It is worth reading this FNoMTL thread about the one Montreal thing you could complain about for 30 minutes off the cuff.
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Kate
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Kate
There’s some concern that older allophones are not getting the Quebec messaging about vaccination. This touches Quebec on a sore spot, because its conscience urges it not to communicate in any language but French, as we’ve seen this week in the spat about whether judges should know English. But when it comes to contagion, viruses don’t care which languages you understand.
Kevin
Must. Not. Post. After. Alcohol.
Kate
Oh go on.
j2
Y’all saw the article about how the Quebec English vaccination site had different (higher) ages than the French one maybe?
(Hanlon’s razor maybe)
Kevin
Ahem.
Camille Laurin and Rene Levesque deliberately wrote laws because they wanted them to be extensively challenged and overturned in court and hoped to benefit from the aftermath. The results were, ultimately, not what they expected.
I’m not sure the current crop of politicians is capable of thinking 5 months down the road, let alone 5 or 15 years, and I think the few who are capable of anticipating court challenges have been shuffled out of positions where they are being listened to.TeeOwe
@Kevin As far as I understand anything, Rene Levesque and Pierre Trudeau maybe also Camille Laurin were the only politicians to really understand the Quebec-Canada dialectic, then and since. And I totally agree about the limited vision of the current generation – it’s all about the next election and no further.
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Kate
Workers have been leaving the STM at a notable rate, and this dates from before the pandemic.
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Kate
It isn’t a source I often used, but I see Huffpost Canada was shut down abruptly Tuesday with no warning to the people who worked for it. Buzzfeed had bought the company less than a month ago. Two weeks ago, workers had filed for union certification.
Bill Binns
“One weird trick to make your job disappear in two weeks or less’.
steph
Who needs living wages anymore anyways. Race to the bottom!
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Kate
Greenpeace hung a banner militating against the GNL gas pipeline project Tuesday morning near the Five Roses Flour sign although, if you know the area, you’ll know Mill Street itself isn’t exactly a high-profile spot, even if the famous sign can be seen for a considerable distance. Item tells us similar banners have gone up in other locations in Quebec.
The BAPE’s deadline for finding the CAQ a justification for the project was extended in January but falls due this week.
Patrick
It’s mostly seen by people passing by going towards the Bonaventure highway which leads people who are downtown to Samuel de Champlain bridge.
Meezly
Whether or not you like or dislike Greenpeace’s ‘antics’, I’m glad they’re spotlighting the need to protect the biodiveristy of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence region. It is a very special, unique region.
Biden cancelled the Keystone XL due to public pressure, Quebec should do the same for GNL since there has been so much push back. This is the best way to let Trudeau and Jason Kenney know that there is no future in AB oil sands development.
Kate
Couldn’t agree more, Meezly. But if I were a betting woman I’d have my money on Legault pushing for the pipeline on the argument it will help Quebec recover from the pandemic downturn.
PO
From in town there isn’t much visibility, but I’d imagine from the Champlain Bridge and maybe along the A10 it turned some heads. Also they got some sweet press coverage, so mission accomplished.
Meezly
@Kate. That’s a reasonable bet as we saw how Legault was looking for a reason to arrest the railway protestors opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Gosh, that was only a year ago, just before the pandemic.
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Kate
La Presse’s Daniel Renaud tells us multiple raids are happening in Montreal and elsewhere in Quebec against the Hells Angels, specifically targeting drug and money laundering locations.
dmdiem 21:32 on 2021-03-09 Permalink
Me before reading: Cool. I love Montreal. This will be a great roast.
Me now: Why the fuck am I still living here.
Riprock 22:03 on 2021-03-09 Permalink
Orange cones
maggie rose 10:55 on 2021-03-10 Permalink
How cathartic is that thread? Like the love/hate tone. Tears of laughter though.
MarcG 12:46 on 2021-03-10 Permalink
Am I missing something? I just see the usual predictable stuff in the replies to the question.
Tee Owe 13:53 on 2021-03-10 Permalink
You could do this for any city, it doesn’t say anything meaningful about Montreal – although there are some amusing comments