Etiket: Dutrisac
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Major disputes
Clouds have gathered over the meeting between Prime Ministers François Legault and Justin Trudeau scheduled for Friday in Montreal, literally and figuratively. The rare head-to-head was postponed due to precipitation…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Work is good, but not too much
Even before he made public the report of the Labor and Manpower Advisory Committee on child labor, Quebec Labor Minister Jean Boulet said he agreed with its recommendations. He intends…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Rare punitive damage
In a case before the Housing Tribunal (TAL), a tenant got the better of her landlord who did not respect her commitments and harassed her to make her abandon her…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Economic update: the Legault government’s catch-up
Rightly, the Legault government has lent itself to criticism with its $500 rebates, then its $400 checks to taxpayers who earn up to $100,000. Some people protested against this measure,…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Basic tax justice
The numbers are huge. In her latest report, the Auditor General (AG) of Canada, Karen Hogan, establishes that the federal government, during the pandemic, paid individuals 4.6 billion too many…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Quebec must lead by example
The Minister of the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, Benoit Charette, who has just been given responsibility for Wildlife and Parks, took advantage of the holding in Montreal…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Beliefs above all
Everything indicates that the deputies of the National Assembly will no longer have to perjure themselves by taking an oath of fidelity and “true allegiance” to His Britannic Majesty against…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] The poor performance
In his opening speech, François Legault reiterated his great interest in the construction of new hydroelectric dams. A decision must be made during this mandate, he said, and the Prime…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Law 96 will not be enough
In his opening speech of the 43e legislature in the National Assembly, Prime Minister François Legault has acknowledged that the application of the provisions of Law 96 on the common…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Inevitable inequity
When you arrive at the negotiating table empty-handed, without a balance of power, you depend entirely on the magnanimity of your interlocutors, or lack thereof. In politics, where partisan interests…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] After the Chief Justice of the Court of Quebec, Lucie Rondeau, the deluge
In her incessant standoff with the executive branch of the state, the Chief Justice of the Court of Quebec, Lucie Rondeau, won a first round earlier this month when the…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Trampled democracy
Unilaterally, Westminster can prohibit the Scottish people from voting in a referendum on the independence of their nation. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has just decided that the…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Two-faced face
COP27 concluded with a historic agreement to create a fund financed by rich countries to compensate less wealthy countries for the damage caused by climate change. Canada has actively supported…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] The end of angelism
China’s President Xi Jinping has done Justin Trudeau a big favor by chastising him in front of the cameras for allegedly leaking elements of their brief one-on-one at the G20…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Not just for the economy
Prime Minister François Legault will travel to the 18e Francophonie Summit, which opens on November 19, to talk mainly about the economy. But he would benefit from taking an interest…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] living with viruses
t not long ago, as COVID-19 transitioned from pandemic to endemic (at least that’s what public health authorities and experts expected), we were told that had to learn to live…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Lack of credibility
Arriving at COP27, which is taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, played the card of virtue by showing his determination…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Inflation and Democracy
A little over two years ago, in the Speech from the Throne following the prorogation of Parliament in August 2020, the Trudeau government declared that it could count on low…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Rising immigration to Canada: the weight of ideology
The Trudeau government announced than Canada would welcome 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025. This is almost twice as many as before the Liberals came to power in Ottawa. And…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Billionaire’s Toy
After months of procrastination and legal disputes – I buy, I buy more, I finally buy – Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, got his hands on the…