My voting card – actually, a folded sheet of 8.5×11 – arrived Saturday morning, and although it’s in a standard envelope with a Canada Post mark, I have a feeling it didn’t come by regular post.
And yes, a space in the middle of my name, but at least it’s there.
Many American cities are planning a No Kings protest Saturday, but even Montreal will see a demo at Place du Canada starting at 11.
Here’s a brief TVA report later.
There was also a women’s march Saturday in Quebec City.
Later report about Montreal’s No Kings protest.
“La manifestation, qui débutera vers 11 h à la Place du Canada, dans le centre-ville, se tiendra sous le thème « No Tyrants », ou « Pas de clown », pour s’adapter au contexte canadien.”
Good to have that cleared up because I was about to say…
Ha, yes. We have a king. He isn’t a problem although his brother is – although not directly for us.
It’s 12:30 now and I don’t see a thing tagged #manifencours.
La Presse has an exercise this weekend in imagining the 2027 independence referendum.
Good piece about people stuck in social housing – “if they manage to improve their economic situation, the rules are designed so that you can move on to something else. But now, with the housing crisis, there is nothing else.”
Other interesting points here: “Quebec stopped building HLMs in the 1990s after Ottawa transferred responsibility to the provinces. In the 30 years since, about 80,000 social housing units that should have been built never were.”
Also, contradicting a recent theory claiming that building expensive units trickles down and helps everybody, “simply building more without creating social housing will not solve the crisis. Reports show it could actually make the situation worse.”
It’s a good example of how austerity measures have very far-reaching consequences. Back when Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin were busy cutting the federal budget, I’m not sure anyone was concerned that they were sowing the seeds of a housing crisis 30 years later.
Blue collar workers are requesting mediation in their efforts to get a new contract from the city.
Kevin 16:29 on 2025-10-18 Permalink
Elections Montreal is spending $2.8 million dollars to have them sent by courier.
Kate 17:03 on 2025-10-18 Permalink
And it arrived after the deadline for registration, so even if someone else had been living here with me, or instead of me, it would be too late to sign them up.
GC 07:54 on 2025-10-24 Permalink
Ours were in a pile in the lobby, rather than in mailboxes, so I assumed they were not delivered by Canada Post.