• Quebecers shouldn’t make a martyr out of a murderer

  March 15, 2013 - 11 h 33

  Amir Khadir’s declaration yesterday that he intends to table a motion in the National Assembly to honour the late Paul Rose, the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorist who was arrested and imprisoned for Pierre Laporte’s murder, left...

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• Raise the bar and learn to demand excellence from each other

  March 8, 2013 - 11 h 45

  Earlier this week it was announced that the PQ government will be putting an end to mandatory intensive English courses in Grade 6 for francophone students. Attempts to “protect” French Quebecers from learning another language in elementary...

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• Conversation on language is changing in wake of 'Pastagate'

  March 4, 2013 - 8 h 26

  On Monday, after “Pastagate” made international headlines and made us the laughingstock of pretty much everyone, provincial language minister Diane De Courc, decided to order a review of the way complaints to the Office de la Langue Française...

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• Conversation on language is changing in wake of 'Pastagate'

  March 1, 2013 - 11 h 00

  On Monday, after “Pastagate” made international headlines and made us the laughingstock of pretty much everyone, provincial language minister Diane De Courcy, decided to order a review of the way complaints to the Office de la Langue...

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• Oh, God! New federal department gets lost in 'Pastagate' brouhaha

  February 21, 2013 - 13 h 20

  While Quebec has been up in arms over ‘Pastagate’, I’m convinced that the actions of one overzealous OQLF employee, as ludicrous as they were, speak more to the need for the language police to be properly reined in and clearer guidelines to...

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• Pope’s resignation perfect time for church to rebrand itself

  February 13, 2013 - 13 h 47

  When Pope Benedict XVI announced his decision to resign from the papacy at the end of February - the first pope to do so in nearly six centuries – it instantly became the biggest news of the day. For some the news was met with dismay, while for...

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• Quebec’s Summit on Higher Education is destined to fail

  February 6, 2013 - 14 h 28

  Not to be overly pessimistic, but with only three weeks to go before the Summit on Higher Education starts (Feb. 25-26), its potential to be the instigator for a major breakthrough in Quebec’s education system, is, sad to say, already dead in...

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• And what if the Barbarians were us?

  January 31, 2013 - 11 h 06

  Wednesday night found me at the Segal Centre for Alexandre Marine’s stage adaptation and North American premiere of J.M. Coetzee’s Nobel Prize-winning novel, 'Waiting for the Barbarians'.

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• Billionaire's ex wasn't fighting for any single moms I know!

  January 25, 2013 - 10 h 32

  This morning the Supreme Court found Quebec common law constitutional. Therefore, in the Eric vs. Lola case, Lola loses.

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• C'mon, man! Reality-check time for Dawson, Wente & racists

  January 24, 2013 - 11 h 20

  This past week elicited more than my usual share of raised eyebrows, and from a vast and eclectic source of headlines and news, I might add. Here are some people, some institutions, and even some writers who are in dire need of a reality check.

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