Etiket: Dutrisac
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] A normal society
Most of the opponents of Bill 96 “on the official and common language of Quebec, French”, whether it be Marlene Jennings of the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), or the…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Bill 96, French and Indigenous Peoples
In 1977, First Nations representatives strongly opposed Bill 101, demanding that their members be exempted from the application of the articles concerning the teaching of French. Today, they reiterate the…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] French, a common and despised language
While Bill 96 “on the official and common language of Quebec, French” is heading towards its adoption in the National Assembly, its opposition by English speakers – but not only…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] A wind of change
Environment Minister Benoit Charette chose his moment to release the report of the Advisory Committee on Climate Change on Quebec Land Use Planning, a report he received a little over…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] The manerie of the FTQ-Construction
Did the president of the FTQ, Daniel Boyer, really believe that the Rénald Grondin affair would go away on its own after the resignation — he was due to retire…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Back to normality
Everyone is happy. Mayor Valérie Plante could not contain her joy, François Legault internally congratulated himself on removing this thorn from his side a few months before the elections when…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Carrot Continuous Improvement
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, has just signed a new agreement in principle with the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) aimed primarily at taking…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] The best (or worst) is yet to come
With one billion more in the kitty which comes from the carbon market, the Legault government is able to show that the actions now defined and financed now meet 51%…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Indifference and contempt, by a CN without Francophones
The senior management of Canadian National (CN), a federally chartered company whose head office is located in Montreal and which is subject to the Official Languages Act, decided that there…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Things are changing in the region as the elections approach
The Legault government made announcements in support of regional development this week, while the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, Dominique Anglade, presented her draft Charter of the Regions. It’s…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] A tunnel in Spain
The Legault government has presented a new version of its third Quebec-Lévis link project, of which it has reviewed the costs, which have gone from a pharaonic 10 billion to…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] These parties that disappear
The leader of the Parti Québécois (PQ), Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, congratulated himself on Tuesday on the “excellent result” that his political party obtained by coming second behind the Coalition avenir…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] The offender’s language
Defending its CEO, Michael Rousseau, who gave a speech in English only to the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal last November, Air Canada asked the Office of the Commissioner…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Record housing and immigration
In her second budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented what she calls the “most ambitious plan” in Canadian history to build new homes and allow more people to buy their…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] One to midnight
There are two ways to read the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The first point of view, optimistic, is that it is still possible to…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] College enslavement
Laval University will lose its access to Canada Research Chairs (CRC) unless it rejects applications from white men for professorships that depend on this federal windfall. It is that the…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] The end of surpluses
In his Strategic Plan 2022-2026 unveiled last week, Hydro-Quebec goes there with an admission, at least implicitly. “From now on, our priorities will no longer be to sell large quantities…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] The pandemic as an indicator
By Christian Dubé’s own admission, there is no invention in the plan he presented on Tuesday. And that’s good. The challenge is execution, he said. In fact, successive governments in…
[L’éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Poor French as a second language
In the amended version of Bill 96 “on the official and common language, French” defended by Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, there is an obligation for students in English CEGEP to pass…
[Éditorial de Robert Dutrisac] Take with one hand and give with the other
With revenues boosted by inflation, the CAQ government is able to somewhat mitigate the effects of the latter on the mere mortal. In this sense, the Minister of Finance, Eric…