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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:18:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/13/marois-backtracks-on-some-cuts-to-research-funding-in-quebec/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/13/marois-backtracks-on-some-cuts-to-research-funding-in-quebec/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:46:33 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350380 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/13/marois-backtracks-on-some-cuts-to-research-funding-in-quebec/feed/ 0 QUEBEC – The Parti Quebecois minority government, which has been forced to retreat on... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/does-being-in-politics-mean-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/does-being-in-politics-mean-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:01 +0000 Sue Allan http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312458 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/09/does-being-in-politics-mean-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/feed/ 0 Two years after our cover story provoked a defensive uproar, evidence of the deep-seated corruption has continued to pile up http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/parti-quebecois-will-table-budget-early-to-avoid-minority-defeat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/parti-quebecois-will-table-budget-early-to-avoid-minority-defeat/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:13:15 +0000 The Canadian Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=311401 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/05/parti-quebecois-will-table-budget-early-to-avoid-minority-defeat/feed/ 0 QUEBEC – The newly elected Parti Quebecois government will seek to protect itself against... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/still-buddies-in-bad-times/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/still-buddies-in-bad-times/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:43:01 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=306838 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/still-buddies-in-bad-times/feed/ 0 While the corruption scandal rages on, Liberals can't seem to get enough of their tainted former leader http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/pq-accomplishes-the-impossible-makes-life-easy-for-liberals/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/pq-accomplishes-the-impossible-makes-life-easy-for-liberals/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:03:46 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=305724 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/23/pq-accomplishes-the-impossible-makes-life-easy-for-liberals/feed/ 0 Marois has already overplayed her hand and completely misread the population she claims to represent http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/raymond-bachand-architect-of-tuition-hikes-enters-quebec-liberal-leadership-race/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/raymond-bachand-architect-of-tuition-hikes-enters-quebec-liberal-leadership-race/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:53:38 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=298002 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/28/raymond-bachand-architect-of-tuition-hikes-enters-quebec-liberal-leadership-race/feed/ 0 MONTREAL – The race to succeed Jean Charest has its first prominent participant as... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/pq-makes-good-on-tuition-promise-and-scraps-the-liberal-fee-hikes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/pq-makes-good-on-tuition-promise-and-scraps-the-liberal-fee-hikes/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:29:45 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295818 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/pq-makes-good-on-tuition-promise-and-scraps-the-liberal-fee-hikes/feed/ 0 QUEBEC – It’s over — the tuition increase that triggered such social strife in... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/marois-to-pursue-a-strong-sovereigntist-agenda/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/marois-to-pursue-a-strong-sovereigntist-agenda/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:12:04 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295561 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/20/marois-to-pursue-a-strong-sovereigntist-agenda/feed/ 0 Quebec Premier Pauline Marois may have a minority government, but she has an ambitious... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/the-fights-of-his-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/the-fights-of-his-life/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:23:01 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=292643 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/the-fights-of-his-life/feed/ 0 John Geddes on the NDP leader's rise through the ruthless world of Quebec politics to become the PM’s toughest opponent yet http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/mulcair-so-far-outtakes-from-this-weeks-profile/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/mulcair-so-far-outtakes-from-this-weeks-profile/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:47:42 +0000 John Geddes http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=293112 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/13/mulcair-so-far-outtakes-from-this-weeks-profile/feed/ 0 John Geddes on what didn't make it into this week's cover story on the controversial politician http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/to-the-rescue/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/to-the-rescue/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:10:01 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/to-the-rescue/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/18/to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 In the former airline exec, Quebecers are once again looking for a political saviour http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/premier-flip-flop/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/premier-flip-flop/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:20:01 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/20/premier-flip-flop/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/17/premier-flip-flop/feed/ 0 The Quebec premier tends to reverse himself only after incurring maximum political damage 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/2011/08/19/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/2011/06/21/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/2010/10/14/quebecers-have-more-backbone/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/quebecers-have-more-backbone/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:40:30 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=151281 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/quebecers-have-more-backbone/feed/ 0 It appears Quebecers agree that Quebec is most corrupt province in Canada http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/25/marc-bellemare-remembers-the-sponsorship-scandal-or-does-he/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/25/marc-bellemare-remembers-the-sponsorship-scandal-or-does-he/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:14:48 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=144100 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/25/marc-bellemare-remembers-the-sponsorship-scandal-or-does-he/feed/ 0 Perhaps the most impressive part of Marc Bellemare’s testimony at the Bastarache commission is... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/10/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-axors-illegal-donations-in-quebec-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/10/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-axors-illegal-donations-in-quebec-but-were-afraid-to-ask/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:34:40 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=142066 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/10/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-axors-illegal-donations-in-quebec-but-were-afraid-to-ask/feed/ 0 Late last week, Quebec’s Directeur général des élections (DGE) announced it had uncovered forty... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/20/even-liberals-dont-like-the-charest-government/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/20/even-liberals-dont-like-the-charest-government/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:50:19 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=139313 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/20/even-liberals-dont-like-the-charest-government/feed/ 0 Has the provincial party bottomed out in Quebec? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/15/charests-credibility-gap/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/15/charests-credibility-gap/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:56:46 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=120787 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/15/charests-credibility-gap/feed/ 25 Why it's getting harder and harder to give him the benefit of the doubt http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/10/gilles-duceppe-coming-to-a-city-near-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/10/gilles-duceppe-coming-to-a-city-near-you/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:32:57 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=119785 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/10/gilles-duceppe-coming-to-a-city-near-you/feed/ 98 Sometimes, "it'd be way easier if Quebec wasn’t around" http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/28/paging-dr-freud/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/28/paging-dr-freud/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:22:33 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=112847 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/28/paging-dr-freud/feed/ 3 Are provincial cabinet ministers in Quebec trying to tell us something? Transportation Minister Julie... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/22/where-would-you-cut-to-balance-the-budget/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/22/where-would-you-cut-to-balance-the-budget/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:41:28 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=103487 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/22/where-would-you-cut-to-balance-the-budget/feed/ 35 If you haven’t yet read John’s piece about how difficult it’s going to be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/20/theres-the-bloc-and-then-theres-everyone-else/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/20/theres-the-bloc-and-then-theres-everyone-else/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:09:34 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=102688 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/20/theres-the-bloc-and-then-theres-everyone-else/feed/ 11 Léger Marketing released the results of its latest poll into the political leanings of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/jean-charest-and-the-burden-of-being-amazing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/jean-charest-and-the-burden-of-being-amazing/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:35:37 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=101011 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/12/jean-charest-and-the-burden-of-being-amazing/feed/ 5 The Gazette‘s Don Macpherson boldly predicts 2010 won’t be all wine and roses for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/04/is-this-what-a-post-nationalist-quebec-looks-like/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/04/is-this-what-a-post-nationalist-quebec-looks-like/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:31:52 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=99599 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/04/is-this-what-a-post-nationalist-quebec-looks-like/feed/ 6 In December 2008, just after Jean Charest’s third consecutive election victory, I wrote this:... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/15/the-three-candidate-circus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/15/the-three-candidate-circus/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:53:05 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=81758 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/15/the-three-candidate-circus/feed/ 0 Short of culminating in a Three Stooges-esque slap fight at the final candidates’ debate,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/26/the-mystery-of-jean-charest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/26/the-mystery-of-jean-charest/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:38:44 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=77424 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/26/the-mystery-of-jean-charest/feed/ 12 There’s a word for businesses whose fortunes don’t conform to dominant patterns, outfits like... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/14/what-the-tories-need-to-do-in-quebec/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/14/what-the-tories-need-to-do-in-quebec/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:38:07 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=68665 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/14/what-the-tories-need-to-do-in-quebec/feed/ 32 For starters, Stephen Harper may need to share the spotlight http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/03/quote-of-the-day/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/03/quote-of-the-day/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:50:21 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=68595 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/03/quote-of-the-day/feed/ 3 Arnold Kling isn’t referring specifically to Quebec, but he might as well be: The... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/29/forget-bribing-quebecers-with-their-own-money-scare-them-instead/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/29/forget-bribing-quebecers-with-their-own-money-scare-them-instead/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:15 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=67927 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/29/forget-bribing-quebecers-with-their-own-money-scare-them-instead/feed/ 39 I guess the Conservatives figure they can’t do much worse in Quebec so they... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/who-doesnt-like-a-good-constitutional-crisis-once-in-a-while/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/who-doesnt-like-a-good-constitutional-crisis-once-in-a-while/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:50:57 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=63778 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/who-doesnt-like-a-good-constitutional-crisis-once-in-a-while/feed/ 1 [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.836782&w=425&h=350&fv=] Here’s that video of Jacques Parizeau telling the “Intellectuals for sovereignty”—yes, that’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/19/about-those-attack-ads/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/19/about-those-attack-ads/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 22:33:08 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=58139 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/05/19/about-those-attack-ads/feed/ 42 I happen to like attack ads. The anti-Dion gambit, for example, was as effective... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/30/coalition-fever-the-swine-flu-of-2008/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/30/coalition-fever-the-swine-flu-of-2008/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:14:22 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=53846 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/30/coalition-fever-the-swine-flu-of-2008/feed/ 5 Just try to imagine the hand-wringing this would’ve caused across Canada: A Bloc-supported coalition... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/21/so-stephen-which-ones-the-half/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/21/so-stephen-which-ones-the-half/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:19:59 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=51389 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/21/so-stephen-which-ones-the-half/feed/ 19 Isn’t it fun that both the current opposition and government leaders were doing interviews... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/20/ignore-your-problems-and-they-just-might-go-away/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/20/ignore-your-problems-and-they-just-might-go-away/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:47:24 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=44716 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/20/ignore-your-problems-and-they-just-might-go-away/feed/ 58 “If there are any economists in the room, you’re no good,” Monique Jérôme-Forget told... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/10/how-bout-them-fixed-election-dates-eh/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/10/how-bout-them-fixed-election-dates-eh/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:16:14 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=42366 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/03/10/how-bout-them-fixed-election-dates-eh/feed/ 11 Stephen Harper and Jean Charest have to be glad they got their respective re-elections... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/30/what-the-budget-means-for-quebec/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/30/what-the-budget-means-for-quebec/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:09:21 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=32146 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/30/what-the-budget-means-for-quebec/feed/ 48 Budget day brought mostly bad news for the province: The cap on equalization stayed... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/21/who-wants-to-lead-the-adq-no-one/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/21/who-wants-to-lead-the-adq-no-one/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:20:00 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://tearsheet.ca/dev/?p=1494 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/21/who-wants-to-lead-the-adq-no-one/feed/ 1 Will the ADQ survive to fight again without Mario Dumont? http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/16/montcalm-v-wolfe-i-thought-everyone-knew-how-it-ended/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/16/montcalm-v-wolfe-i-thought-everyone-knew-how-it-ended/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:17:15 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=28869 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/16/montcalm-v-wolfe-i-thought-everyone-knew-how-it-ended/feed/ 9 I’ve always found re-enacting historical battles to be among the goofiest hobbies a person... http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/09/and-a-happy-new-year-to-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/09/and-a-happy-new-year-to-you/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:49:17 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=26809 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/09/and-a-happy-new-year-to-you/feed/ 0 Ed’s note: We’ve been on hiatus for much of December, as DMA bought itself... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/11/adios-super-mario-and-other-scattered-thoughts-about-the-election/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/11/adios-super-mario-and-other-scattered-thoughts-about-the-election/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:49:40 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23648 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/11/adios-super-mario-and-other-scattered-thoughts-about-the-election/feed/ 17 A few (more) final thoughts on the election: 1) I have a nagging feeling... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/liveblogging-the-quebec-election-returns/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/liveblogging-the-quebec-election-returns/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:58:10 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23193 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/liveblogging-the-quebec-election-returns/feed/ 30 Charest wins a majority. Dumont resigns. http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/a-fearless-election-prediction/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/a-fearless-election-prediction/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:31:41 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23155 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/a-fearless-election-prediction/feed/ 7 I finished dead last in the office election prediction pool in 2007, so take... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/by-the-numbers-how-the-pq-can-win-the-election/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/by-the-numbers-how-the-pq-can-win-the-election/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:36:01 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=22357 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/by-the-numbers-how-the-pq-can-win-the-election/feed/ 8 With all the anti-sovereignist backlash floating around these days, wouldn’t it be a kick...