Post-Papal Elections Reflection: Quebec got Lucky
The Pope election could have resulted in very bad news. In the recent history Quebec has turned its back to Catholicism and firmly shut the door on its ultra religious past, but the prospect of a pope...
View ArticleQuebec-Bashing: The National Pass-time of Anglo Media
Quebec bashing has become quite a common characteristic of Anglophone media in Canada. For lack of relevant arguments, journalists and commentators compare Francophones and Quebec separatists to...
View ArticleHow a Trudeau can be Canada’s next Prime Minister…Again
The race for the Grit leadership, following Astronaut MP Marc Garneau’s withdrawal, is now about over. Despite diminished challenges from Vancouver MP Joyce Murray and Ontario MP Martha Hall Findlay,...
View ArticleWho’s Up for Budgetary Hide and Seek?
The Backbencher; Taking all of the mindless psychobabble that comes out of the House of Commons, and providing critical analysis on the important bits. Interventions are hard. Really, who wants to sit...
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Dear Readers, this week’s news was all about North Korean missiles and their launch capability. The international community has grown tired with the country’s threats and their continued belligerency....
View ArticleThe Canadian Space Oddity
The Backbencher; Taking all of the mindless psychobabble that comes out of the House of Commons, and providing critical analysis on the important bits. *** 13 million to 1. Those are the odds of...
View ArticleThe Preliminary Hearings of Luka R. Magnotta
It was in mid-March that the preliminary hearings of the Magnotta case kicked off in Montreal; they ended on April 12th. The Political Bouillon has monitored the case closely since the start of the...
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Dear Readers, it’s been awhile since you’ve had an update and a lot has happened in the last several weeks. For the most part though, American news has occupied our radar. A tragic act of terrorism at...
View ArticleWhat the Re-Election of the BC Liberals Means for the Future of Proposed...
Christy Clark and the Liberals surpassed the BC NDP to win a fourth consecutive majority government on Tuesday night, despite the initial predicted NDP win heading into the polls. The scandal-plagued...
View ArticleLiberal and NDP Bickering Is Self-Defeating
It is really an unfortunate sight to see the national unity of our country being played like a card in the hand of the eternal poker match of partisan bickering. Liberals and New Democrats are trying...
View ArticleCanadian Corruption: Where it’s Been and Where it’s Going
A growing number of scandals surrounding Prime Minister Harper and his entourage are doing more than simply destroying his party’s and his own reputation – they are also revealing the disintegration of...
View ArticleThe Path to Victory: How the Tories Will Win in 2015
The last two weeks in federal politics have been some of the most tense and dramatic since this government took office. What began as a relatively straightforward examination of Senate expense...
View ArticleBouillon Weekly : Claiming Taksim Square
It started ten days ago, with a park, Taksim Square – a historic site and one of the last open green spaces in the crowded city centre of Istanbul. It was set to be turned into a shopping mall, until...
View ArticleA Honourable Exit: It’s Time for Harper to Walk Away
Little more than two years into his majority mandate, Stephen Harper finds himself at a political and personal crossroad. In 2006, Harper ran a successful campaign against Paul Martin, then on the...
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Dear Readers, Earlier this week, on the one year anniversary of his inauguration, 100,000 protesters gathered in Tahrir square with chants calling for Morsi to leave. Demonstrators are calling for...
View ArticleBouillon Weekly – Extreme Weather
Dear readers, This recent bout of extreme weather hitting canadian metropolises has led some of us here at the Bouillon to question what would happen to our own metropolis, the city of Montreal, were...
View Article“Free and Democratic” Society: The Canadian Contradiction
A group of aspiring Canadian immigrants are challenging alleged violations to their rights of political and religious expression for being barred citizenship after refusing to swear an oath to the...
View ArticleBouillon Weekly – Youth Unemployment
Dear Readers, The university fall session is just a month away, and this begs the question : where are Canadian youth sitting nowadays in terms of education and employment? Although Canada’s economy...
View ArticleBouillon Weekly – The Politics of the Pipeline
It probably came as no surprise to most of you that not long after the Lac Megantic tragedy, a pipeline that would carry gas across the province of Quebec has been announced. In some ways this makes...
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