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Quebec elects Marie-Josée Savard | The duty

The voters of Quebec have shown that they were not yet ready to break with the Labeaume era by electing on Sunday Marie-Josée Savard, a close collaborator of the outgoing…

The nomadic bird of the Americas | The duty

Many of us admire the multidisciplinary artist René Derouin. For his social and educational commitment, his fervor, his light, his ability to constantly discover new creative horizons. He is the…

A colonist at Plato’s | The duty

I hesitated for a long time before delving into the fictional work of Jean-Pierre Charland. The latter, historian and educationalist retired from the University of Montreal, has successfully devoted himself…

Trumpism without Trump | The duty

The election results speak for themselves: a year later, Trumpism survives the partial eclipse of its architect. In fact, Trumpism is even better off without Trump. First, in Trump’s absence…

Contempt | The duty

By his comments on French, confessing his unilingual English and his refusal to learn French, the President and CEO of Air Canada, Michael Rousseau, deserves only one treatment: the door.…

About electric cars | The duty

The twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties (COP26) is in fact the twenty-fourth of the United Nations conferences on climate change, the first, that of Kyoto, having been held in December…

Language bankruptcy | The duty

We now know that Air Canada had been warned of the problems, if not the outcry, over a speech given only in English in Montreal by its president and CEO,…

The Rhodesians | The duty

René Lévesque had once called “Rhodesians of Westmount” these rich English speakers who looked down on the tribe conquered two hundred years earlier who camped at their feet. Obviously, there…

Demerit points | The duty

For the economy, management, taxes, I am not worried. Whether Denis Coderre or Valérie Plante wins this Sunday, Montreal will be properly managed, and we will also be frustrated in…

Duorum 2018, Douro, Portugal | The duty

The least we can say is that the dry red wine of Douro has guts, mouth, character and a traceability which is essential at the first glance of the nose.…

Boycott Air Canada | The duty

The words and attitude of Michael Rousseau towards the francophones of this country constitute an insult. I dare not imagine the pat on the back that such an attitude gives…

The Collection, Bachman Cummings | The duty

They are the best. Guess who ? But if Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, let’s say it, were the Lennon-McCartneys of pop-rock made in Canada. Within the Guess Who with…

Hard Feelings, Hard Feelings | The duty

Separated by an ocean, united by the same affection for the classic house of the late 1980s and the beginning of the following decade. Expertly produced, none other than Joe…

Pinky’s Blues, Sue Foley | The duty

Growing up in Ottawa, does it give you the blues? You have to believe that it is. Ask Sue Foley. The blues is a kind of chronic disease, or the…

Voyage to Mars, Munya | The duty

At first listen, the pop song by Munya (the Saguenéenne of origin Josie Boivin) seems too easy. The flowery melodies, the texts with simple rhymes, the soft and restrained voice,…

Travel, ABBA | The duty

It’s confirmed: hens have teeth. Almost 40 years after the release of The Visitors, ABBA reappears with this 9e album which, as in the good old days, highlights the voices…

Plant Advantage | The duty

Faithful to its editorial tradition, The duty decides on the race for mayor of Montreal. Between Denis Coderre and Valérie Plante, we much prefer the outgoing mayor to support the…

The lesser evil | The duty

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, appeared before the press on Wednesday for an exercise to which he seems to have become accustomed: to give up another…