Santa came early this year and I just received my copy of City Politics in Canada, edited by Martin Horak, @jacklucas.bsky.social and @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social. I wrote the chapter on Ottawa (dedicated to the late Caroline Andrew).

The City of Ottawa is nearing the finish line on its new zoning bylaw. Did you know Ottawa's zoning is only two degrees from Kevin Bacon? 🧵...

Use of mental health medications in the population of Swedish PhD students is 40% higher than a matched sample by the fifth PhD year. Be kind to PhD students. Don't take up PhD students you can't invest in. Alert prospective students of the reality of a PhD. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A miracle!!! A bilingual national anthem at a Leafs game. Merci Natalie Morris!

One would have thought that members of the Watson club would learn from their past mistakes (in the case of Tierney, mistakes include corruption charge). But here they are again doing the bidding of the mayor and blaming downtown councillors. Simply pathetic.

A councillor who was at the centre of a corruption trial in 2019 has an op/ed in the Citizen today, suggesting that downtown councillors that are critical of ballooning police budgets are responsible for crime rates attributed to the housing and addiction crises. ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Venez travailler avec nous à l’École d’études de l’Université d’Ottawa/Come work with us at the School of Political studies at University of Ottawa!

The Globe and Mail has a very succinct but comprehensive editorial outlining the foolery of Lansdowne 2.0. Well worth the read. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/416c9c5...

Sondage @pallasdata.bsky.social : « Si un référendum avait lieu sur la souveraineté du Québec, voteriez-vous pour ou contre la souveraineté du Québec ? » Ci-dessous : résultats selon les genres de septembre 2023 à novembre 2025. Analyse → lactualite.com/politique/le...

1. Two decades ago, a friend was a teaching assistant in a method course at UofT. A student came to see him because there was something wrong. Analysing the CES data, they found that Quebec was not more anti-immigration than other provinces. The student wanted to know where they had made a mistake.

Anglophones have becomes much more anti-immigrant than francophones. Quebec is now the least anti-immigrant province.

Great to see my old roommate Tom’s work being recognized!

Me in 2015: I will never go to Costco! It’s everything that is wrong with modern capitalism! Me in 2025: Proud of my Costco membership! This corporation is at the forefront of the fight against Trump! Want another $1,50 hot dog and pop kids?

Ottawa's transit is bad, with no plans on getting better. Ottawa's homelessness situation is bad, with no plans on getting better. Ottawa's governance structure impedes the development of the downtown core, with not plans on getting better. Ottawa keeps elected politicians with no visions.....

Mike Matheson est un grand Québécois.

👇 Le discours sur "l'incompatibilité civilisationnel", qu'il émane de la bouche de Stephen Miller ou de Mathieu Bock-Côté a une très longue histoire en Occident, et en Amérique du Nord en particulier. Il a été utilisé pour s'opposer à l'immigration catholique et à l'immigration juive.

Broken Social Scene The National New Pornographers/Destroyer Flaming Lips Jean-Pierre Ferland

This entire theatre has nothing to do with "cooperative federalism". Either Ottawa doesn't understand how Canadian federalism works, or they are playing a purely tactical game by exploiting the institutional ambiguity entailed in the division of powers. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

1. Le texte de Nadia El-Mabrouk en appui au projet de constitution québécoise publié dans Le Devoir ce matin, appuyé par une cinquantaine de signataire, indique "qu'aucune autre province du Canada [que le Québec] n’[a] procédé à une telle déconfessionnalisation de ses commissions scolaires."

1. Dans Le Devoir ce matin, Christian Rioux affirme « que les démographes prévoient que, d’ici 2063, la majorité de la population du Royaume-Uni sera issue de l’immigration ». Il y a un léger problème : il n’y a pas de démographes qui font une telle projection.

C’est Mario qui le dit!

1. Dans Le Devoir ce matin, Christian Rioux affirme « que les démographes prévoient que, d’ici 2063, la majorité de la population du Royaume-Uni sera issue de l’immigration ». Il y a un léger problème : il n’y a pas de démographes qui font une telle projection.

The PWHL was very clear that they would not play in a smaller arena. Some of us tried to get council to take them seriously when we voted on Lansdowne 2.0. If this bad deal costs us our women’s hockey team, it will be unforgivable. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Texte que j'ai cosigné avec une vingtaine de collègues sur le projet constitutionnel (fort problématique dans sa forme actuelle) du gouvernement de la CAQ.

À quand une motion de l’Assemblée nationale dénonçant cet affront à la métropole nationale?

1. Wish I was surprised, but this is another byproduct of the suburban/rural dominance of council. The major disappointment though is the vote in favour of Lansdowne by @stephanieplante.bsky.social, the Rideau-Vanier councillor . Let me explain why as someone who lived in Vanier for many years.

In a statement provided to @thehockeynews.bsky.social the PWHL said today's Lansdowne 2.0 vote as "disappointing" and reasserted that OSEG and Mayor Mark Sutcliffe had engaged in "no meaningful discussion" with the league on issues. More: thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/...

1. Wish I was surprised, but this is another byproduct of the suburban/rural dominance of council. The major disappointment though is the vote in favour of Lansdowne by @stephanieplante.bsky.social, the Rideau-Vanier councillor . Let me explain why as someone who lived in Vanier for many years.

After a brief respite following the last election, Ottawa council is reverting back to its usual M.O.: projects in the urban core being adopted only because of the votes of the mayor and suburban/rural councillors, public infighting and the politics of the #WatsonSutcliffeClub

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Très content de voir ce chapitre paraître dans l’excellent ouvrage collectif dirigé par #GiselaFärber Unity and Diversity of Civil Service in Federal and Unitary /Decentralized Countries chez #Nomos. #LucTurgeon #JulienDoris ##JenniferCaruso #Capcf #CRIDAQ

Overconfidence in "econometrics" at the expense of sound analysis of the politics of policy-making. A long-standing issue that should, by now, be well-known.

Ottawa politics in a nutshell: "Orléans West-Innes Coun. Laura Dudas faulted the PWHL for going public with their concerns at the last minute in what she called a bid to "blow up our entire project."

Discussion in my family: Aunt: Isn't it great that we have a doctor in the family now (talking about my cardiologist cousin). Me: Well, I am a doctor too, you know. I have a doctorate. Aunt: Well, you're not really a doctor.

Adoption de la Loi sur les services en français, reconnaissance du caractère francophone de Vanier, SOS Montfort… Bernard Grandmaître laisse derrière lui un grand héritage #onfr www.ledroit.com/actualites/a...

Pas de français à Toronto pour l’hymne national. Peut-être qu’il y en aura à Los Angeles avec Rufus Wainwright.

I wonder if the citation will note that a judge found that Jim Watson undermined city council to foist an unfinished and flawed LRT system onto the people of Ottawa and then lied to the inquiry into the scandal. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

1. One of the key criticisms of the province’s report on the Ottawa LRT fiasco was related to the inappropriate proximity between the civil service and the mayor’s office. The official City of Ottawa social media account promoting a controversial project that hasn’t been approved yet by council…

Same feeling.

Don’t mess with women’s hockey fans. The PWHL agrees that Lansdowne 2.0 is a bad idea and won’t work for the Ottawa Charge. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In promoting his half-a-billion bailout for the private company that runs Lansdowne Park, Ottawa @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social posted an illustration of the new sports complex Noticeably absent: The logo of the Ottawa Charge women’s hockey team, which has the top attendance in the PWHL

I looked to buy a return train ticket to go to Montreal this week. Was $150, with the discount I get as a uni prof. For the terrible service I get with VIA, it wasn’t worth it. I’ll just drive there.

Manchette en 2027: Importante pénurie de main-d'oeuvre dans les CPE.

Why I am voting no to Lansdowne 2.0

Watson 2.0. Same playbook. Will likely try to get the project approved with councillors who approved some of Watson’s most short-sighted decisions.

We have a cover layout...blurbs and all! Very excited about this book: 320 pages of pure urban politics goodness. Coming in December. Co-edited with Martin Horak and @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

The CPSA accepts proposals for full panels. Why not choose Ottawa in June instead of Boston, USA in September?

🎥 Nous levons le rideau✨Rencontrez les resp de section qui préparent une expérience #CPSA_ACSP26 inoubliable. Ils sont le ❤️battant du congrès ! 👉🏽 shorturl.at/MvLqD @lturgeon.bsky.social @schouinard.bsky.social @drvalvez.bsky.social @julienlarregue.bsky.social @fredericmerand.bsky.social

www.puq.ca/catalogue/li... Brillant ouvrage de Valérie Lapointe @irpp.org @uottawa.ca @uqam.ca

1/3 - ** Réaction à chaud après une première lecture du projet de constitution caquiste ** #polqc #constitution #droitsetlibertés #contrepouvoirs #démocratie www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/travaux-p...