
View ArticleTwo shots of Montreal students
John Mahoney John Mahoney Two recent shots of students on Montreal streets by John Mahoney in The Gazette show a distinct contrast!
View ArticleHot weather + Student protests = First long weekend of the summer
The protesting students are calling for a huge demonstration today in Montreal while the weather forecast is calling for a hot and humid afternoon with a chance of pop-up showers (I just disable them...
View ArticleTax return trickery
cbc.ca The Quebec student protest/strike/tuition increase is back in the news today. In Karen Seidman’s article in The Gazette (The forgotten detail of tuition dispute) she points out that the amount...
View ArticleFormer student leader and current Parti Québécois candidate calls for voting...
Francis Vachon , AFP/GettyImages Parti Québécois candidate Léo Bureau-Blouin on Thursday suggested protesting students declare a “truce”for the duration of the election campaign. Amazing! He’s only...
View ArticleQuebec students to vote on resuming class
Graham Hughes/Canadian Press So when the protesting students want to effect change in a democratic society they take to the streets rather than the polls. But when they want to alter something...
View ArticleChanges in student leadership…crumbling or new blood?
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois (Photo credit: JustinLing) Now Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois has announced he is leaving his position as spokesperson for the student group CLASSE. Just a few days ago Léo Bureau-Blouin...
View ArticleYoung voters…or non-voters
There is an interesting piece in The New York Times about young eligible voters who become involved in politocal party organizing and take up causes – but don’t actually vote!! Could we see this...
View ArticleCivil rights marches, student protests, underworld hits – and masks
Last night an underworld settling of accounts was carried out in St. Leonard according to The Gazette. Two masked men opened fire on the intended victims. It seems that in the netherworld of organized...
View ArticleQuebec Elections: One Trick Ponies
Quebec party leaders meet to debate – CBC Matthew Hays’ excellent op-ed, Opinion: True confessions of a diehard anglo leftie, in today’s The Gazette illustrates yet again what many people in the other...
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