Chronique | Chère Kim Thúy, parlez-nous d’amour, oui, mais s’il vous plaît, n’hésitez jamais à le conjuguer à l’imparfait.

1/8- N’en déplaise au Ministre Roberge, c’est essentiellement le choix du gouvernement de la CAQ de recourir de manière préventive et mur à mur aux mécanismes de dérogation aux droits et libertés qui est au cœur de la contestation judiciaire de la Loi sur la laïcité #polqc #polcan #laïcité #chartes

Tellement prévisible.

A colleague just sent me this. Crazy.

Ce que le discours anti-immigré de Starmer produit chez les électeurs anglais 1) baisse des intentions de vote Labour chez leurs propres électeurs 2) aucun gain chez les électeurs de Farage

*Except Quebec (this is, after all,the day the Quebec Premier is testifying in front of an inquiry commission).

“Ottawa is too big and should be broken up into urban and rural municipalities.” Will likely not happen, but absolutely necessary. As I argue in this forthcoming book, Ottawa politics is dominated by rural and suburban interests: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Anybody has access to the 2025 NDP platform in a PDF? The website is made in such a way that it's hard to download it as a PDF.

Q=-F+GB+US²-R. Personne n’a aussi bien résumé (et expliqué), à mon avis, l’identité québécoise qu’Yvan Lamonde.

Un bref mot d'hommage en l'honneur d'Yvan Lamonde, qui vient de mourir. Il a été un pionnier de l'histoire intellectuelle québécoise (dans la foulée de Claude Galarneau, son maître), il a patiemment défriché le terrain, à coup de monographies costaudes, pendant cinquante ans.

Question is whether the councillors supporting Lansdowne 2.1 are representing our interests or those of a consortium of developers. Can this be resolved in the municipal election just over a year away? bulldogottawa.com/councillors-...

So predictable: bsky.app/profile/ltur...

I wrote about the imaginary New Jersey windmills of Trump's mind and other topics 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/kilowatt-m...

Public spending on PSE institutions in Canada hit an all-time high of $37B (in 2023$) just after the 2008-9 recession. It's now $35B. If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B With GDP growth: $49B With govt spending growth: $53B

1/2 - Je publie, ce matin, un texte dans lequel je souhaite attirer l’attention sur les risques associés au projet de #Constitution du Québec sur lequel travaillerait le gouvernement de la #CAQ et son ministre, Simon Jolin-Barrette. #polqc #droitsetlibertés #charte www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...

A sobering analysis on why #ottcity cannot ignore the warning lights on #lansdowne 2.0. Big red light is downtown Sens arena that effectively torpedoes the Lansdowne revenue model. Councilors see that, right? @kanatanorth.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social glebereport.ca/articles/lan...

Well, I sure never seen so many students used them before.

en-retrait.com/au-quebec-po... L’interculturalisme, les immigrants et le monde du travail au Québec.

1. Twenty-five years ago, I worked with Richard Simeon for the Gorbachev Foundation on a panel of international experts on constitutional design in new democracies. Richard was shocked when Bruce Ackerman stated that the Canadian Senate should be our model when it comes to upper houses.

Et en français: @tedrutland.bsky.social trace les origines des propos du chef du Parti Québécois Paul St-Pierre Plamondon quant à l'immigration et la criminalité chez les jeunes.

100% d'accord. Voici de l'excellent travail, tout en nuance, de @338canada.bsky.social comme d'habitude: www.qc125.ca/p/etes-vous-...

1. Il aurait été souhaitable, à mon humble avis, que l'auteur de cet article dans La Presse interview au moins un.e spécialiste de l'opinion publique. Je ne remets pas en question la perspective des collègues cités dans l'article.

Ce qu'ont en commun les maires qui ont été élus à Ottawa depuis 25 ans, c'est de promettre de plafonner l'augmentation de la taxe foncière à 2 ou 2.5%, qu'importe le taux d'inflation. Voilà le résultat.

We’re number 1! We’re number 1! *slow clap* “Ottawa youth will be paying the highest monthly transit fares in Canada this fall.” www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

In January, I published an article about the accrediting organization NASPAA. This article was under investigation for several months. Here's my statement about that. Non-US scholars, especially in the Global South, may be interested. alasdairroberts179720.substack.com/p/someone-wa...

The result of the city of Ottawa tax phobia. The mayor, who adopted the Jim Watson playbook, will brag that he kept tax increases at a much lower level than Toronto. Meanwhile public services are crumbling.

Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

Being from Quebec, we do three years specialized degree without much choice for courses outside our major. But my best non-poli sci course by far was Sociological Theory with John Hall. Just amazing.

Neil Saravanamuttoo understands public finances. So when he warns that the Lansdowne 2.0 deal could end up costing taxpayers *way more* than the budgeted $500M, it's worth a closer look. Made up revenue numbers. Likely cost overruns. A smaller arena and less green space. A bad deal. #ottawa

In my view, the window to *forestall* autocratization of the US political system is basically closed. We're now in the consolidation phase of a new authoritarian constitutional settlement. The question is how far it'll get (will it achieve its apparent goal of fascism?) & at what pace. Here's why:

Un rappel important dans ce texte sur Superman: “If we want immigrants to love us, then it is our sacred obligation to love them back. Nations can’t love immigrants as adoptive parents love their children, but there is a parallel: A nation can tell a person, “You are one of us”.

Must read by Andrew. In our 2014 survey (Provincial Diversity Project), we asked two versions of a question on equalization. We never used them in our research, but I remember being surprised by the high support for it even in Alberta.

So, just how unpopular is the equalization program in Alberta? It would be better to ask: just how popular is the equalization program in Alberta? — since support outweighs opposition by a two-to-one margin. Details 👉 open.substack.com/pub/cdnsurve...

Bock-Côté à nouveau blâmé par le Conseil de presse pour islamophobie et propagation de préjugés discriminatoires démentis par les études. À lire: conseildepresse.qc.ca/decisions/d2...

Super intéressant.

Société distincte?

Notre chienne, Evie.

Hotel California.

Wilensky: “Among the myths embraced by the American Left, the most misleading is that the road to equality runs through progressive income taxes on business and property".

Hockey is often denounced for its relative conservatism when it comes to social changes and its lack of diversity. Same applies to hockey commentators. That so many of them are still on Twitter right now is not helping the reputation of the industry (Lebrun, Friedman, Seravalli, etc).

Le bilinguisme individuel constitue-t-il un moyen de rompre les « deux solitudes » ? C’est la question à laquelle MatthewTaylor et moi tentons de répondre dans @ledevoir.com aujourd’hui. 📖 À lire en ligne ou dans l’édition imprimée : www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...

À lire. En temps normal, ce serait un énorme scandal. Je doute que la presse américaine en parlera.

Le repêchage de la LNH cette année c'est, comme le disent mes enfants, vraiment "cringe".

Join @downeydavia.bsky.social and I in thanking @lturgeon.bsky.social for his fantastic review of Andrew McDougall's "Sleeping Dogs: Quebec and the Stabilization of Canadian Federalism after 1995" in #Publius. academic.oup.com/publius/adva...

"Learn to code" was always bad advice, unless you actually like to code. College students have the best chance of professional success if they major in topics that interest them. Today in @startribune.com. Please tell high school students and parents. www.startribune.com/what-should-...

😢 www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique...

Mes films préférés du 21e siècle.

Mon texte sur les chroniqueurs québécois et les jeunes des banlieues françaises est maintenant disponible sur le site de Québec autrement.

Et l’auteur de “Unequal Beginnings: Agriculture and Economic Development in Quebec and Ontario until 1870”, un livre extraordinaire.

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time