Maudite McGill – renewed criticism about funding for English-language universities Guy Rex Rodgers May 14, 2023 9522 What We Choose To Remember There is renewed grumbling in Quebec about English-language universities have ‘too much money’ and an unfair advantage over French-language universities In the wake of Bill 96, we ar...
Paved With Bad Intentions Guy Rex Rodgers April 11, 2023 2043 What We Choose To Remember Quebec is proud of its culture. The homegrown French-language star-system has made an asset of being a small linguistic island surrounded by an Anglo ocean. However culture in langua...
Compare François Legault to René Lévesque Guy Rex Rodgers March 23, 2023 1568 What We Choose To Remember Is Quebec on the verge of becoming Louisiana north? Is the English-language a threat to Quebec? Are people who speak English a problem? Are recent immigrants more of a problem than ‘...
How Quebec Liberals can strengthen their unique coalition L'honorable André Pratte March 13, 2023 1639 My View of Our Montreal In the history of our beloved province, only one political party has succeeded in bringing together Quebecers of all languages and cultures, in a spirit of dialogue and mutual understan...
Celebration of an icon – Honorable Dr. Jean Augustine LiveEvents February 2, 2023 2226 BLACK HISTORY MONTH A Celebration of an icon, the Honorable Dr. Jean Augustine Montreal Premiere of Steadfast – The Messenger and the Message The highly anticipated documentary film, "Steadfast – The Messenger ...
Health care: Let’s make a deal! L'honorable André Pratte January 18, 2023 1180 My View of Our Montreal The federal government and the provinces and territories have been squabbling about health care financing for months. The provinces are demanding that Ottawa increase its Canada Health...
Multilingual Reality Guy Rex Rodgers January 14, 2023 1416 What We Choose To Remember I remember vividly the first time I became an honorary francophone. It was at a New Year’s Eve party where I made a friend who shared my taste in music. Late in the evening she turne...
The task ahead of Quebec’s Liberals L'honorable André Pratte December 14, 2022 1446 My View of Our Montreal On October 3rd, the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) suffered the worst defeat of its 155-year history. Although it salvaged its Official Opposition status with 21 MNAs (now 19 with Marie-Cla...
Tony Loffreda – Senator, banker extraordinaire, philanthropist and… soccer coach! The Montrealer December 6, 2022 4311 After achieving a remarkable success with RBC, Senator Tony Loffreda now brings his customary exuberance, analytical thinking and fiscal knowledge to his role in the Canadian Senate. Tony is justifiably proud o...
A red and orange island in a blue, blue sea Guy Rex Rodgers November 25, 2022 1755 What We Choose To Remember When I accepted Peter Kerr’s offer to write this column I saw it as an opportunity to engage in a conversation with Montrealers about why we choose to live here. Most of the Anglos a...
