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To make good use of their new super powers, cities and municipalities will need to exercise caution and communicate more effectively than ever. Here are three tips for them. Municipal associations (UMQ, FQM) have long been asking the government to allow them to lift referendum approval for real estate projects, in order to avoid often […]

Nothing is clearer than Article 6 of the Balanced Budget Act: The government may not incur any budgetary deficit. But why does it happen with every budget? It’s quite a difficult accounting exercise to wrap your head around. I make no claim to being a public finance expert, but we can certainly go back to […]

Following Pierre Fitzgibbon’s resignation as minister and member of the National Assembly in September 2024, the riding of Terrebonne was awaiting its new representative. Without much surprise, the Parti Québécois managed to elect its candidate, former PQ president Catherine Gentilcore, with 52.74% of votes cast. It should be noted that this is a homecoming for […]

Donald Trump’s first address to Congress in his second term took place against a backdrop of tension. As evidence, the speech began with the expulsion of a Democratic representative who was interrupting the Republican president in a sign of protest. It is a tradition of the American political system. The new president addresses a joint […]

It was 2019, on a mild autumn day: under the September sun, in a surge of hope and anger, 500,000 people from all walks of life took to the streets of Montreal to urge governments and political decision-makers to act in proportion to the climate disruptions our planet is facing. Since then, extreme weather events […]

The inauguration of Donald Trump’s second term put on a spectacle heavy with symbolism in many respects. Jeff Bezos, the founder and principal shareholder of Amazon, was seated directly behind Vice President JD Vance. Shou Zi Chew of TikTok, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Elon Musk of Tesla and recent owner of X (Twitter), Sundar Pichai […]

After the Olympic Games and his government’s setbacks, this was certainly another moment of the year when the eyes of the world turned to France: the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris on December 7. While Quebecers have a particular attachment to their religious built heritage, that’s not what captured attention here. Three seemingly simple photos […]