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[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] The right target
The public debate has rekindled, for several weeks, an ancestral fear for many Francophones: that of seeing the proportional weight of French gradually diminish in Canada, to the point where…
[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] proud pride
It is the story of a people, the Fiers, who, like all the peoples of the world, sought to endure over time, and to pass on their heritage to their…
[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] Languages and choices
Everyone was talking about it this winter. At the end of February, the Anishinabe rapper Samian found himself excluded from the Festival international de la chanson de Granby, because his…
[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] The rollback of abortion rights in the United States is just the beginning
Democracy and respect for the rights and freedoms of all in the United States have always been lofty statements of intent, but have never been fully realized. For several years…
[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] The Agents of Decline
There you go, I admit it. I live surrounded by enemies of the nation. By enemies of the nation, I mean here all those ugly rascals who contribute to the…
[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] Consistency sought in terms of “positive discrimination”
What is, basically, positive discrimination? This involves favoring, in certain settings, one or more groups of people who experience discrimination or systemic disadvantages in order to restore equal opportunities. Sometimes…
[Chronique d’Emilie Nicolas] spoil the party
Work brought me to Toronto early last week, and again this week. Since March 21, wearing a mask is no longer mandatory anywhere in Ontario, except in public transit, in…
[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…