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...

Full professor, associate professor, assistant professor

Tax phobia is the defining characteristics of Ottawa municipal politics. Meanwhile, transit fares are amongst the most expensive in Canada and infrastructures are crumbling.

Y. Abdelfadel est en fuego... A lire au complet.

Trop d’immigrants? C’est de la faute d’Ottawa! On doit réduire massivement l’immigration! Pas assez d’immigrants? C’est de la faute d’Ottawa! Il fallait réduire l’immigration, mais pas dans les régions qui ont voté pour la CAQ et qui on des pénuries de main d’œuvre. Blame avoidance en action.

Just received my copy of Generations and Nationalism edited by @alainggagnon.bsky.social and @lturgeon.bsky.social 🤩 It includes a chapter by Antoine Bilodeau and myself on the impact of the welcoming context on immigrants’ relationship with the host nation (in the context of Québec) 🤓

I'm a bit late to this as it has been a hit for a few months in the French-speaking world, but for Anglophones who subscribe to Crave, go watch Empathie (there are subtitles), the best show of 2025. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

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.