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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:48:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/no-surprise-in-senator-boisvenus-rhetoric/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/no-surprise-in-senator-boisvenus-rhetoric/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:43:27 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237134 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/no-surprise-in-senator-boisvenus-rhetoric/feed/ 0 In retrospect, it’s really not all that surprising that Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu invited the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/whitewashing-joe-paterno-in-the-national-post/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/whitewashing-joe-paterno-in-the-national-post/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:27:30 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235723 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/whitewashing-joe-paterno-in-the-national-post/feed/ 0 I don’t know Father Raymond J de Souza beyond his handsome National Post faux-woodcut... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/the-bloc-wants-in-on-the-inquisition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/the-bloc-wants-in-on-the-inquisition/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:52:22 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235516 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/25/the-bloc-wants-in-on-the-inquisition/feed/ 0 Since the Bloc is no longer a party, it can't sit in on the committee investigating its alleged improprieties http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/life-after-the-bloc/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/life-after-the-bloc/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:51:13 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235044 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/20/life-after-the-bloc/feed/ 0 Thierry St-Cyr was the Bloc MP for Jeanne-Le Ber from 2006 until he succumbed... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/anglo-represent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/anglo-represent/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:38:04 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234756 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/anglo-represent/feed/ 0 Mike Paterson is a Montreal comedian whose screwfaced mug and delightful porcine squeal has... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/quebecs-imaginary-boyfriends/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/quebecs-imaginary-boyfriends/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:32:43 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234471 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/quebecs-imaginary-boyfriends/feed/ 0 Just two months after pledging his unequivocal support for Pauline Marois, Gilles Duceppe is reportedly angling for her job http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/leaving-the-church-of-the-parti-quebecois/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/leaving-the-church-of-the-parti-quebecois/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:29:22 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234377 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/leaving-the-church-of-the-parti-quebecois/feed/ 0 That François Rebello is still a sovereignist hardly matters to the PQ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/big-tent-not-yet/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/big-tent-not-yet/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:03:12 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232798 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/big-tent-not-yet/feed/ 0 There has yet to be a defection to François Legault's CAQ from the ruling Liberals http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/23/happy-holidays-and-all-that/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/23/happy-holidays-and-all-that/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:27:38 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231073 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/23/happy-holidays-and-all-that/feed/ 0 From Phil, me and Cyrano de Bergerac (pictured above), have a solid holiday and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/quebecers-the-new-racists/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/quebecers-the-new-racists/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:36:05 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/quebecers-the-new-racists/feed/ 0 As a general rule, academic papers don’t generate much buzz beyond the academics who... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/adq-goes-poof/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/adq-goes-poof/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:52:46 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229581 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/adq-goes-poof/feed/ 0 Quebec's political world plays host to a shotgun wedding http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/a-bloc-stat-by-way-of-a-plug/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/a-bloc-stat-by-way-of-a-plug/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:52:49 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228754 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/06/a-bloc-stat-by-way-of-a-plug/feed/ 0 From my dead tree take on the remaining Bloc Québécois MPs: “[I]n a recent... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/the-trouble-with-quebec-politics-in-a-nutshellby-election/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/the-trouble-with-quebec-politics-in-a-nutshellby-election/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:20:55 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228233 could punish the Liberals on Monday. But they won't.]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/02/the-trouble-with-quebec-politics-in-a-nutshellby-election/feed/ 0 Voters in Bonaventure could punish the Liberals on Monday. But they won't. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/poor-mcgill/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/poor-mcgill/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:00:28 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225761 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/poor-mcgill/feed/ 0 Linking rising tuition fees to its president's salary cheapens the debate http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-quebecers-your-future-has-arrived/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-quebecers-your-future-has-arrived/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:23:41 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225189 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/14/ladies-and-gentlemen-quebecers-your-future-has-arrived/feed/ 0 Here’s the new logo of Coalition Avenir Québec, former péquiste minister François Legault’s big... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/in-quebec-construction-pigs-fly/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/in-quebec-construction-pigs-fly/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:05:36 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=221398 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/24/in-quebec-construction-pigs-fly/feed/ 2 Jean Charest sure has a funny way of projecting self-assurance http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/ron-macleans-new-book-needs-a-better-subtitle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/ron-macleans-new-book-needs-a-better-subtitle/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:55:27 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=220239 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/14/ron-macleans-new-book-needs-a-better-subtitle/feed/ 4 How’s about “Cornered: Memoirs Of A Professional Carpet”? Has a nice ring to it,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/venting-pressure-assigning-blame/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/venting-pressure-assigning-blame/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:37:33 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=219780 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/12/venting-pressure-assigning-blame/feed/ 4 Why the arrest of a former cabinet minister might help Jean Charest more than it hurts him http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/meanwhile-in-enlightened-calgary/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/meanwhile-in-enlightened-calgary/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:28:49 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=218040 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/30/meanwhile-in-enlightened-calgary/feed/ 71 …courtesy today’s Calgary Sun: Yes, by all means, put her in her place. Stay... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/captain-bulls-t/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/captain-bulls-t/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:03:46 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217083 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/26/captain-bulls-t/feed/ 3 Example number 437 of why Quebec satire kicks the bejesus out of its English... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/bernard-landry-writes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/bernard-landry-writes/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:24:08 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=216849 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/22/bernard-landry-writes/feed/ 6 Bernard Landry dropped me a note a couple of weeks ago. There’s nothing particularly... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/corruption-and-quebec-a-slight-refrain/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/corruption-and-quebec-a-slight-refrain/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:53:36 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215615 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/15/corruption-and-quebec-a-slight-refrain/feed/ 16 This afternoon a Quebec City radio guy named Stéphane Gasse essentially asked me if,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/conservative-jacques-gourde-chutzpah-with-a-capital-c/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/conservative-jacques-gourde-chutzpah-with-a-capital-c/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:25:51 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214827 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/conservative-jacques-gourde-chutzpah-with-a-capital-c/feed/ 9 “The resources of Parliament should serve to help all constituents of a district, in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/charest-to-overhaul-construction-industry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/charest-to-overhaul-construction-industry/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:37:09 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=214640 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/12/charest-to-overhaul-construction-industry/feed/ 6 Yes, he’s smiling. You would be too.   The government of Jean Charest announced... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/31/libs-and-ndp-in-a-tree-a-problem-in-need-of-a-vote-split/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/31/libs-and-ndp-in-a-tree-a-problem-in-need-of-a-vote-split/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:17:09 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212432 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/31/libs-and-ndp-in-a-tree-a-problem-in-need-of-a-vote-split/feed/ 50 There are several really good reasons why the NDP and the Liberals aren’t about... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/30/francois-legaults-shameless-pandering-on-immigration/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/30/francois-legaults-shameless-pandering-on-immigration/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:15:28 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=212209 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/30/francois-legaults-shameless-pandering-on-immigration/feed/ 18 Capping immigration won't do anything to protect the French language http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/26/there-isnt-a-huge-appetite-for-sovereignty%e2%80%94pauline-marois/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/26/there-isnt-a-huge-appetite-for-sovereignty%e2%80%94pauline-marois/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:03:52 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=211883 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/26/there-isnt-a-huge-appetite-for-sovereignty%e2%80%94pauline-marois/feed/ 3 My colleague Alec Castonguay, who toils over at our sister publication L’actualité, posted a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/le-bon-jack/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/le-bon-jack/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:14:18 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=211154 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/le-bon-jack/feed/ 1 I had only two close encounters with Jack Layton. The first was back in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/notes-on-jacks-velvet-switchblade/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/notes-on-jacks-velvet-switchblade/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:58:53 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210799 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/notes-on-jacks-velvet-switchblade/feed/ 0 I was watching RDI coverage of Jack Layton’s passing this morning, and it was... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/gohier-vs-patriquin-on-the-splintering-of-quebecs-sovereigntist-movement/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/gohier-vs-patriquin-on-the-splintering-of-quebecs-sovereigntist-movement/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:08:02 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210708 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/gohier-vs-patriquin-on-the-splintering-of-quebecs-sovereigntist-movement/feed/ 0 Does the Nouveau mouvement pour le Québec have a political future? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/12/sun-news-in-bed-with-separatists-and-radical-lefties/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/12/sun-news-in-bed-with-separatists-and-radical-lefties/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:09:12 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208545 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/12/sun-news-in-bed-with-separatists-and-radical-lefties/feed/ 180 The communists are everywhere. Even where you'd least expect them. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/03/turmel-and-the-bloc-er-so-what/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/03/turmel-and-the-bloc-er-so-what/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:02:53 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=207360 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/03/turmel-and-the-bloc-er-so-what/feed/ 152 The left in Quebec is inexorably tied to the sovereignty movement http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/jack-and-tom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/jack-and-tom/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:46:05 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=206651 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/25/jack-and-tom/feed/ 2 We interrupt DMA’s regularly scheduled vacation to get to the news about Jack Layton.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/inside-the-pq-independence-evidently-starts-at-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/inside-the-pq-independence-evidently-starts-at-home/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:47:16 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198579 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/inside-the-pq-independence-evidently-starts-at-home/feed/ 0 Yet another MNA quits the Parti Québécois over its referendum policy http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/why-it-sucks-to-be-pq-leader-part-ccxxxiv/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/why-it-sucks-to-be-pq-leader-part-ccxxxiv/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:23:20 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=198582 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/21/why-it-sucks-to-be-pq-leader-part-ccxxxiv/feed/ 2 Thank you, Gary Larson A few weeks ago, five PQ MNAs resigned. One of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/journal-de-montreal-xenophobic-lazy-or-both-you-decide/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/journal-de-montreal-xenophobic-lazy-or-both-you-decide/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:33:11 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=197121 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/15/journal-de-montreal-xenophobic-lazy-or-both-you-decide/feed/ 13 Picture courtesy la Clique du Plateau Last week, Journal de Montréal columnist Richard Martineau... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/vous-etes-pas-tannes-de-mourir-bandes-de-caves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/vous-etes-pas-tannes-de-mourir-bandes-de-caves/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:31:20 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196767 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/10/vous-etes-pas-tannes-de-mourir-bandes-de-caves/feed/ 4 Former PQ president Jonathan Valois recently had a pretty epic rant agains the four... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/pauline-maroiss-and-the-parti-quebecoiss-very-bad-day/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/pauline-maroiss-and-the-parti-quebecoiss-very-bad-day/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:55:56 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=196105 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/07/pauline-maroiss-and-the-parti-quebecoiss-very-bad-day/feed/ 6 It’s hard to feel much sympathy for PQ leader Pauline Marois. It was an... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/three-huge-pq-resignations/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/three-huge-pq-resignations/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:47:10 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195805 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/06/three-huge-pq-resignations/feed/ 94 Pierre Curzi, Louise Beaudoin and Lisette Lapointe, three stalwarts of the PQ’s hard sovereignist... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-daily-mails-killer-source/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-daily-mails-killer-source/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:51:19 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195216 The Daily Mail's rigourous journalistic standards are applied to Khadir's contentious comments on the royal visit]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-daily-mails-killer-source/feed/ 97 The Daily Mail's rigourous journalistic standards are applied to Khadir's contentious comments on the royal visit http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-daily-mails-killer-source-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-daily-mails-killer-source-2/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:51:19 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=195216 The Daily Mail's rigourous journalistic standards are applied to Khadir's contentious comments on the royal visit]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/02/the-daily-mails-killer-source-2/feed/ 1 The Daily Mail's rigourous journalistic standards are applied to Khadir's contentious comments on the royal visit http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/luciens-quebecitude/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/luciens-quebecitude/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:56:30 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194920 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/06/01/luciens-quebecitude/feed/ 18 Lucien Bouchard is apparently less of a Quebecer today than before. At least, this... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/31/gohier-v-patriquin-on-the-quebec-city-arena/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/31/gohier-v-patriquin-on-the-quebec-city-arena/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 14:18:34 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=194677 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/31/gohier-v-patriquin-on-the-quebec-city-arena/feed/ 7 ... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/21/hey-nordiques-fans-ever-get-the-feeling-youve-been-cheated/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/21/hey-nordiques-fans-ever-get-the-feeling-youve-been-cheated/#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 17:34:49 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=193383 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/21/hey-nordiques-fans-ever-get-the-feeling-youve-been-cheated/feed/ 51 Winnipegers have a mighty comedown ahead of them when they finally see what the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/how-much-does-it-suck-to-be-jacques-gourde-right-now/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/how-much-does-it-suck-to-be-jacques-gourde-right-now/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 21:28:57 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=192555 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/18/how-much-does-it-suck-to-be-jacques-gourde-right-now/feed/ 4 Being a Conservative MP from Quebec is a bit like joining the mother of...