The Journal’s view of Montreal
Here’s the Journal’s view of Montreal as depicted by their cartoonist Ygreck. Anyone who could depict the city this way in the full flush of summer could only be a suburbanite driver from outside the city.
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CE 08:43 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
What’s with the chickens?
MarcG 08:55 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
Nid de poule
Tim S. 09:46 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
One interesting observation from Daniel Sanger’s book about Project is that much of the media opposition could be traced to the fact that the first traffic calming measures were directly on the route to QMI/Radio-Canada offices.
bumper carz 11:44 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
Those bullets depicted in his cartoon kill far fewer children (and far fewer adults) than suburban cars do.
Artist in denial, employed by corporate media.
Chris 12:09 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
The bullets depicted in his cartoon in fact are killing no one, because they aren’t hitting anything, which I’d guess is a comment about the headlines about shots being fired but no victims being found.
dhomas 12:42 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
So, I think I understand what the artist means by the bullets, the chickens, the cactus cones, and who I assume to be Mayor Plante in a bike helmet hiding behind a cactus. But who or what is the vulture supposed to represent?
Kevin 13:30 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
The vulture is a symbol of imminent cancellation due to being out of touch with reality.
mare 14:02 on 2022-07-17 Permalink
The readers of Le Journal de Montréal don’t live in the city centre and many not on the island or even near Montreal. They all drive, because they have to. Not even necessarily in/to Montreal but it’s good to have a common enemy.
A while ago my car broke down up north and I had a 250 km long lift by a car tow truck. The driver, in his 30s, knew exactly what anti-car measures and bike path construction were being carried out in Montreal and was very upset about it. I asked if he was a cyclist. Oh no, the idea… I asked how often he came to Montreal. He hadn’t been there in three years.
The power of the JdM.