Paging Dr. Freud
By Philippe Gohier - Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 3 Comments
Are provincial cabinet ministers in Quebec trying to tell us something?
Transportation Minister Julie Boulet, February 2010: “There are rules that govern the funding of political parties. It’s legal in Quebec to engage in political financing, for companies to donate.”
Education Minister Michelle Courchesne, December 2009: “The majority of private enterprises donate to all the political parties.”
Minister for Transport Norman MacMillan, December 2009: “There’s a law that governs all this. We can’t prevent company X from donating $3,000 to the Liberal party.” MacMillan then added government ministers are expected to raise $100,000 a year for the party.
Aside from the fact they were all made by Quebec Liberals, the statements have something else in common: they’re all patently wrong. Quebec hasn’t allowed corporate donations since 1977 and the repeated slip-ups have now caught the attention of province’s chief electoral officer, not to mention that of Pauline Marois.
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School fights to promote Jesuit values
By Tom Henheffer - Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 1:20 PM - 105 Comments
The new program isn’t optional, says Courchesne
Can a Catholic high school teach its students that all religions are equal? Paul Donovan, the principal of Montreal’s Loyola High School, says it can’t be done. So the boys-only Jesuit school is taking the province to court over its new ethics and religious culture program.The new course was introduced by the Ministry of Education to teach about various religious traditions in Quebec society, with the goal of increasing tolerance among students. It teaches about Protestantism and Catholicism, as well as Judaism, native spiritualities and other religions.
