2004

New party could fill vacuum on left


Friday, March 05, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There could be a new player on the political scene in the next Quebec election. This May, feminist and left-wing stalwart Françoise David is poised to publish a manifesto and announce the creation of Option Citoyenne, a socially progressive movement that aims to turn into a full-fledged party by next year. ...

The luck of the Liberals


Friday, February 20, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberals are likely to get away with the latest scandal and be re-elected, simply because there is no credible opposition party waiting in the wings Will the sponsorship scandal finally bring about the fall of the Liberal empire? It probably would if voters had any palatable prime minister in waiting to...

Auditor shows federalists ready to cheat to win


There's a voice we hadn't heard yet in reaction to the federal auditor-general's report on the sponsorship scandal. That's the voice of the man who brought Quebec within a hair of a sovereignist victory in 1995 sending then Prime Minister Jean Chrétien into a national-unity propaganda spending frenzy. That man is former premier Jacques Parizeau. In an interview, he recalled how he saw the beginnings of Chrétie...

PQ debates the need for 50% plus 1


Friday, February 06, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's something Pavlovian about Parti Québécois national council meetings. Funny how the sound of one coming always brings the PQ leader running to make some statement or other about sovereignty. On Wednesday, just three days before tomorrow's national council in Laval, Bernard Landry set out yet anot...

Charest does damage control


Friday, January 30, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By George, he's got it! Jean Charest remains determined to re-engineer Quebec, but he now seems willing to soften his government's approach and message if only to better reach his goal. That's called good, old-fashioned damage control. Like other leaders, Charest is known to have difficulty listening to ...

Charest hopes to change Quebec in four years


Friday, January 23, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Few politicians, except perhaps Lucien Bouchard, have undergone more incarnations than Jean Charest. From federal Conservative to Quebec Liberal, from Canada's saviour to Quebec's increasingly unpopular premier, Charest now faces what he knows best: the crossing of yet another political desert. No polls,...

La souveraineté, enjeu du prochain scrutin

- Foin de l'obligation de référendum !

Richard Gervais, Pierre de Bellefeuille, Claude G. Charron, María Teresa Pérez-Hudon _ Membres du Cercle Godin-Miron _ Le Devoir mercredi 4 février 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- La promesse d'un référendum repousse sans cesse une échéance que le PQ tarde lui-même à préparer L'automne dernier, le conseil national du Parti québécois inaugurait la «sai...

L'urgence de choisir l'affirmation (1) Une coalition pour faire le pays (2)

Québec, d'abord un projet de pays


Version intégrale du texte paru dans Le Devoir du 15 et du 16 avril 2004 _ _ L'urgence de choisir l'affirmation _ _ Premier de deux textes _ _ Depuis longtemps, l'avenir du Québec se joue tous les jours. Il y a eu toutefois des périodes tranchantes. L'une d'elles se produira dans les douze prochains mois. L'enjeu : le projet d'indépendance que partagent plus de 2,5 millions de Québécois et d...

L'ignoble attentat


J'entendais l'autre jour des gens se féliciter de ce qu'il y avait eu cette année quatre fois moins d'incidents antisémites au Québec qu'en Ontario. Autrement dit, quand on se compare, on se console... C'est une façon tordue de voir les choses. Primo, un seul incident serait déjà de trop. Secundo, le Québec a été depuis deux ans le théâtre de deux attaques particulièrement graves contre la communauté juive. En ...

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