tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55919756332200922322024-03-10T23:22:06.718-04:00QuebeCitieCommentary from Quebec, but mostly in English, and in federalish.toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.comBlogger924125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-48380934668612703622024-03-10T09:18:00.000-04:002024-03-10T09:18:13.491-04:00Léger: Cracking the Quebec Code: An insider’s guide to understanding Quebec's 7 core values<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i><span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jean-Marc Léger has written a book that only a Quebecker could write. The famed pollster says so himself – and the bold title he’s chosen gives away the reason.</span></span></span></i></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span><span style="background: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Cracking the Quebec Code: The 7 keys to understanding Quebecers</b></span>, makes the kind of tantalizing promises for itself that a reader might expect from a marketing guru like Mr. Léger. “For the first time,” a foreword boasts, “English Canadians will have access to Quebeckers’ best-kept secrets.” Here, finally, is a “skeleton key” to the “question of Québécitude.”</span></span></span></i></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span>Co-written with journalist Pierre Duhamel and business scholar Jacques Nantel, the book uses survey data, interviews with provincial leaders, and a novel approach measuring reactions to hundreds of key words, to come up with seven traits that define the Quebec character:</span></span></span></i></span></span></blockquote>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span style="background: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">joie de vivre [ant: sobriety]</span></span></span></i> </span></span></li></ul></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span style="background: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span><span style="background: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: none; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>easygoing [ant: alert]</span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></i></span></span></li></ul></blockquote>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span>victim [ant: survivor]</span></span></span></i></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span>villagers [ant: cosmopolitan]</span><span> </span> </span></span></i></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span>creative [ant: realistic]</span><span> </span> </span></span></i></span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span><span><span>proud [ant: humble].</span></span></span></i></span></span></li>
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</span></span>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-42708665186964602742024-03-07T10:58:00.002-05:002024-03-07T10:58:32.680-05:00 Laïcité Quelques éléments pour relativiser la « grande victoire pour la nation » <p><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opinions/2024-03-06/laicite/quelques-elements-pour-relativiser-la-grande-victoire-pour-la-nation.php" target="_blank"> https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opinions/2024-03-06/laicite/quelques-elements-pour-relativiser-la-grande-victoire-pour-la-nation.php</a></p>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-13638477534424206142024-02-29T16:41:00.000-05:002024-02-29T16:41:11.549-05:00 Supreme Court sides with Quebec Catholic school on religious freedom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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handed a victory to Loyola High School, which went to court over a
Quebec program that sought to teach ethics and world religions from a
neutral standpoint. At the same time, the top court helped define some
of the boundaries of Quebec’s goal of state secularism ...</span></span></span></span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #191919;">"A secular state respects religious differences; it does not seek to extinguish them," the court said ...</span></b></span></span></span></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><span><span>Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey says Thursday’s ruling strikes a blow against “strident secularism” in Quebec.</span></span></span></span></i></span></blockquote>
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toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-68106244866159066202024-02-25T11:56:00.000-05:002024-02-25T11:59:36.627-05:00Québec Solidaire proposes 'unifying' secular charter<h2 class="deck" lang="en" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It's time to move forward, says MNA Françoise David<br /><br /><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/qu%C3%A9bec-solidaire-proposes-unifying-secular-charter-1.1931400" style="font-weight: 400;">Québec Solidaire proposes 'unifying' secular charter | CBC News</a></span></h2><h2 class="deck" lang="en" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.625rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><p style="color: #222222; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Québec Solidaire has introduced a bill it says will help Quebec move forward with the ongoing debate surrounding secularism in the province. </i></span></p><p style="color: #222222; margin-bottom: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Party spokeswoman Françoise David introduced bill 398 — a Charter of Secularism for the Quebec government, on Wednesday at the national assembly ...</i></span></p><br /><br /></h2><div><br /></div><div class="byline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; align-items: center; background-color: white; color: #545454; display: flex; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 1.25rem; margin-block: 16px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 16px;"></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-41110519308598031752024-02-25T11:51:00.000-05:002024-02-25T11:51:39.891-05:00Québec solidaire présente sa charte de la laïcité | La charte des valeurs, entre division et inclusion | Radio-Canada.ca<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2013/10/09/003-quebec-solidaire-charte-laicite-projet-presentation.shtml">Québec solidaire présente sa charte de la laïcité | La charte des valeurs, entre division et inclusion | Radio-Canada.ca</a><br /></span>
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« Il faudra donc déplacer le crucifix, qui est actuellement au-dessus de la tête du président, à un autre endroit dans l'Assemblée. Nous proposons d'ailleurs de le remplacer par un symbole qui unit notre nation : la fleur de lys. » <br /></span><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">« Soyons clairs, pour Québec solidaire, le voile n'est pas un symbole anodin. Il est à l'image de tous les symboles et de toutes les règles qui dans la plupart des religions infériorisent les femmes. Cela dit, on doit aussi considérer un autre droit collectif, qui est le droit au travail », dit Mme David, ajoutant se soucier particulièrement de ce droit pour les femmes des minorités, qui peinent déjà à accéder au marché de l'emploi. <br /></span><br /></i></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Françoise David dit que son parti a mis de « l'eau dans son vin » avant de présenter son alternative à la Charte des valeurs du gouvernement. Elle explique avoir mis de côté des principes adoptés en congrès par le parti, comme l'abolition du financement des écoles religieuses, ou encore l'abolition des exemptions fiscales accordées par l'État aux églises ...</i><br /></span>
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toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-43895099065962683102023-09-22T10:12:00.000-04:002023-09-22T10:12:01.525-04:00Hate crime in Montreal: How we talk about immigration matters<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; orphans: 3; widows: 3;">“This is how racism and xenophobia seep in. Via sensationalistic newspaper articles that breed suspicion. Or via casual debates on TV panels presenting these thoughts as ‘common sense.’ Eventually, that carefully manufactured fear blows up in someone’s face.”</span></span></p><div><a href="https://cultmtl.com/2023/09/hate-crime-in-montreal-quebec-how-we-talk-about-immigration-matters/"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hate crime in Montreal: How we talk about immigration matters (cultmtl.com)</span></a></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-61166129390667177722023-09-22T10:04:00.000-04:002023-09-22T10:04:11.843-04:0090e congrès de l’Acfas Les immigrants menacent le français au Québec... mythe ou réalité ?<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> <span style="background-color: #f9f9f8; color: #222222;">Les immigrants menacent-ils réellement le français au Québec ? Un colloque organisé dans le cadre du 90</span><sup style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 0.5em; outline: none;">e</sup><span style="background-color: #f9f9f8; color: #222222;"> congrès de l’Acfas,</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f8; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; outline: none;">Au-delà des clichés sur les immigrants et la langue au Québec</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f8; color: #222222;">, propose de déboulonner certains mythes et d’apporter des nuances.</span></i></span></p><div class="datewrapper " style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #f9f9f8; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2rem; min-height: 44px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 740px;"><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2023-05-08/90e-congres-de-l-acfas/les-immigrants-menacent-le-francais-au-quebec-mythe-ou-realite.php?fbclid=IwAR1n0-bDni5iShHmpjUZewgIFZvp0rzE9BJQegUk19VWxvRbZeJVYnhf_D4"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">90e congrès de l’Acfas | Les immigrants menacent le français au Québec... mythe ou réalité ? | La Presse</span></a></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-889288476943538082023-09-22T10:03:00.004-04:002023-09-22T10:03:34.095-04:00What does it take to protect Montreal’s Chinatown?<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9964585/how-to-protect-montreal-chinatown/?utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=%40Global_Montreal">What does it take to protect Montreal’s Chinatown? - Montreal | Globalnews.ca</a><br /><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Homelessness is an issue that’s been plaguing Montreal’s Chinatown. So are real estate speculation and aging infrastructure, putting the future of the area at risk.</i></span></p><p><img alt="" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="https://d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net/70c8fc80" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; height: 1px; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin-bottom: 24px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; position: absolute; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; width: 1px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>But recent research looking into development opportunities for Chinatown reveals potential solutions are within reach.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Family associations may be one of the keys to preserving the future of the iconic area, according to <a href="https://iris-recherche.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Quartier-chinois-sommaire-WEB.pdf" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">a study conducted by IRIS</a>, a research institute.</i></span></p>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-10153946847889978252023-08-15T08:54:00.002-04:002023-08-15T08:54:48.446-04:00Une attaque frontale ? Un instant !<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> <span style="background-color: #f9f9f8; color: #222222;">Il n’y a rien d’étonnant dans l’idée de Justin Trudeau de mieux encadrer la disposition de dérogation, idée que François Legault a qualifiée en fin de semaine « d’attaque frontale » contre la nation québécoise, rien de moins.</span></i></span></p><div class="datewrapper " style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #f9f9f8; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 2rem; min-height: 44px; outline: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 740px;"><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/editoriaux/2023-01-24/une-attaque-frontale-un-instant.php"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/editoriaux/2023-01-24/une-attaque-frontale-un-instant.php</span></a></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-85237947886751512692023-08-15T08:54:00.001-04:002023-08-15T08:54:09.686-04:00Robert Libman: Montreal as city-state? Let's start the conversation<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-style: italic;">Just as Quebec is distinct within Canada, Montreal’s uniqueness within Quebec is undeniable — and shines especially vibrant in the summer.</span></span></p><div><a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/robert-libman-montreal-as-city-state-lets-start-the-conversation"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Robert Libman: Montreal as city-state? Let's start the conversation | Montreal Gazette</span></a></div><div class="article-meta" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-family: Roboto, Roboto-fb, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8125rem; line-height: 1.2188;"><div class="published-by" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.75rem;"></div></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-42168885947406713142023-05-10T19:34:00.005-04:002023-05-10T19:34:29.152-04:00From RPMHTFVVC to FNQLHSSC: What's behind Quebec's love of long abbreviations?<p class="subhead metadata" style="color: var(--summary-text-color); line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 1.45em; margin-top: -0.75em; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Details and inclusion reign over simplicity and branding in a phenomenon that has roots in culture, language and history that are as complex as the names and initials they produce.</i></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/from-rpmhtfvvc-to-fnqlhssc-what-s-behind-quebec-s-love-of-long-abbreviations-1.6827941">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/from-rpmhtfvvc-to-fnqlhssc-what-s-behind-quebec-s-love-of-long-abbreviations-1.6827941</a></span></div><div class="" style="color: #212529; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;"></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-48321214947488747172023-05-06T19:40:00.007-04:002023-05-06T19:40:54.453-04:00Billions more for the Blue Line, but my bus won’t run on time<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> <span style="color: var(--summary-text-color);">The Blue Line is a constant reminder of our governments' incoherent transit policies & unfortunately the City of Montreal has to play along.</span></i></span></p><div><a href="https://cultmtl.com/2023/04/montreal-metro-billions-more-for-the-blue-line-but-my-bus-wont-run-on-time/"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">https://cultmtl.com/2023/04/montreal-metro-billions-more-for-the-blue-line-but-my-bus-wont-run-on-time/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="" style="color: #212529; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; max-width: 100%;"></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-50896031303094964532023-05-05T10:10:00.000-04:002023-05-05T10:10:44.245-04:00Mulcair: La loi 21 divise les Québécois<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">J’ai parlé avec une femme qui s’était fait tirer son foulard par des jeunes dans l’autobus et qui lui disaient : « t’as plus le droit »...<br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Quand on s’attaque aux droits, parfois les subtilités prennent le bord.</i></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Le message reçu par certains est qu’il est tolérable d’être
intolérant, et quelque chose d’essentiel est alors perdu dans notre
société.</i></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/08/12/la-loi-21-divise-les-quebecois?fbclid=IwAR3q08buJidsHvq8gIPr21Dcrymu2z9CRpKLCL6YLTY4V5oopWo7BsUyzlM"><span style="font-family: inherit;">La loi 21 divise les Québécois | Le Journal de Montréal (journaldemontreal.com)</span></a></span></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-88099855006066523942023-05-05T10:01:00.001-04:002023-05-05T10:01:02.877-04:00François Legault et la laïcité à géométrie variable<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121;">Très tôt le matin du lendemain de Pâques, François Legault écrivait ceci sur Twitter: «Le catholicisme a aussi engendré chez nous une culture de la solidarité qui nous distingue à l’échelle continentale.» Quelle mouche pascale l’a donc piqué?</strong></i></span></p><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/04/12/francois-legault-et-la-laicite-a-geometrie-variable">https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/04/12/francois-legault-et-la-laicite-a-geometrie-variable</a></b></span></span></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-86362889440714951252023-04-24T07:21:00.000-04:002023-04-24T07:21:05.010-04:00 Francisation des immigrants Québec utilise une fraction des fonds venant d’Ottawa <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="lead textModule textModule--type-lead"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Ottawa) Le Québec
utilise une partie seulement des fonds qui lui sont versés annuellement
par le gouvernement fédéral pour l’aider à franciser et intégrer les
immigrants qui arrivent sur son territoire, a appris La Presse. </i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2022-11-02/francisation-des-immigrants/quebec-utilise-une-fraction-des-fonds-venant-d-ottawa.php?fbclid=IwAR2Aqmtt7sLOFDLZWZIwfiDAcFlTZMxnlozHdO_QIVWHb9hv38ePn9XTd8U">https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2022-11-02/francisation-des-immigrants/quebec-utilise-une-fraction-des-fonds-venant-d-ottawa.php?fbclid=IwAR2Aqmtt7sLOFDLZWZIwfiDAcFlTZMxnlozHdO_QIVWHb9hv38ePn9XTd8U</a></span><br /></span></p>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-56045339070116794772023-04-24T07:20:00.000-04:002023-04-24T07:20:01.274-04:00It’s time for Canada to abolish the notwithstanding clause, and most Canadians agree<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"> </i></span></p><div class="entry-summary">
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A majority of Canadians in every province — except Quebec — agree that it’s time to scrap the notwithstanding clause.<br /><br /><a href="https://tinyurl.com/5fnev8hu">https://tinyurl.com/5fnev8hu</a></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> <br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"> </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"> </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://cultmtl.com/2023/04/its-time-for-canada-to-abolish-the-notwithstanding-clause-and-most-canadians-agree/?fbclid=IwAR35d4C3TyROxXp8gq4tJFwKJEOtUmCGDjgPx3xJsAR6lZyhlf2d4bOUq0E"> </a></span><br /></i></span></p>
</div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-76404781425912619742023-04-22T10:33:00.000-04:002023-04-22T10:33:07.007-04:00When it comes to Black children, youth protection report lets province off the hook, experts say<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><h2 class="deck" lang="" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 400; line-height: 24px; margin-block: 16px; margin-top: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>'The systemic racism that this province wants to deny, that is what is the issue,' says social work expert</i></span></h2><div><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-youth-protection-dpj-anglophone-francophone-1.6012837?fbclid=IwAR3b4tgYmb_OLLx1KJGcIZLbLmrkR_cfYiPMV1pgnWQFQMmzX6I2fRKuuyY"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-youth-protection-dpj-anglophone-francophone-1.6012837?fbclid=IwAR3b4tgYmb_OLLx1KJGcIZLbLmrkR_cfYiPMV1pgnWQFQMmzX6I2fRKuuyY</span></a></div><div class="byline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; align-items: center; background-color: white; color: #545454; display: flex; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-block: 16px; margin-inline: 0px; margin-top: 16px;"></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-21452958112807118012023-04-22T10:26:00.004-04:002023-04-22T10:26:29.737-04:00 Bon ou pas, ce vieux fond catho ? <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="lead textModule textModule--type-lead hasFeaturedAuthor"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Attendez,
j’ai dû en rater un bout. J’avais cru comprendre que la laïcité,
c’était sacré, au Québec. Je pensais que nos parents avaient rejeté la
religion catholique en masse, et que ce rejet justifiait notre
détermination à éradiquer le religieux de l’espace public. </i><br /><br /><a href="https://www-lapresse-ca.translate.goog/actualites/chroniques/2023-04-11/bon-ou-pas-ce-vieux-fond-catho.php?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US#">https://www-lapresse-ca.translate.goog/actualites/chroniques/2023-04-11/bon-ou-pas-ce-vieux-fond-catho.php?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US#</a></span></span></p><p class="lead textModule textModule--type-lead hasFeaturedAuthor"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="lead textModule textModule--type-lead hasFeaturedAuthor"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-30279399874438152102023-04-21T20:57:00.000-04:002023-04-21T20:57:20.645-04:00L’anglais progresse au travail au Québec<p><i> <span face="Calluna, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f8; color: #131313; font-size: 1.25rem;">Paradoxalement, cette hausse de l’anglais en milieu de travail ne s’est pas faite au détriment du français comme principale langue parlée.</span></i></p><div><span style="background-color: #f9f9f8; font-size: 20px;"><span face="Calluna, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #131313;"><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/2022-11-30/l-anglais-progresse-au-travail-au-quebec.php?fbclid=IwAR2qC6ZAg-TNuyUkBnPKRFhAwQw5Lh5wf0ckKy5RAI4Iux-kWqEEse9fDis">https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/2022-11-30/l-anglais-progresse-au-travail-au-quebec.php?fbclid=IwAR2qC6ZAg-TNuyUkBnPKRFhAwQw5Lh5wf0ckKy5RAI4Iux-kWqEEse9fDis</a></span></span></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-53017642656934357902023-04-21T20:54:00.006-04:002023-04-21T20:54:43.824-04:00Quebec researchers call out government after anti-racism training cancelled<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px;">Two university researchers are calling out the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px;"> </span><a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/quebec-government/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e72501; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Quebec government</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px;">for political interference and censorship.</span></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #231f20; letter-spacing: 0.25008px; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>Retired Prof. Michele Vatz-Laaroussi, an emeritus professor at Université de Sherbrooke and Prof. Lilyane Rachedi with the school of social work at UQAM say they were awarded a contract to develop <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/anti-racism-training" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #e72501; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 700; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none;">anti-racism training</a> for the province’s health-care employees, but it was pulled by the health ministry over a reference to systemic racism.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-style: italic;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25008px;">“Deception, incomprehension, I’d say shock,” said Vatz-Laaroussi, when asked what her reaction was to the cancellation.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #231f20;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25008px;"><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9605049/quebec-researchers-anti-racism-training-cancelled-government-interference/">https://globalnews.ca/news/9605049/quebec-researchers-anti-racism-training-cancelled-government-interference/</a></span></span></span></p>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-69914839704760484802023-04-10T06:21:00.000-04:002023-04-10T06:21:59.089-04:00Bill 21 offends the constitutional doctrine of neutrality to religion<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i> <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;">No government in Canada is empowered to enact legislation that mandates religion or irreligion as a precondition for participation in public life.</span></i></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212529; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/november-2022/bill-21-religious-neutrality/">https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/november-2022/bill-21-religious-neutrality/</a></span></span></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-20813062728880926062023-04-10T06:19:00.006-04:002023-04-10T06:19:48.131-04:00 Intersectionnalité Une idée utilisée « contre le Québec », selon le Bloc québécois <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="lead textModule textModule--type-lead "><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>(Sherbrooke) Le Canada
et son idéologie « woke » instrumentalisent le concept
d’intersectionnalité pour en faire une « arme » contre les valeurs
québécoises, a dénoncé le chef bloquiste Yves-François Blanchet dans un
discours en marge du congrès du Parti québécois. </i><br /><br /><a href="https://www-lapresse-ca.translate.goog/actualites/politique/2023-03-11/intersectionnalite/une-idee-utilisee-contre-le-quebec-selon-le-bloc-quebecois.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&fbclid=IwAR2J4bLcykQcl_zwIaoxO3YMIvZcV2iUDsLa7QfwOaAp2ACwJDO73RuXB0k">https://www-lapresse-ca.translate.goog/actualites/politique/2023-03-11/intersectionnalite/une-idee-utilisee-contre-le-quebec-selon-le-bloc-quebecois.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&fbclid=IwAR2J4bLcykQcl_zwIaoxO3YMIvZcV2iUDsLa7QfwOaAp2ACwJDO73RuXB0k</a></span><br /></span></p>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-16664817318152814232023-04-08T10:20:00.000-04:002023-04-08T10:20:19.960-04:00Constitutional rules, amendment, and the rule of law<p><i> <span face="Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-size: 17px;">A decision </span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/parti-quebec-quebec-solidaire-mna-oath-1.6621389" rel="" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 17px;">by some Quebec politicians</a><span face="Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-size: 17px;"> to forgo an oath to the King flouts a clear constitutional rule and renders them ineligible to sit in the National Assembly. Section 128 of the Constitution Act, 1867 requires all those who wish to sit in the federal House or Senate and in each of the provincial legislative assemblies to take the prescribed oath in the Fifth Schedule to the Act. (Note: the linked story incorrectly describes this as a rule of the National Assembly. It is in fact a constitutional requirement).</span></i></p><p><br /><a href="https://emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/constitutional-rules-amendment-and?fbclid=IwAR13dtyw7r5Pr8hrsjlbpb2v5rj_1t2tJiNd7E7Yv0biq55Tt5bL2oaJO9U">Constitutional rules, amendment, and the rule of law (substack.com)</a></p>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-2343456214895730852023-04-08T10:19:00.005-04:002023-04-08T10:19:41.959-04:00Climat toxique à l’OIF selon un sondage interne<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><div class="sc-1k0u5mc-0 ktVeZS e-introduction"><p class="e-p"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Harcèlement moral et sexuel, culture du silence : Enquête
a obtenu les faits saillants d’une consultation menée auprès des
employés de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) qui
font état d’un climat toxique. Une consultation interne que
l’organisation aurait préféré garder pour elle.</i><br /><br /><a href="https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1965701/climat-toxique-harcelement-organisation-francophonie?fbclid=IwAR3ooemH9o0pW6uAmv8AArrddglsd-6NAAYO-g5eZHadvB5PQXTMgleoqr8">https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1965701/climat-toxique-harcelement-organisation-francophonie?fbclid=IwAR3ooemH9o0pW6uAmv8AArrddglsd-6NAAYO-g5eZHadvB5PQXTMgleoqr8</a></span><br /></span></p></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5591975633220092232.post-66938790138030029492023-04-06T11:29:00.005-04:002023-04-06T11:29:37.076-04:00 Littératie au Québec Du progrès, mais l’écart entre Montréal et les régions se creuse <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div class="paragraph textModule textModule--type-paragraph " style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Entre 2016
et 2021, la différence entre la région de Montréal et le reste du Québec
de la proportion de la population qui n’atteignait pas le niveau 3 de
littératie est passée de 4,8 % à 5,3 %.</i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2023-01-19/litteratie-au-quebec/du-progres-mais-l-ecart-entre-montreal-et-les-regions-se-creuse.php?fbclid=IwAR1uztBTdfEf1DRRr7MnXHEAs5tPARPGgZREA3pVoBP2bCjjCqQYWUCwTjg">https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2023-01-19/litteratie-au-quebec/du-progres-mais-l-ecart-entre-montreal-et-les-regions-se-creuse.php?fbclid=IwAR1uztBTdfEf1DRRr7MnXHEAs5tPARPGgZREA3pVoBP2bCjjCqQYWUCwTjg</a><br /></span></span></div>toddsschneiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342787083192081323noreply@blogger.com0