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Martin Patriquin
Martin Patriquin writes about Quebec and sometimes everything else.
Canada
In Quebec City, heartbreak and painful lessons
In a city where politicians call for burqa bans and values charters, the Centre Culturel Islamique was a model of hope and integration
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The Conservative Party leadership debate that didn’t matter
Who ’won’ the second French debate of the Tories’ leadership race? It’s immaterial. The real campaign is about to begin.
Canada
Why should a PM speak French? Political reality.
Stephen Harper once railed against bilingualism, but came to understand that not knowing French was a sure way to lose
Canada
Inside Nick Kouvalis’s fake news strategy
Leitch’s campaign manager calls it ’Operation Flytrap’—his plan to root out anyone joining the Tories just to oppose his candidate
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How Nick Kouvalis turns candidates into winners
Nick Kouvalis got Rob Ford elected. Now, he’s the brains behind Kellie Leitch’s populist campaign.
Canada
Identity politics returns to Quebec
Why populism and identity issues are set to dominate Quebec politics, perhaps one more time, in the year ahead
Canada
A short history of scapegoating Muslims in Quebec
The Coalition Avenir Québec’s new ad features a warning and Muslim woman in a chador. It’s a familiar gambit in Quebec politics.
Canada
The return of the angry Quebec premier
Normally a picture of serenity, Philippe Couillard is losing his cool in the face of some surprisingly disciplined opposition
Arts
What Montreal meant to Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen’s beloved Montreal went beyond the neighbourhoods of his youth, beyond the Jewish quarters in Westmount
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Hillary Clinton’s big problem
It had less to do with gender and more with the fact that Clinton was a terrifically flawed candidate who failed to inspire voters.
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