Separatism is a Scam
Not the work of the author, though this author would gladly high-five the illustrator for a job well done This article was originally published on Forget the Box. I was remiss to discover that a recent...
View ArticleUn Projet Pour Pierrefonds – Building a Bridge to Ile-Bigras
I remember a little while back the PQ announced they would not go ahead with a planned ‘urban boulevard’ along the western edge of residential development in the West Island, part of a planned route...
View ArticleHow to Beat Bill 60
Defy it. With extreme prejudice… A tip of the hat is owed to Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, head of the prestigious Montreal Jewish General Hospital, for firing the opening salvo in the people’s defiance of...
View ArticleA Montreal Drive-By
So here’s the scene. I’m standing with a friend while she waits for her lift on Greene Avenue in Westmount a few days back. We’re across from the entrance to Westmount Square, about half way between...
View ArticleSo we’re getting light rail anyways…? (Updated)
I’m almost willing to place a bet on it… When the time comes to publicly eulogize Richard Bergeron (which I hope is a very long time from now), someone will remark how the Champlain Bridge LRT is his...
View ArticleChristmas Wishes
I’d like a few things for Christmas this year. I’m patient, and I wouldn’t expect such gifts any time too soon either. But if somehow these wishes come true in 2014, perhaps my faith in humanity will...
View ArticleThis is Getting Ridiculous – Israel is no Friend of Canada
Hat’s off to the Beaverton for nailing it with this headline: “Israeli Prime Minister Stephen Harper returns after long visit in Canada” …and to the Gazette’s Terry Mosher, for much the same reason...
View ArticleVoter Suppression in 2014 Quebec Election
Hundreds of people have been turned away from voter registration centres in the Montreal region, notably in the Westmount-St-Louis and Saint-Marie-Saint-Jacques ridings, because they ‘lack the intent’...
View ArticleGong Show {Part Deux}
Thought this clip of Jean_luc Mongrain going off about mediocrity in Quebec from about twenty years ago was worth highlighting. Enjoy! The PQ has backed itself into a corner. The more they turn up the...
View ArticleHigh Hopes
Last night Quebec won. All of Quebec, all of us. We won because the party that promised another doubtlessly fruitless referendum and an unbearably regressive plot to institutionalize discriminatory...
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