Carl Girouard, who killed two people and injured five others in a sword attack in Quebec City on Halloween night 2020, has been found guilty of first-degree murder. The jury did not buy Girouard’s claim that he was in a state of mental delirium at the time and thus not criminally responsible. He will be sentenced June 10, and I’m wondering whether the Supreme Court ruling on Alexandre Bissonnette‘s sentence, expected next week, will have an influence.
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Kate
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Kate
Pollster Jean-Marc Léger thinks Montreal ridings are up for grabs in the Quebec election this fall. Traditionally a PLQ stronghold, the city may be pulled away from that party by voter dissatisfaction, besides the loss of many familiar PLQ MNAs who have announced their intention not to run again.
Ian
Not trusting Anglade and her merry band of fools to actually help anyone (let alone MTL Anglos & Allophones) is a safe bet, but it’s quite a stretch to assume that we will all start voting for ethnonationalist parties that openly hate Montreal.
Mr.Chinaski
Holness is going to split the PLQ anglo vote, meaning that places like Verdun, Lachine, St-Leonard, etc.. is going to be CAQ territory for the next 4 years
Joey
Wait, Balaram Holness, who got thirty thousand votes in the Montreal municipal election last year (out of 400K+ cast), is going to split a bunch of ridings such that the CAQ picks up a bunch of seats in Montreal? Take an example, like Verdun. Leaving aside the fact that it’s gone Liberal sice its creation in 1966, the Liberal candidate beat the QS candidate by 3,500 votes (12 percentage points, a full 50% more than the QS candidate got). The CAQ finished third, a good 15 percentage points behind the Liberal. Do you relaly think Holness will be a major factor in this election, especially when traditionally Liberal Montreal ridings will come out en masse against the Legault government? And, if so, wouldn’t that pave the way for QS to stake some more claims in Montreal? QS often finished second ahead of the CAQ in 2018.
Mr.Chinaski
According to QC125, even QS has no chance against the CAQ in places likes Verdun. Ridings with half francos and half anglos will make the PLQ suffer even 2-3% if only votes for Holness, look at the close margins at QC125
Joey
Meh, riding-level projections at this stage are highly volatile. Holness doesn’t even have a party and isn’t considered in the QC125 projections (that you claim validate the position that Holness will throw a bunch of ridings from the PLQ to the CAQ). Anyway, a 2-3% swing in 2018 would’ve had the Liberals win by, what, six points instead of 12? TBD I guess…
Kate
Joey, I agree – projections will be pretty vague until the rentrée when campaigning starts in earnest. Beyond predicting that the west end of the island will grit their teeth and continue voting PLQ, and that Québec solidaire will pick up a couple more seats midtown, I wouldn’t go further.
Kevin
Will letters with sugar sway voters? Will people complain about hearing English in hospitals? Will refugees be assimilated by the dark side?
It’s going to be a long hot eternity before election day, and the first real campaign for many party leaders.
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Kate
Ukrainian refugee kids will be allowed to study in English as temporary residents, the status accorded their parents by the federal government. There are kids studying in the EMSB and Lester B. Pearson school boards.
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Kate
The city says it will not tolerate homeless camps this summer, but the housing crisis means they’re appearing anyway.
Ian
“beatings will continue until morale improves”
Jorgh
“La loi, dans un grand souci d’égalité, interdit aux riches comme aux pauvres de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain.” – Anatole France
Kate
A classic, Jorgh.
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Kate
CBC has some video of an Anglican cleric climbing up the scaffolding on the Christ Church steeple to bless the cross. But if you accept that blessing is a thing, surely you can also imagine it could be transmitted by someone standing on the ground?
Blork
(20th C.) But then it wouldn’t make the news. (21st C.) But then it wouldn’t be Instagrammable.
Kevin
If you have the chance to do something goofy and safe, (or to give yourself an opportunity to test your faith), do it.
CE
They were talking to him about it on the radio this morning and he specifically mentioned that climbing up the steeple was a good way to get attention for the church. He’s also afraid of heights.
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Kate
The police brotherhood says there are not enough police in Montreal and the existing cops are doing too much overtime.
In another police story, the SPVM has bought what Radio‑Canada calls a simulateur dernier cri to train them in coping with tricky situations. This is the system they’ve bought, and luckily, it’s available in French, although I wonder which kind of French. (“Zut, c’est les flics!”)
And in a tangentially related story, Quebec is funding a chair of research into armed violence. I wonder what they want to get from this, and whether the holder of the chair will be a sociologist or a criminologist, and what will become of them if they come back with the idea of defunding the police.
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