Etiket: duty
Child’s play | The duty
Did you know that you can legally buy an assault rifle for your eight year old from a local store connected to a pan-Canadian retail chain? A submachine gun that…
Saint-Michel abandoned | The duty
Friday December 10, The duty headlined in a “A teacher stabbed by a student in Saint-Michel”. The same day and the next day, we were treated to a parade of…
Our monolith of the ages | The duty
Karl Blackburn and Norma Kozhaya, of the Conseil du patronat, wrote in their opinion piece published on December 10 and entitled “Coping with the aging of the population” that “the…
“Woke” nihilism | The duty
Today, the supporters of the new radicalities, the very ones who challenge the knowledge established in the name of social justice, of the inequality which presided over their genesis and…
The opposition bulletin | The duty
The trio formed by Isabelle Melançon (Verdun), Christine Labrie (Sherbrooke) and Véronique Hivon (Joliette) gave a fine example of transpartisan collaboration by uniting efforts to bring the Minister of Justice,…
Bryan McCormick pleads guilty. | The duty
Bryan McCormick, the ex-spouse of businesswoman and influencer Elisabeth Rioux, will not have to stand trial. The man pleaded guilty to three counts for acts committed in the context of…
Jovenel Moïse, the improbable hero | The duty
Jovenel Moïse was undoubtedly the most poorly elected president in the history of Haiti, a failed state with powerless and catatonic institutions, dissolved in violence and corruption, plagued by gangs…
With equal dignity | The duty
On February 4, 1882, while the police were looking for stolen corpses, a driver stopped his car at the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Labelle streets, in the Latin Quarter, in…
Justice for Ti-Lilly | The duty
After barely five hours of deliberation, the 12 jurors charged with hearing the case of the girl from Granby concluded in the guilt of the mother-in-law, found guilty of second…
A beautiful waste | The duty
At a cost of fourteen million dollars, a grandiose greenhouse, unique in North America, paid for by all Quebec taxpayers was built in Quebec in the early 2000s. Already, it…
Falardeau as a gift | The duty
I have always considered Pierre Falardeau to be an exceptional filmmaker. However, when I watch his films, which I love, I often feel uneasy. The party, October and February 15,…
Record stores. A story, Francis Dordor | The duty
We enter this book as in a record store: in an organized jumble. Texts in quantity, glued tight. Stacks and stacks of quotes, boxes, interview snippets, illustrations. There is not…
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sophie Delassein | The duty
“Nil, your son sucks. “” With such a face, how do you expect him to do theater? This is roughly what many professors at the Conservatory were saying, where the…
“They do their duty as citizens” by denouncing the facts despite the prescription, according to the lawyer for the plaintiffs
Two women filed a complaint against Patrick Poivre d’Arvor for rape and sexual assault. Prescribed facts For their lawyer Me Laure Heinich, “LThe company must go and find out if…
A historic occasion | The duty
Dear Prime Minister, Guessing your schedule is busy (to put it mildly), I’ll be brief. I am writing to invite you, in the strongest sense of the word, to join…
The Duty of History: Kepler, a giant in the shadows
Once a month, The duty launches to history buffs the challenge to decipher a current topic from a comparison with a historical event or person. Over the past decade, the…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: Duty of memory
They find me insistent, retired politicians. Each time I meet one (or one), I inquire about the progress of their memories. I do my best to make those who answer…
Great post-national ambitions | The duty
The Trudeau government would like Quebec to raise its immigration thresholds so that they come closer to Canadian targets, since Ottawa intends to welcome a record number of immigrants over…
Indifference to ugliness | The duty
We are good in Quebec at renewing ourselves in urban ugliness. When not with power centers where parking lots and “cardboard” buildings rub shoulders with major transport projects such as…
You have to eat well | The duty
It comes as no surprise to those who have been anxious for a long time in front of grocery stalls: The annual food price report, released on Thursday, indicates that…