Montreal & Quebec

Culture, politics and society in Montreal and modern Quebec.

Trudeau and me: a battle Royal

With Trudeau and his policies in the news these days, I have naturally been drawn to my past experience with Prime Minister Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau, that is. The real one. This would be back in 1979, a distant historic era for today’s millennials, but often on my mind as we live under the reign of…

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Montreal tourism

A phony crisis: tourism blooms in Montreal

My impression from discussions over recent years with New Yorkers and Europeans, especially young people, is that they have an almost absurdly positive view of Canada generally and Montreal specifically

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Census Canada Quebec 2016

Census and sensibility: Anglo angst deflated [2018]

Talk of decline and ‘exodus’ comes easily to media, but federal figures are more realistic by David Winch, October 1, 2017 MONTREAL – The touchiness in Quebec about demographic issues could be described, apologies to Jane Austen, as census and sensibility. Following the release of the 2016 mid-term federal census (in August 2017), reactions to…

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Telecommuting: city jobs move to country locales

The scenic Townships region near the U.S. border is drawing more city professionals from Montreal, who find small-town life accessible in an online world by David Winch, Montreal Gazette January 8, 2017 KNOWLTON — Susan Pepler wanted to try a new neighbourhood. A downtown Montreal denizen, the Concordia grad and Dawson-certified designer was happy and…

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