Etiket: solitudes
Quebec and Ottawa, two solitudes
While, on the Ottawa side, the Trudeau government reiterated its intention to intervene if the legitimacy of the Law on State Secularism went to the Supreme Court, an hour after…
“A convergence of solitudes”: alone together
In the bustling Quebec of the 1970s, a teenager, Rani, seeks to put down roots, torn between her loyalty to her parents of Indian origin and her desire to belong…
Carte blanche to Émilie Bibeau | Shared solitudes
With their unique pen and their own sensitivity, artists present their vision of the world to us. This week, we give carte blanche to Émilie Bibeau. Posted at 1:18 a.m.…
Two solitudes at the helm
Much ink has been spilled after François Legault’s decision to double the tuition fees for students outside Quebec who come to study in our English-speaking universities. Including the flagship of…
In Quebec, the two solitudes cross the generations
French-speaking and English-speaking Quebecers are still struggling to reconcile after years of calm in the constitutional debates. Their loyalty still diverges between Quebec and Canada, according to a recent study…
Prince Harry and the Two Solitudes
Anglophones and Francophones in Montreal are far from sharing the same interest in the outpourings of Prince Harry. In bookstores in the east of the city, success was certainly expected…
A few solitudes | Find yourself (again) ★★★
Released last year, the first novel by Marianne Brisebois, Except Sam is dead, broached the delicate subject of mourning. His new proposal some loneliness, also speaks of mourning, but in…
The n-word and the two solitudes
A rift is clearly emerging between Quebec and the rest of Canada following a controversial judgment by the Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which called on CBC/Radio-Canada to apologize for…
“Reckoner”: Bringing together Canadian solitudes one trilogy at a time
Bringing Canada’s Aboriginal, English-speaking and French-speaking communities closer together is not an exercise in the snap of a finger, but one that can certainly be facilitated by fiction, adept at…