Month: October, 2007

Reasonable accommodations, Quebec style (for now)

October 28, 2007 (14:27) | Quebec, Politics | 2 Comments | french

Strange times. I must admit I don’t understand the reversal of meaning that has happened to the idea that voting is to be done openly - in french we now say “à visage découvert”. As far as I know, no one has asked to go back to having shows of hands in the court of […]

Private healthcare for Canadians? Bring it on.

October 12, 2007 (16:59) | Canada, Quebec, Politics, Economics | No Comments | french

Although it was particularly concerning for us in Quebec and urgent to do away with, our now slightly relaxed post-secondary tuition freeze has not been the sole taboo resulting in good part from the defensive collectivism that is so prevalent in this country, on both sides of the language divide by the way. And we […]

My dissidence on Afghanistan

October 7, 2007 (16:03) | Canada, Politics | No Comments | french

Here is a Liberal who respectfully disagree with his party leader - and much of the party obviously - on this question, and who remains in the minority of Quebecers supporting the current implication of Canada in Afghanistan. I am not saying that my position is definitive, nor that it is rooted in either principles […]

Three paragraphs (well… four at the most)

October 6, 2007 (00:35) | This and other blogs | No Comments | french

OK. It’s been a while, I’ve taken a few steps back, and I’m now returning to the program. I must give myself a realistic goal if I want to make something worthwile out of this experiment with blogging: so three paragraphs it will be, four if I really need it. I’ll take a chance at […]