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The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: Unapprehended insurrection
In October 1970, to remedy a real but limited crisis—the taking of two hostages—the governments of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Robert Bourassa had to construct a hazy theory. Canada faced,…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: the podium of demagoguery
Last Thursday, question period at the National Assembly turned into a veritable festival of bad faith. I take the opportunity to distribute, as at the Olympic Games, three medals. The…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: The mysteries of Kamloops
Eight months after traces of 215 burials were discovered near the Kamloops Indian Residential School, how many bodies have been identified? Any. Exhumed? Zero. Has the presence of human bones…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: the impossible mission of Erin O’Toole
Dear Erin, I hasten to write to you in your capacity as leader of the Conservative Party through the Dutyfor I fear that if I put my missive in the…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: The graph of decline
Let’s break down together this amazing graphic, developed by Frédéric Lacroix, recent author of the excellent book A free choice?, on the linguistic situation in higher education. Permanent immigration. It’s…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: the feet of clay of the law on secularism
The great mandarin of the Parti Québécois, Louis Bernard, had written in lead, with very small handwriting, on lined paper, a bill on sovereignty. The text, perfectly readable for the…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: Madame la Coroner, one more effort…
You and me, dear Mand Géhane Kamel, we essentially lost our day last Friday. You in Trois-Rivières, me in front of my screen on a Teams link, listened for a…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: the unpunished
We blame what we want to the Ostrogoth influencers, the conspirators, the refractory to vaccination. We can blame François Legault to the hilt for our Christmas with 25 guests which…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azka-Woke
I want to take a date, here, now, and to affirm that I feel deprived of a pleasure that I could reasonably hope for by the fault of 1) the…
Chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: my lemon prices 2021
I am inherently optimistic, believe it or not. It is probably because I am bathed in the illusion that things will improve that I am so hard on those who,…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: the visitors
Let’s talk about serious things. We are not alone. After decades of procrastination, 2021 will have been the year the Pentagon spit out that the behaviors of more than 150…
Chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: Long live Christmas, pagan celebration!
Now is the time for screening. Variants, of course. But also our habits, our traditions, our background. Respect for elders and the past is weighed against the demands of the…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: meanwhile, at Skynet
There are lots of little drones in the packages that Santa Claus is bringing to our toddlers this year. They are getting lighter and lighter. More and more sophisticated. You…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: secularism and obscurantism
Me, I found it long. Two years, before the opponents of the Law on the secularism of the State put a name, a face, a story on their arguments. It…
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…
Chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: prisoners of the monarchy?
When Charles de Gaulle got off the ship Colbert, in July 1967, he set foot in federal land, the port of Quebec. The governor general of the country was waiting…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: the large tanks
Admit that, when you hear Dan Bigras’ masculine, serious and friendly voice bragging about the merits of the mastodon Ram, part of you nods: here is a good guy, champion…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: capitalism triumphs at QS
“Idealism, you have to have a lot of it. Especially at the beginning. Because it reduces to cooking. This word from a French environmental friend is full of wisdom. Cooking…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: the accidental mayoress
“I had never heard Valérie say a single interesting thing. We are in 2016. Valérie Plante has just announced her candidacy for the management of Projet Montréal. In the troops…
Chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: what Alberta owes us
Dear Jason Kenney, We have taken careful note of the message sent yesterday by your citizens who, at 61.7%, want to end the equalization program. You find this program unfair…