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Robert LibmanMontreal Gazette |
While star candidates can help elevate the gravitas of party leaders, they can also come with unexpected baggage
The word “star” used metaphorically for a famous performer seemingly originated in English theatre during the 1700s to describe an actor who...
The party's strategy will be all-in with the premier as she tries to carve her own path
Are Quebecers naive and easily manipulated? That’s what Premier Christine Fréchette and her entourage seem to believe. As part of the ongoing...
How often have we seen in comic books, cartoons and movies the familiar archetypal bully named Moose or Biff or something like that? They’re often...
A horse race is not won in the first few lengths out of the gate. Neither is an election campaign, particularly in Quebec. The political parties are...
Canadians marked the country’s 159th birthday this week, with many — decked out in familiar red and white — proudly waving the Maple Leaf,...
We’re heading into the six-week period when Quebec politics typically goes dark. Quebecers would rather sit by the lake and swat at black flies than...
Poudre aux yeux is a common French idiom that translates literally to “powder in the eyes.” It refers to a deceptive illusion, smokescreen, or an...
At the Quebec Liberal Party general council meeting last weekend, Leader Charles Milliard promised he would be unveiling a new plan to protect French...
I cannot come up with two more apt words to describe Quebec’s political class than hypocritical and disingenuous. The past 10 days have been...
Whoever coined the term “six months is an eternity in politics” knew what they were talking about. Again this week we see how political landscapes...
The French word “zizanie” — translated as havoc, discord, dissension or friction — has a percussive ring to it. Several events of the past...
Christine Fréchette has been trying to put a fresh face on a Coalition Avenir Québec government nearing the end of its two-term administration under...
As a nod to us amateur golfers — psyched about the start of the new season — Liberal Leader Charles Milliard could probably use a mulligan after...
Entre l’arbre et l’écorce (between the tree and the bark) is the equivalent francophone idiom for being caught between a rock and a hard place....
For the sovereignist and nationalist politicians and commentators who paternalistically believe they reflect the prevailing views of the population...
Sometimes basic math and politics are inextricably linked. There are 343 federal ridings in Canada, which means a party must win at least 172 seats to...
In just over a week, Quebec will have a new premier — likely Christine Fréchette, set to become only the second woman in the province’s history...
“We must trust our democracy. Elected representatives and the electorate are also guardians of the Constitution, and we must assume that the...
Surely, politicians at all levels of government can do more to challenge the status quo as Montrealers, Quebecers and Canadians are being pummelled.
Quebec’s Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette both seem to believe that Quebecers are fools that can...
Have you ever tried to put on a pair of jeans that are two sizes too small? They just don’t fit, no matter how much you squirm, squeeze, dance...
Is there a path to victory in next year’s provincial election for any party other than the Parti Québécois? According to polls, recent...
You couldn’t find a more appropriate idiom than the one about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic to describe François Legault’s imminent...
The Burgundy Lion roared, and Office québécois de la langue française inspectors timidly backed off. Well, maybe it wasn’t exactly like that, but...
On top of everything else that’s going on in this world right now, will we soon have to start bracing for another gut-wrenching Quebec sovereignty...
I remember as a kid frenetically chasing after a rubber Superball as it bounced around, careening off everything, not knowing where it would bounce...
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