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
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The Irish Language In Montréal
There’s a surprisingly lengthy article in the Montréal Gazette newspaper by feature writer, Kate Sheridan, on the growing number of Irish-speakers andContinue Reading
Putting The Éire In Ireland
For the last four or five years of An Sionnach Fionn I have been promoting the potential benefits of “language tourism” forContinue Reading
Speak White
Canada’s National Post newspaper, a staunchly federalist (aka. “Unionist”) publication, carries a typically angry tirade by the writer and presenterContinue Reading
Ambivalent Language Masks Intolerance
In light of two recent posts, “The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland” and “Sinn Féin’s Bluff And Bluster On IrishContinue Reading
Some Irish Are More Equal Than Others
Forgive the “Animal Farm” paraphrase in the title above but it seemed appropriate when contemplating some recent articles written onContinue Reading
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
I’m Not A Racist But…
One of the more amusing spectator sports of recent months has been derived from watching the seething antipathy expressed byContinue 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
If It Is Good Enough For Canada
Justin Trudeau is probably the nearest thing Canadians have to some home-grown royalty of their own (as opposed to theContinue 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
Catalonia, Scotland And Québec
Couple of articles looking at the faltering fortunes of the sovereignty movements in Scotland and Québec when compared to theContinue Reading
Sinn Féin, The SDLP And The Québec Comparison
Several commentators, including myself, have recently speculated about the possibility of Sinn Féin and the SDLP maximising the regional NationalistContinue Reading
Language Wars – Coming To A Sign Near You Soon
More new from the Pax Anglia, via the Dunfermline Press: “… councillor Dave Dempsey is proposing that road signs inContinue Reading
The Journey of Nishiyuu – Indigenous Rights In Canada And Québec
Some more news on the continuing protests by the indigenous peoples of Canada as they seek to build on the momentum created by theContinue Reading
The Rising Stars Of Québec Nationalism
Interesting article on the two rising stars of political nationalism in Québec both of which have begun to challenge theContinue Reading
Support For Hunger Striker Theresa Spence Grows
More news from Canada and beyond in relation to the hunger strike by Theresa Spence, leader of the Attawapiskat First Nation (one of the indigenous peoples 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
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