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06 June 2025
Safe Church Concerns Trouble Montreal Bishop Election
As the Anglican Diocese of Montreal plans to elect a new bishop May 3, it faces doubts expressed by 39 of 158 delegates. Their concerns include pressures apparently brought against the search committee, resignations from the search committee, and a murky system for church safety.
“Ongoing uncertainty surrounding the election of our next bishop … has left many people feeling hurt, confused, and unheard,” 39 delegates wrote to diocesan authorities on April 6.
They also requested more information about the “external pressures”
described by members of the search committee, nearly half of whom
resigned before submitting their final report, as well an enumeration of
the committee’s concerns about diocesan canons and safe church
policies.
https://livingchurch.org/news/news-anglican-communion/safe-church-concerns-trouble-montreal-bishop-election/
‘Catastrophic loss’: Former MP says NDP lost touch with core supporters
The New Democratic Party ran a leader-focused election campaign and lost touch with core supporters who ended up backing the Conservatives, says a former member of Parliament.
Charlie Angus, who did not run in the last election after
representing the northern Ontario riding of Timmins — James Bay for more
than two decades, — called the election a “catastrophic loss” following
a campaign that spent too much time selling leader Jagmeet Singh and
not enough time pitching its policies.
‘Catastrophic loss’: Former MP says NDP lost touch with core supporters - National | Globalnews.ca
New study shows how bilingualism can make the brain be more efficient
“When the brain is wiring itself through infancy or early child
development, it develops a system for language. So if you have two
inputs from different languages, it might build an architecture that is
more optimal for learning these languages,” said Xiaoqian Chai,
Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at
McGill University.
Majority of Quebecers in favour of lowering legal alcohol limit to 0.05 for drivers: poll
Contrary to the Legault Government’s stance, a new Léger poll shows that a majority of Quebecers support lowering the legal blood alcohol limit from 0.08 to 0.05.
Commissioned by l’Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ), the poll reveals that 61 per cent want the limit lowered. This is a seven point jump since last year, where approval rate stood at 54 per cent in March 2024.
As the Journal de Montreal reports, lowering the limit to 0.05 per cent would potentially save nine lives per year.
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/05/22/quebecers-favour-lowering-alcohol-limit/
13 April 2025
Quebec’s government wants a ‘neutral’ state – but it gets to define neutrality
In one way, it sounds great. Who doesn’t want a neutral state? But in reality, “neutrality” is defined by the Quebec government in deeply racist and xenophobic ways. For instance, while the bill demands the “neutrality” of Quebec’s public servants by making those who wear hijabs, turbans and kippahs – a largely racialized population – choose between their faith and their careers, it still allows for workplaces such as hospitals and government buildings to display crosses.
Quebec court upholds ruling that found parts of law abolishing school boards unconstitutional
Education Minister Bernard Drainville declines to comment, says office is studying ruling
Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a lower-court ruling that found a provincial law abolishing school boards violated English-language minority education rights.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-english-school-board-court-appeal-1.7501412
2015: Supreme Court sides with Quebec Catholic school on religious freedom
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/top-court-rules-on-catholic-schools-right-to-opt-out-of-quebecs-ethics-course/article23533643/
The decision Thursday 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 ...
"A secular state respects religious differences; it does not seek to extinguish them," the court said ...
Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey says Thursday’s ruling strikes a blow against “strident secularism” in Quebec.
Immigrants de 1re et de 2e génération: plus d’un élève sur trois au Québec issu de l’immigration
Plus
du tiers des élèves du Québec sont désormais issus de l’immigration. À
Montréal et à Laval, ils sont même largement majoritaires dans les
classes. Mais attention, le gouvernement a une définition très large des
immigrants.
Pour Québec, un enfant est considéré comme immigrant s’il est né à l’étranger ou si un des deux parents n’est pas né au pays.
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2025/03/14/immigrants-de-1ere-et-2e-generation--plus-dun-eleve-sur-trois-issu-de-limmigration
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2025/03/14/immigrants-de-1ere-et-2e-generation--plus-dun-eleve-sur-trois-issu-de-limmigration
03 April 2025
Quebec higher education minister intervenes in Dawson College course on Palestinian culture
Pascale Déry, formerly a CIJA-Quebec board member, accused of conflict of interest
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