2016 Census Of Canada Shows Small Decline In French As A Home Language
Has the French language begun its much prophesied decline as a community tongue on the North American continent? That isContinue Reading
Tag: Parti Québécois – PQ
The Partition Of Québec
The one thing that stands out when you examine the ideological underpinnings of British nationalism (or Unionism) and Canadian nationalismContinue Reading
The Self-Determination Spring
Despite (or perhaps because of) all the controversy surrounding the proposals by the Parti Québécois to restrict the display of overtlyContinue Reading
The Winds Of Change – Catalonia And Québec
The drive for autonomy seems to be in the air. We begin with news from the resurgent Iberian nation ofContinue Reading
Québécois Secularism Rattles Canadian Unionism
The debate in Québec over Bill 60 or the proposed Charter of Values, secularist legislation being advocated by the rulingContinue Reading
Is The PQ’s Secular Charter A Vote-Winner?
Following on from my post here about the controversy surrounding suggested new regulations in Québec promoting greater secularism in theContinue Reading
Québec: Polls And Secularism
Mixed polling news from Québec where Pauline Marois’ ruling Parti Québécois has recorded a slight rise in popularity but isContinue Reading
Parti Québécois, Power For Power’s Sake?
Hard to disagree with this description of the Parti Québécois by Jean-Martin Aussant, former PQ politician and disillusioned ex-leader ofContinue Reading
The NDP – A Separatist In Federalist Clothing?
Interesting article in the Toronto Sun on the phenomenon of a party-within-a-party represented by the separatist inclinations of some Québec-basedContinue Reading
PQ Electoral Victory In Québec Sparks Political Violence
A quick post to note the results of the election in Québec where the nationalist Parti Québécois (or PQ) under leaderContinue Reading
On The Hustings In Québec
A guest article for An Sionnach Fionn by Jean François Joubert on the National Assembly election campaign in Québec: Pauline Marois, leaderContinue Reading
The Election Campaign In Québec – The Expected And Unexpected
Last Wednesday Jean Charest, the head of the beleaguered Liberal Party government in Québec, called early provincial elections for September 4th amid a seriesContinue Reading
PQ Back In Power In Québec?
With new elections to the provincial assembly in Québec expected soon the Globe and Mail carries what it claims willContinue Reading
No Democracy, Now!
Right-wing Canadian journalist Andrew Coyne expresses a view in the National Post on Québec independence that I suspect many CanadiansContinue Reading
Better Apart
Quick post on two articles. One is an interview in the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper with Plaid Cymru’s progressiveContinue Reading
Turbulence In Québec A Sign Of Radical Political Change?
So, it seems that the governing (and as we would say over here, “unionist”) Liberal Party in Québec is setContinue Reading
Polling The Future
Following on from yesterday’s post about the effects of the right-wing policies of Canada’s Tory-led federal government on the separatist-inclined province (orContinue Reading
The Canadian Right Pushes Away The Québécois Left
There’s a recent article in the Global Post examining the actions of the Conservative Party government in Canada and theContinue Reading
Aboriginal Sensitivities
In May 2011 the New Democratic Party (NDP), the perennial also-rans of Canadian politics, shocked the body politic and muchContinue Reading
La Belle Province – Lessons From That Other Province?
Having friends amongst the Nationalist movement in Québec I’ve tried to keep an eye on the politics of La Belle Province, from cheated independence to electoral meltdowns,Continue Reading
Progressive Nationalism, Secularism And Québec
Some interesting views in an article from the Canadian Globe and Mail on the relationship between progressive nationalism and secularism as itContinue Reading
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