22 March 2013

STM English

whereas the PQ allows workers to speak English for extraprovincial commercial reasons;

and whereas some customers of the STM are travellers;

be it resolved that the STM allow English for any customer.

20 March 2013

Ottawa shifting fiscal burden to provinces, Quebec Finance Minister warns - The Globe and Mail

Ottawa shifting fiscal burden to provinces, Quebec Finance Minister warns - The Globe and Mail

Mr. Marceau also called on Ottawa to renew the $116-million a year job skills training program, which Quebec controls under a federal-provincial agreement. The government’s demand was backed by a motion adopted unanimously by the National Assembly.

15 March 2013

Montreal Gazette; 'PQ roasted over new Marchand job'

QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec is blasting the government for handing a new job to the former head of its language enforcement agency.
“It’s this detestable game of musical chairs that Quebecers are fed up with,” CAQ leader François Legault told Premier Pauline Marois during question period Thursday.
Legault was reacting to news that less than a week after the government removed the president of the Office québécois de la langue française, Louise Marchand, the Quebec cabinet quietly reassigned her.

02 March 2013

‘Don’t be afraid of your dreams,’ Jacques Parizeau tells Option nationale convention

‘Don’t be afraid of your dreams,’ Jacques Parizeau tells Option nationale convention

After a Yes vote for independence, he asked, “what happens if negotiations (with the rest of Canada) fail, don’t go anywhere?”
“The Supreme Court (of Canada) judges have decided that it’s the international community that will decide.”
- See more at: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/What+rights+will+recognize+anglophones+after+independence/8040824/story.html#sthash.HIwPytjX.dpuf

After a Yes vote for independence, he asked, “what happens if negotiations (with the rest of Canada) fail, don’t go anywhere?”
“The Supreme Court (of Canada) judges have decided that it’s the international community that will decide.”
- See more at: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/What+rights+will+recognize+anglophones+after+independence/8040824/story.html#sthash.HIwPytjX.dpuf

Tom Flanagan had no reason to apologize

Tom Flanagan had no reason to apologize

The current furor over remarks made by University of Calgary professor Tom Flanagan reminds us again how very important academic freedom is to the life of our nation. Unfortunately, it also reminds us how shallow the commitment to it is, of even our universities.
Flanagan, in response to a question during a presentation at the University of Lethbridge Wednesday evening, restated his doubt that those who view child pornography should go to prison. For this, he was dismissed as a commentator on the CBC program Power and Politics, he was dumped by Alberta’s Wildrose party, and the president of the University of Calgary, speaking in her role as president, asserted that “Child pornography is not a victimless crime,” (not something Flanagan denied, by the way).
Strangely, Flanagan later apologized “to all who were offended by my statement.” “Strangely,” because he had nothing to apologize for. He was doing what a professor should — raising and commenting on a matter of public concern — and for that he deserves to be commended.
- See more at: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/op-ed/Flanagan+reason+apologize/8035348/story.html#sthash.108GNqGv.dpuf

The current furor over remarks made by University of Calgary professor Tom Flanagan reminds us again how very important academic freedom is to the life of our nation. Unfortunately, it also reminds us how shallow the commitment to it is, of even our universities.
Flanagan, in response to a question during a presentation at the University of Lethbridge Wednesday evening, restated his doubt that those who view child pornography should go to prison. For this, he was dismissed as a commentator on the CBC program Power and Politics, he was dumped by Alberta’s Wildrose party, and the president of the University of Calgary, speaking in her role as president, asserted that “Child pornography is not a victimless crime,” (not something Flanagan denied, by the way).
Strangely, Flanagan later apologized “to all who were offended by my statement.” “Strangely,” because he had nothing to apologize for. He was doing what a professor should — raising and commenting on a matter of public concern — and for that he deserves to be commended.
- See more at: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/op-ed/Flanagan+reason+apologize/8035348/story.html#sthash.108GNqGv.dpuf

The current furor over remarks made by University of Calgary professor Tom Flanagan reminds us again how very important academic freedom is to the life of our nation. Unfortunately, it also reminds us how shallow the commitment to it is, of even our universities.
Flanagan, in response to a question during a presentation at the University of Lethbridge Wednesday evening, restated his doubt that those who view child pornography should go to prison. For this, he was dismissed as a commentator on the CBC program Power and Politics, he was dumped by Alberta’s Wildrose party, and the president of the University of Calgary, speaking in her role as president, asserted that “Child pornography is not a victimless crime,” (not something Flanagan denied, by the way).
Strangely, Flanagan later apologized “to all who were offended by my statement.” “Strangely,” because he had nothing to apologize for. He was doing what a professor should — raising and commenting on a matter of public concern — and for that he deserves to be commended.
- See more at: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/op-ed/Flanagan+reason+apologize/8035348/story.html#sthash.108GNqGv.dpuf