Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one. (Voltaire)
Earlier this month, Conservative MP Jean-Pierre Blackburn mused publicly about eventually re-opening the constitution to accomodate Québec. Whatever strategic motivations were being played out, it sure provoked a slew of reactions in the english language media, including the Liberal blogosphere, where comments ranged from the prudently constructive to the openly hostile. I was rather troubled, […]
A bit of federal politics now. Well, believe it or not, I finally decided I would vote for my own party in the next federal election, whenever it happens, although I’m hoping that our usual Québec-bashing factions - here’s a typical example but nothing personal here; everybody’s entitled to their view, and mine isn’t any […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jean Charest’s electoral promise of using some of the funds recently transfered from Ottawa, in order to lower provincial income tax - which he finally did - has had way too many people losing their cool, both inside and outside Québec. The criticism has actually been flowing from at least three completely different directions.
First, independently […]
I know, I know. If I’m going to have a blog, I should be blogging. There is just so much thinking to be done these days. The writing can’t follow. And then there’s work, there’s the kids, there’s life. Anyway, I’ll go for a few thoughts, what the heck.
1. The Québec election: in the french […]
For my first reading notes in this blog, I decided to review a little book published in french in 2005, written by a literary columnist at Le Devoir, Montreal’s openly sovereigntist daily, a paper which in all fairness remains a major reference for anyone with an honest desire to better understand Québec’s political ethos. Louis […]
For Québec federalists of all hues of (multi-)national loyalty, the last couple of months must have been quite a roller coaster, with its most intense drops and turns all concentrated in one single final greening day of the big red convention. It’s certainly been the case for me, that’s for sure. What an incredible rush, […]
Seems like lots of Canadians have been surprised lately by an old skeleton coming out of its closet. For sure, the Québec nation saga must have crossed some imaginary line as it now appears that a (close to) unanimous motion in the House of Commons will be adopted tomorrow attributing something referenced by the word […]
