Elizabeth May’s split with the Greens
The leader and her party don’t see eye-to-eye on the BDS movement. Maybe it’s time for them to go their separate ways.
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Martin Patriquin
Martin Patriquin writes about Quebec and sometimes everything else.
The bulletproof Donald Trump’s real weakness
Media attacks only confirm to Trump that he’s doing something right. If he has a real weakness, it may be his own hubris.
In Quebec, a cement factory encased in hypocrisy
Why did the Quebec government hand millions to an emission-belching, billionaire-owned cement factory?
What trading P.K. Subban tells us about the city of Montreal
Martin Patriquin on how the Canadiens’ trade of P.K. Subban has exposed every fanatic, ingrained facet of Montreal
Why the PQ isn’t so eager to celebrate the Brexit vote
The Parti Quebecois were thrilled by Scotland’s referendum, even though it failed. So why won’t Britain’s successful Leave vote play for the party?
Why Sin City topped Quebec City for an NHL team
The provincial politics behind Quebec City’s failure to convince the NHL to give them an expansion team
Three hours of terror in Orlando
How the Pulse nightclub shooting unfolded in Orlando, rocking a community and a country
On assisted dying, the Senate is a necessary evil
Sometimes, like in the case of Bill C-14, the House of Commons gets things wrong—and the red chamber proves its worth
The sunniest Liberal, Mélanie Joly
A rookie MP and top Quebec cabinet minister, Mélanie Joly has become the optimistic, smiling face of Trudeau-era Ottawa
Electoral reform: The Fredo Corleone of campaign promises
How the Liberals turned electoral reform—an issue that Canadians don’t care about—into a pointless legislative car crash