The front page of Thursday’s Journal
A new Covid variant has arrived from India. Quoting Toula Drimonis: “I want to meet the 12‑year‑old that is responsible for making the editorial decisions for the front page of the JdeMontreal because I refuse to believe an adult is in charge.”
Update: The paper is being criticized widely by politicians of all stripes.
Also: La Presse calls attention to a subhead on that page: “Alors, Justin, est-ce qu’on coupe rapidement les liens avec l’Inde cette fois‑ci ?”
ant6n 11:17 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
True. I also want to meet the 12-year old that decided the Prime Minister of Canada should play dress up for a visit in a foreign country.
Bill Binns 11:18 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
Lol. He has only himself to blame. What on Earth was he thinking walking around in that costume?
Of course all this nonsense does obscure the very valid questions about a Covid policy that doesn’t allow a person to play golf alone or travel between provinces but is still allowing daily flights from a country that is absolutely on fire with Covid.
Kate 11:19 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
It was an error of taste but it has nothing to do with Covid or the new variant.
Bill Binns 11:26 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
Of course not but it has been the gift that keeps on giving for the legions of people who despise him. Not just an “error of taste” but a huge political gaffe that wounded him early in his term.
walkerp 11:27 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
This is also more subtle racism and scapegoating by the JdeM. Don’t be surprised when we start hearing about South Asians getting attacked on the street now.
walkerp 11:28 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
Keep telling yourself that Bill Binns. The only people who benefitted from this “gaffe” were the social media creatives working for right-wing and enemy disinformation campaigns, as it gave them a lot of images for their memes. We can see where you get your news from.
Bill Binns 12:31 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
@Walkerp – I am not anti-Trudeau. He is rapidly expending all the good will he bought from me by legalizing cannabis though.
Love him or hate him the whole country rolled it’s eyes at this display. Imagine if the Prime Minister of the UK visited Alberta and he and his family dressed in head to toe rodeo gear for the whole trip. I imagine he would get some shit for that.
steph 13:26 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
@Bill. Please look up pictures of Prince Charles dressing up for the Stamped ’77. And his son did the same on a Canadian visit as well a few years back. (not politicians, but easily a higher status by british measure)
Uatu 13:43 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
Probably the same 12yr old who would start crying about Quebec bashing if someone did something similar to them
Raymond Lutz 16:07 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
OMG! This is a collector’s piece! I’m gonna get one!
GC 18:41 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
+1, Uatu
Kevin 19:09 on 2021-04-22 Permalink
The lawyers who advertise on the front page are not amused https://twitter.com/RCGT/status/1385291982830985216?s=20
Jack 08:35 on 2021-04-23 Permalink
Folks if you don’t think Quebecor’s upfront racism doesn’t have consequences you surely don’t work in an English language CEGEP. I know predicting the future is a fools game but I’ll be a fool here. Legault said he will again use the not withstanding clause to suspend the charter of rights and freedoms to reinforce Law 101. This entire masquerade was promoted by Quebecor columnists who do not like to see successful English language institutions, it makes them feel bad. If I was working in a English language CEGEP I’d be dusting off my CV.
Kevin 16:06 on 2021-04-23 Permalink
@Jack
What, like Frederic Bastien?
(cruel, I’m sorry)
Kate 17:45 on 2021-04-24 Permalink
Toula Drimonis on Frédéric Bastien.