By Montreal Simon On a sunny afternoon, in my favourite Montreal neighbourhood, both the Quebec election and the hysterical reaction in English Canada, seemed very far away. Which was a good thing eh? Because following the election campaign from Toronto and a beach in Maine has been very exhausting. And the reaction in English Canada […]
Jean Charest’s Grand Prix panic
By Montreal Simon Oh no. Somebody please stop him. It looks as if Jean Charest has finally, as we say in Québec, perdu ses pédales, or lost his pedals. He’s so eager to discredit the students, so he can run against them in a snap election, he’s accusing them of plotting to sabotage the Montreal […]
Quebec strike: Je désobéis
By Montreal Simon It’s just after 8pm in Montreal, and the reporter from CUTV is talking to a young mother who is taking her two kids to the 28th nightly demonstration in a row. Even though she knows she could be arrested, for defying the Charest government’s totalitarian Bill 78, like so many were the […]
The student strike and the savage state
By Montreal Simon Uh oh. It looks like my Quebec student’s victory celebration party, from which I’m still recovering, was a little premature. Students in a half dozen colleges and 10 university faculties and departments voted to reject the agreement on Monday after the Charest government boasted of having won the battle. Students at other […]
