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Thomas Mulcair was offered (and refused) envelope full of cash, NDP leader told police2 comments

Canadian Press wrote 4 days ago: The fallout from Quebec’s corruption scandals has reached the epicentre of Canada’s Parliament, with … more →

Tags: Canada, Canadian Politics, News, Gilles Vaillancourt, Mike Duffy, Ottawa, Quebec politics, thomas mulcair

If you will it, it is no dream1 comment

G.J. Nashen wrote 3 weeks ago: This evening, Joel Lion, the Consul General of Israel, welcomed hundreds of diplomats, elected offic … more →

Tags: Canada, Historical, jewish community, montreal, Bernard Landry, ICAO, Jean-François Lisée, Jerusalem, Joel Lion

Photo Gallery

bfeatherman wrote 1 month ago: Latin America Photo GalleryPhoto Gallery … more →

Tags: Latin America, Barry Featherman, Gustavo Cisneros, Edwin Carrington, Jose Miguel Insulza, Albert Ramdin, Jeb Bush, Jimmy Carter, Ivonne Baki

Philippe "The Chicken" Couillard, Liberal Party Of Quebec's Choice For New Leader

archemdis wrote 2 months ago: Philippe Couillard should know that you can’t run a provincial government from outside the Nat … more →

Tags: Government, Canada, montreal, Québec, National Assembly, Liberal, Quebec Liberal, Philippe Couillard, McGill University Health Centre

Separatism, language cops, terror apologism, corruption, massive debt: welcome to the car wreck called Quebec1 comment

Jonathan Kay wrote 2 months ago: Of all the fantasies spun by Quebec separatists, the most absurd is the notion that the province’s f … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Pauline Marois, Parti Québécois, Quebec politics, Quebec Liberal Party, Charbonneau Commission, Coalition Avenir Qu, Paul Rose, Pierre Laporte

Liberals choose Couillard - but will Quebec do the same?

jamesmennie wrote 2 months ago: The polls had him as the perceived front runner and the polls were right. Philippe Couillard, former … more →

Tags: montreal@themoment, Parti Québécois, Pauline Marois, Quebec Liberal Party, mennie podcast, mennie, Podcast, Phillipe Couillard

Quebec on my Mind4 comments

michelinewalker wrote 2 months ago: Reaching for the Sky, by Chantale Jean (2011) A friend is doing my income tax report.  In a telephon … more →

Tags: Sharing, chronic fatigue syndrome, Canada, Québec, Pauline Marois, Madame Marois, George W. Bush, old age security

The Marois government: worst since the late 1960s?

Don Macpherson wrote 2 months ago: Looking at the results of the latest monthly Léger Marketing poll on Wednesday morning, I thought of … more →

Tags: The Don Macpherson Quebec Angle, Politics, Parti Québécois, Pauline Marois, Polls, Léger Marketing, Quebec Liberal Party, Quebec politics, Don Macpherson

Maple Spring Part Deux?

zacharyabell wrote 2 months ago: Originally published on WagingNonviolence on March 8: http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/maple-spr … more →

Tags: Montreal Manifencours 2012, manifencours, Education Summit, Pauline Marois, Martine Desjardins, Asse, quebec student strike, montreal, Maple Spring

(UPDATED) Missing: Quebec Liberal leadership delegates--hundreds of them

Don Macpherson wrote 2 months ago: Several riding delegations at the Quebec Liberal leadership convention March 16-17 won’t meet … more →

Tags: The Don Macpherson Quebec Angle, Don Macpherson, Politics, Quebec Liberal leadership, Quebec Liberal Party, Quebec politics

Quebec Liberal front-runner Couillard faces questions over teaching record

Ethan Cox wrote 2 months ago: With a little over a week to go until the Quebec Liberal Party elects a new leader, a leading conten … more →

Tags: National, Politics, Canadian Politics, Arthur Porter, Quebec Liberal Party, Quebec politics, McGill University, Philippe Couillard, Student Society of McGill University

Graeme Hamilton: Now that the PQ is in power, Quebec's rabble-rousing students have lost some of their charm

Graeme Hamilton wrote 2 months ago: Time, and an election victory, change everything. Last spring, as Quebec’s student protests were in … more →

Tags: Full Comment, Parti Québécois, Pauline Marois, Pierre Duchesne, Quebec politics

Reading Quebec: Le Devoir1 comment

michelinewalker wrote 3 months ago: Tuition Fees: Pierre Duchesne getting ready for the Summit (Garnotte 2013-02-05) For pictures by car … more →

Tags: Canada, Bill 14, clarity act, francois hollande, La classe, McGill University, Pierre Duchesne, Québec, Sherbrooke

PQ says no to free tuition: But will the protests resume?1 comment

jamesmennie wrote 3 months ago: In less than a month it will be the first anniversary of the student tuition protests that for six m … more →

Tags: montreal@themoment, student protests, Tuition, PQ @ [...], mennie podcast, mennie, Podcast, Education Summit, Karen Seidman

The rise and fall of Montreal's progressive movement.

jtksummers wrote 3 months ago: In Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson fondly, lovingly recalled the magic of San Fra … more →

Tags: montreal, Québec, Protest, Education, Pauline Marois, printemps érable

Stephen Harper's environment watchdog to resign after series of stinging reports9 comments

Mike De Souza wrote 4 months ago: OTTAWA – The federal environment watchdog, Scott Vaughan, is resigning after nearly five years on th … more →

Tags: Environment Technology, auditor general, climate change, commissioner of the environment and sustainable develop, Conservative Party of Canada, Dalhousie University, Dan Gagnier, Economic Development, Economic Issues

Jean Charest cashes in1 comment

Don Macpherson wrote 4 months ago: Former premiers don’t usually stay unemployed for long. And only four months after losing his … more →

Tags: The Don Macpherson Quebec Angle, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Quebec politics, Law, Droit Inc.

Jean Charest joins McCarthy Tetrault

Financial Post Staff wrote 4 months ago: Jean Charest, who was premier of Quebec from 2003 until 2012, has joined the law firm of McCarthy Té … more →

Tags: Legal Post, McCarthy Tétrault, Firm news

An Extraordinary Year: Recording history and infamy, one day at a time

jamesmennie wrote 4 months ago: If you think you’ve had a tough 12 months in 2012, consider the year my next guest had to go through … more →

Tags: montreal@themoment, Remembrance Day, Phil Carpenter, mennie podcast, mennie, Podcast, Tuition fee protests, Victoriaville, richard bain


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