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Drimonis: Drainville says he’s fighting for students. School cuts say otherwise

The Coalition Avenir Québec government has repeatedly stated over the past seven years that education is a priority for them, yet it’s often been...

29.06.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: So who gets to celebrate la Fête nationale? (Hint: You do)

With St-Jean celebrations around the corner, I want to set the record straight about who gets to celebrate. Answer: Everyone. Every year I inevitably...

21.06.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Montreal’s festival season is what culture looks like without the politics

It’s that time of year again when Montreal’s spring and summer festivals are either announcing their lineups or already in full swing, and the...

15.06.2025 4

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: CAQ’s vision of integration looks disconnected from reality

As part of the Coalition Avenir Québec’s ever-growing list of policies aimed at dictating how new Quebecers should act, live and look, a new bill...

08.06.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Devenir Keb puts human face on immigrant experience

I’ve written two books and countless columns on migration and the politics of “belonging” — and I still sometimes feel like I’ll never fully...

01.06.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: CAQ won’t fix health care by bullying doctors

I’ve been watching with increasing trepidation — and even a little bewilderment — at the way the Legault government continues to turn the screws...

24.05.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: There’s nothing like Montreal in the spring

Montreal’s great spring thaw is glorious. I love this city around the clock, and there’s no denying summer is when Montreal outdoes itself in sexy...

17.05.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: What is our immigration ‘capacity,’ anyway?

As the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump begins to revoke temporary protection status of 900,000 migrants granted under his predecessor,...

19.04.2025 10

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: ‘Should I leave Quebec?’ A reader’s question resonates

As a columnist, I receive my fair share of messages. But one recent email turned into a phone call after the writer’s frustration and fatigue...

12.04.2025 20

Montreal Gazette

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Drimonis: Amid slide, CAQ doubles down on nationalism and secularism

Here we go again. It seems every time the Coalition Avenir Québec government loses a byelection, finds itself mired in another money-losing scandal...

12.04.2025 5

Montreal Gazette

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