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Robert Libman

Montreal Gazette

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Libman: Carney can count on Canadians' patience for only so long

Libman: Carney can count on Canadians' patience for only so long
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Libman: Doctors are only the latest target of the CAQ's sledgehammer

Libman: Doctors are only the latest target of the CAQ's sledgehammer
01.11.2025 9

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Libman: Just back from Paris, where English signs are all the fashion

Libman: Just back from Paris, where English signs are all the fashion
22.10.2025 3

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Libman: Just back from Paris, where English signs are all the fashion

18.10.2025 7

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Libman: Against the ropes, can Legault go the distance?

04.10.2025 9

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Libman: The feds are seeking clarity on Bill 21. Cue the Quebec outrage

01.10.2025 6

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Libman: The feds are seeking clarity on Bill 21. Cue the Quebec outrage

01.10.2025 1

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Libman: The feds are seeking clarity on Bill 21. Cue the Quebec outrage

Quebec’s Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette both seem to believe that Quebecers are fools that can...

29.09.2025 3

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Libman: Montreal’s new language guidelines disconnected from reality

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...

14.09.2025 10

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Libman: Could the CAQ defeat the PQ without Legault?

Is there a path to victory in next year’s provincial election for any party other than the Parti Québécois? According to polls, recent...

08.09.2025 5

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Libman: Called before SAAQclic inquiry, Legault faces Titanic test

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...

31.08.2025 8

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Libman: Do we need to police the language police?

The Burgundy Lion roared, and Office québécois de la langue française inspectors timidly backed off. Well, maybe it wasn’t exactly like that, but...

25.08.2025 8

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Libman: Is another gut-wrenching Quebec sovereignty referendum on tap?

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...

17.08.2025 7

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Libman: Maybe it’s time to hit pause on our dizzying dance with Trump

I remember as a kid frenetically chasing after a rubber Superball as it bounced around, careening off everything, not knowing where it would bounce...

11.08.2025 30

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Libman: Much at stake for Quebec party leaders in Arthabaska byelection

Many Gazette readers might have trouble locating the largely rural Arthabaska riding on a map, but we’ll be hearing a lot about it in the days...

03.08.2025 4

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Libman: No vacation from language law excesses in Quebec

Even during the political dog days of summer, we can’t seem to escape the absurdity and frustration caused by Quebec language law excesses. Every...

27.07.2025 6

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Libman: Wait a minute — where did the time go?

I was blown away last weekend by reports that it’s been 35 years since the 1990 Oka Crisis, the standoff that dominated our news cycle that summer....

20.07.2025 4

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Libman: Quebec remains in Carney’s corner, but danger lies ahead

It’s been over two months since Mark Carney was elected as our Captain Canada. Most voters felt he was best suited to navigate us through the...

15.07.2025 4

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Libman: Canadian pride isn’t a betrayal of being a Quebecer

This coming Tuesday, politicians across the country will be proclaiming in speeches and on social media that Canada is the greatest country in the...

30.06.2025 10

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Libman: Quebec Liberals gamble on Rodriguez. Will voters?

Did Quebec Liberals shoot themselves in the foot last weekend? Pablo Rodriguez, a former MP and minister under Justin Trudeau, narrowly won the...

22.06.2025 10

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Libman: CAQ comeback seems unlikely under Legault

“To stay or not to stay, that is the question” — one that Premier François Legault may be contemplating during the summer break, leading into...

16.06.2025 8

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Libman: On death, taxes and the future of minority rights in Quebec

Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: “In this world nothing can be certain, except death and taxes.” Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights...

09.06.2025 10

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Libman: Referendum pledge puts PQ leader in a bind

Last week’s Léger poll on provincial sovereignty in Canada contained an eye-popping revelation: Among all provinces, Quebec had the greatest...

01.06.2025 30

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Libman: Governments are facing a financial cliff. It’s time to change course

It often seems these days that our governments are careening toward a cliff. All three levels are strapped, struggling to provide adequate services to...

25.05.2025 40

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Libman: Ruling is not the same as governing — and it’s costing Legault

“To rule is easy, to govern difficult” is a quote attributed to the writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Newly elected governments...

18.05.2025 10

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