Xenophobia from 1934 to now
Le Devoir has a sharp piece Monday calling back to 1934 and a strike at Notre-Dame hospital over the hiring of an intern called Samuel Rabinovitch: “The strikers demanded that the medical profession be reserved for franco-Catholics and claimed they were defending the right of patients not to be treated by a non-Catholic […] while claiming their intentions were not antisemitic.” Soon after, the Société St-Jean-Baptiste sent a letter to Hôtel-Dieu demanding they fire one of their doctors because he too was Jewish. The writer also notes the names of editorialists at the time who spoke out against the trend. Can’t ignore the echoes today in Bill 21.
Blork 15:28 on 2019-04-29 Permalink
Well now, that pulled no punches.
Jack 18:27 on 2019-04-29 Permalink
That was an op-ed from a prof at UQAM. Le Devoir supports Bill 21, as it supported the intern strike in 1934.
Kate 19:57 on 2019-04-29 Permalink
Additional piece: in response to François Legault’s “c’est comme ça qu’on vit” a L’actualité writer explains how we exactly do not live by pushing aside guaranteed rights to steamroller a bill into law. A second must-read for today. There’ll be a test in the morning.
Ian 14:17 on 2019-05-01 Permalink
Thank you, miss. 😉