Etiket: chronique
[Chronique de Michel David] The slippery slope
The Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, has not yet presented his “refoundation plan”, but we already know that the debate will mainly focus on the role of the private sector…
[La chronique de Nathalie Plaat] The shrink and the unbearable lightness
With the concern raised by the upheavals created by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, it is fashionable to call on the psychologist, an expert in psychological suffering, to…
[Chronique de Jean-François Lisée] The Charest scenario
Canada is “still one crisis away from independence, one nationalist leap away from a YES victory”. We owe this observation to the most lucid federalist intellectual of the last quarter…
[La chronique d’Élisabeth Vallet] Alone in the world
Were it not for President Zelensky’s communication skills, the world would not be where it is. kyiv would still be far away. Westerners would content themselves with a fleeting air…
[Chronique de Sandy Lachapelle] Investing in Wartime
Seeing you again after a two-week break, I would have sincerely wanted to present you with a technical case study or some tips for preparing your tax return. However, with…
[La chronique de Normand Baillargeon] AI at school, a famous dilemma
This week, two important announcements were made in the vast dossier of technology in schools. To begin with, we learned that all fifth and sixth year students at the First…
[La chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Inflationary adjustment
As the tabling of the budget approaches in Quebec City, inflation is on everyone’s lips and coexists with the war in Ukraine at the top of the list of major…
[La chronique de Michel David] The right edge
Prime Minister François Legault does not hate the comparison with Maurice Duplessis, who nevertheless led Quebec for more than 18 years and who was entitled to his statue on the…
[La chronique de Josée Blanchette] Roller coasters
My old friend Jacques (it’s our friendship that’s old, not him) is a true storyteller who never retired from his humanism. He responded to my concerns this week by adding…
[La chronique d’Aurélie Lanctôt] between a thousand fires
Almost a year ago to the day, Myriam Lapointe-Gagnon, a resident of Cacouna, mother of a baby a few months old, alarmed by the impossibility of finding daycare for her…
[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] Go as we go, after two years of pandemic
I don’t know who needs to read this. But if launching this message in a daily newspaper can change things for even a handful of people, it will have been…
[La chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Foot dance and music by ear
During my studies in ethnology, beyond my collection of tales, legends and folk songs across Quebec, I quickly understood that the artistic heritage made many of us blush with shame.…
[Chronique de Gérard Bérubé] Generalized inflation
Inflation became widespread even before the impact of the invasion of Ukraine on the price of energy and raw materials. After rising 5.1% in January, consumer prices continued to climb…
[La chronique de Jean-François Lisée] The anti-feminist advertisement of March 8
Last week, as we marked International Women’s Day, how could we not reflect on the regression that has unfolded before our eyes since the departure of US forces from Afghanistan…
[Chronique de Pierre Trudel] Ukraine: our laws before Putin’s censorship
Russian aggression against Ukraine makes the difference between totalitarian censorship and the democratic imposition of limits on freedom of expression visible. Russian legislation prohibits the dissemination of information that contradicts…
Treatment of chronic pain
Pain Why are we in pain? In most cases, especially when the pain is recent (acute), the pain is doing us a favor. Indeed, the nervous system is like an…