Etiket: chronique
[Chronique] Crush and rant at the 76th Cannes Film Festival
Favorite: in the aquarium Before each film in official competition at Cannes, from one vintage to another, an audiovisual capsule is presented as an appetizer on the screen. A red…
[Chronique] The great cycling lobby | The duty
Quite recently, I heard a commentator speak of the big cycling lobby as an organized plot to harm people’s quality of life and even compromise their safety. To hear these…
[Chronique] An all-digital dollar | The duty
The Bank of Canada is currently conducting an online public consultation on the characteristics of a possible digital Canadian dollar. But what exactly are we talking about? Pushed from the…
[Chronique] The Challenges of the Online Dissemination Act
The Online Streaming Act was finally assented to. It updates the Broadcasting Act to ensure fair treatment for all companies that broadcast programs to Canadians. With this update, Canadian broadcasting…
[Chronique] Hail Caesar | The duty
Despite the disappointment caused by the abandonment of the third link, the minister responsible for the Quebec region, Jonatan Julien, said on Saturday: “The bond of trust is all there.…
[ Chronique] Letter to the woman who smokes
She smoked little, or in any case she liked to believe it, to say so, as do all those men and women who are a little ashamed of still loving…
[Chronique] Metaverse RIP (2020-2023) | The duty
The technology craze is a cycle. Some talk about bubbles. The metaverse, this virtual and augmented universe so dear to Mark Zuckerberg, has certainly just come full circle in its…
[Chronique] Should the Côte-des-Neiges cemetery be nationalized?
Right in the middle of this green crater that is now the largest cemetery in Montreal, is it possible to feel the pulse of the world in which we live?…
[Chronique] “Rotten democracy” in Türkiye
Election booby traps. Rotten democracy. “Democrassouille”… These slogans and neologisms that smack of the extreme left or the extreme right abound on social networks. They even appear in some commentators.…
[Chronique] Relevant participle | The duty
I am not a past participle fetishist. I am deeply attached to French and I don’t like it being pushed around for trifles, but I am ready to discuss its…
[Chronique] The “initiative of the century” is not the idea of the century
It would be a mistake to believe that the legendary tolerance of Canadians towards newcomers would be limitless. When the rent for an apartment in Toronto or Vancouver exceeds $3,000…
[Chronique] Using the CELIAPP while owning a cottage
Following last week’s column, which focused on the CELIAPP, I received a question from one of our readers, Anna. “As I want to help my two children have the cash…
[Chronique] The flaws of cryptos | The duty
The New York State Attorney General’s regulatory proposal signals a rather disastrous year 2022 in the cryptosphere. Fraud, market manipulation, conflicts of interest, opacity and endemic dysfunction have intertwined over…
[Chronique] AI in the field (continuation and end)
I made a call a while ago for everyone to hear your thoughts on artificial intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT in the classroom and in research: what does it change, what…
[Chronique] The dangerous impunity of François Legault
In May 2006, a handful of Liberal activists mutinied when the Charest government introduced a bill to privatize part of Mont-Orford Park. Three years earlier, the delegates to the general…
[Chronique] Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord on François Legault
The activists of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) must decide in the next few hours if they place their trust in their leader and founder, François Legault. It is certain…
[Chronique] Defend the indefensible as a business model
On the first floor of the Mont-Carmel residence, Wednesday afternoon, the common room was crowded. About fifty people had gathered to attend the screening of the documentary Ousted. The Elders…
[Chronique] Dropping out in 3rd year | The duty
It was going well though. At the age of 5, he was selected for the International School of the district, a selective and public primary school which sorts its “elements”…
[Chronique] Long climate road for Canada
In September 2020, the French engineer, consultant and energy and climate specialist Jean-Marc Jancovici affirmed that, to respect the limit set in the Paris Agreement for temperature increases below 2°C,…
[Chronique] Scarecrows of yesterday and today
For centuries, male creators will have throned almost alone in the glorious pantheon. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, women artists are finally finding on picture rails, screens and…