Canadian Media
Radio-Canada rebrands as “ici”
From, ahem, Canada.com, MONTREAL — The French-language CBC has announced plans to change its name. Radio-Canada will lose the words “radio” and “Canada.”…
Montreal
16 posts on Montreal from Stephen Taylor's archive of Canadian political commentary.
Canadian Politics
Was Tyrone Benskin’s PMB about himself?
Today, the Huffington Post reports, MONTREAL – The NDP has suspended a member from its shadow cabinet because of his chronic, long-term failure to pay taxes.…
Montreal Municipal Politics
Denis Coderre announces bid for mayor of Montreal
Denis Coderre announced today that he’s running for mayor of Montreal. We wish him the best of luck. However, Coderre told reporters that he’ll be stepping…
Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette on Stephen Harper and Terrorism
In the wake of the terror arrests in Toronto and Montreal yesterday, Liberal Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette tweeted, Sen.Hervieux-Payette (@HervieuxPayette):…
Canadian Business
Quebec unions at work
You may have come here by googling “why are unions bad?” If a private company was contracted for snow removal, they certainly wouldn’t be wasting labour costs…
Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff tour continues
Protesters greet Michael Ignatieff in Montreal: and at UofT Mississauga: That last sign is a bit much. I wouldn’t say that he loves torture. But, I also…
Canadian Media
Is the media setting the agenda on the gun registry?
Last week, tragedy struck the West-end Montreal CEGEP Dawson college as an individual opened fire and killed one young woman and wounded a number of other…
Canadian Media
Dawson college: bloggers tell the story
Horrible news from Montreal today as one or more individuals opened fire on students and staff at Dawson College. One suspect is dead, 19 people are injured. A…
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Answers needed
The Hizbollah-Israeli conflict has so far killed a disproportionate number of Canadians compared to losses from other countries not involved in the conflict.…