Etiket: Myles
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] In the bubble of the pandemic, an increase in crime
The health emergency and the sporadic confinement of the past two years have left indelible traces in all spheres of human activity: physical and mental health, organization of work, socialization…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] Who will take care of Donald Trump?
Former United States President Donald Trump returned to Washington this week for the first time since the January 6, 2021 uprising on Capitol Hill. He delivered a rambling speech (nothing…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] The Conservative Party of Canada and the Risk Pierre Poilievre
In an unusual move, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper has invited himself into the leadership race of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) to confirm what everyone knows: he hates…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] Pope’s Apologies to Indigenous Peoples: One Step Closer to Reconciliation
Pope Francis asked “humbly for forgiveness for the evil committed by many Christians against Indigenous peoples” during his visit to Maskwacis, Alberta. The visit to Aboriginal lands by the sovereign…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] For a call to climate action
On this date last year, Canada woke up in amazement in a “valley of death” in British Columbia. A heat dome covering parts of the United States and Canada had…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] Duty of assistance and vigilance
Quebecers have been discovering in recent days the personal tragedy experienced by a hundred residents of La Baie, in Saguenay, following a landslide that engulfed a house and forced the…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] UPAC and the comedy of bandits
In 2017, when he was questioned about the leaks of information on the investigations targeting the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ), the head of the Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit (UPAC), Robert…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] A conservative judicial stench to the scrap
The Supreme Court of Canada has torn to pieces one of the most abject reforms of the Harper era on consecutive sentencing by reaffirming, in the case of Alexandre Bissonnette,…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] The situation has just changed between China and Canada
Diplomatic relations between Canada and China will never be the same again with the banning of Huawei and ZTE from the country’s telecommunications systems. This decision, inevitable, comes after three…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] Hit where it counts to silence the guns
The shootings resumed with renewed vigor in the vicinity of Montreal and Laval. The Minister of Public Security, Geneviève Guilbault, this week asked the main police forces what their needs…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] Neighborhood-wide humanitarian crisis
Montreal Ombudsman Nadine Mailloux delivered a powerful and heartbreaking report this week on the extreme precariousness of homeless Aboriginal people. Don’t look away is the story of a real “humanitarian…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] The repatriation of the Constitution, 40 years later: between resignation and oblivion
In the wake of the unilateral patriation of the Constitution in 1982, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau declared that his text would be valid for 1000 years. A true act…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] The disturbing drift of a secret trial
Almost two weeks after the revelations of The Presswe know little more about the circumstances in which a secret criminal trial was held in Quebec, at the alleged instigation of…
[Éditorial de Brian Myles] Diversity and Equity in Media Funding
Federal Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez tabled his ambitious bill on Tuesday that will force Google and Facebook to compensate news media for the circulation of journalistic content on their platforms.…
Brian Myles’ op-ed: Last call for the Eastern REM
The Eastern REM is in danger of going off the rails again, this time with the presentation by CDPQ Infra of a modified project. Despite laudable efforts to embellish the…
Brian Myles’ editorial: end of an era at UPAC
The abandonment of the Mâchurer project, this vast investigation into the financing of the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) under Jean Charest, marks a turning point in the young history…
Brian Myles’ op-ed: After Ukraine…
The imbalance of military forces between Ukraine and Russia and the categorical refusal of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to deploy troops on the ground,…
Brian Myles’ op-ed: One day is one day too many
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said emergency measures would not be maintained “one day longer than necessary”. The day after the vote in the Commons, they have already been in place…
Brian Myles’ Op-Ed – Emergencies Act: Too Big, Too Late
The provinces, including Quebec, had warned the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, not to apply the Emergency Measures Act on their territory in order to overcome the pseudo-convoy of freedom, whose…
The Brian Myles Op-Ed: A Reprieve for the Train of Discord
Danger hovers over the Eastern REM. A few more rants, embarrassing leaks and heartbreaks in the public square, and it will be too late to rescue this project necessary for…