CJNT: America is a culture, right?
It seems Global’s second network of stations they don’t know what else to do with is being rebranded. Starting in September, CH stations (including Montreal’s CJNT-62) will become E! Yes, that E! Only...
View ArticleAirport security to be proud of
According to Robert Fisk (here’s a grain of salt), an expert on the Armenian genocide was delayed at Trudeau airport because he was suspected of being a terrorist. And among the evidence used against...
View ArticleThree deaths for $40
I don’t know what’s saddest about this story (The Gazette has a less-conclusionary article): That an ethnic cabbie’s fear of being racially profiled led to him keeping information about (apparently)...
View ArticleHate will cure our country
There are those in Canada (outside Quebec) who believe the best solution to the issue of Quebec separation is to simply let it happen. These people, tired of being asked to learn French in order to...
View ArticleJust because it’s Facebook doesn’t make it news
Why is “someone expresses opinion about recent events on Facebook” always considered news? Yeah, there are Facebook groups (actually I found only one that has more than a few members) denouncing the...
View ArticleDo gays have to be so … gay?
Every year after the Gay Pride Parade, some prude writes in to the newspaper complaining that the sexual flamboyancy is offensive and shoving the thick, throbbing gayness down everyone’s throats is...
View ArticleEverything you clearly don’t know about the Islamic veil controversy
The Gazette today began its five-day series Identities about reasonable accomodation, and their timing couldn’t have been better. The Bouchard-Taylor commission is beginning its public consultation...
View ArticleYour manner of dress offends me
The third in Jeff Heinrich’s series Identities today talks about what rules should be for minorities. The poll of 1,001 Quebecers, which the Gazette is milking as much as it can out of, has somewhat...
View ArticleCJNT: Multicultural American celebrity news
Once upon a time, Montreal had a low-budget multi-ethnic television station whose mission it was to provide a space where allophones could communicate. The station was called CJNT, and broadcasted over...
View ArticleBouchard-Taylor Commission legitimizes xenophobia
The news stories coming out of the Commission on Reasonable Accomodation (or whatever it’s official name is) have really been eye-opening. It’s no secret that we have paranoid xenophobes here. But this...
View ArticleMore xenophobia at the Bouchard-Taylor commission
The expressions of blatant xenophobia at the Bouchard-Taylor commission on reasonable accomodation is continuing with no end in sight: The Quebec council on the status of women seeks to impose a dress...
View ArticleCan’t we just agree that the Charter amendment is a stupid idea?
Can we stop with the news stories about the moronic idea from the Quebec Council on the Status of Women to ban hijabs and change the Charter to make gender equality rights trump religious belief?...
View ArticleConcordian sorry for offending Muslims
The Concordian has issued an apology to Muslim students after a recent cover of the paper had the word “Allah” apparently used in such a way that was considered offensive to some. They realized this...
View ArticleReasonable information on reasonable accommodation
La Presse has a myths vs. reality article on the Bouchard-Taylor Commission on reasonable accommodation. It includes some enlightening figures about religion, immigration and language in this province....
View ArticleTranscontinental to talk about their black friends more
Transcontinental, which owns 61 community weeklies in Quebec (22 of them on the island of Montreal), has decided to reverse its position banning brown people from its papers. At least, that’s the best...
View ArticleCensus data doesn’t show anything new
As you might expect, the media went crazy over reports from the 2006 census that the percentage of francophones has dropped and the percentage of anglophones is up slightly for the first time in three...
View ArticleWe can’t accomodate freedom
Leaders of the FTQ and CSN told the Bouchard-Taylor commission that workers in Quebec should be forbidden from wearing anything that indicates what religion they are. So I guess that means no more...
View ArticleTWIM: Mitsou-inspired cultural blogging
My latest blog profile is the relatively new Comme les Chinois, by Spacing Montreal contributor Cedric Sam. It talks about Chinatown, the local Chinese community, profiles local Chinese people, and...
View ArticleWant to work for Jim Duff?
The Hudson/St. Lazare Gazette is looking for a new data entry person. Fertile women and people with non-Catholic religious beliefs should consider hiding those facts during an interview. Related Posts...
View ArticleCTV Montreal gets kudos for diversity
CTV’s Herb Luft drew the short straw today and got to report on his workplace being honoured by the federal government for employment equity. According to his report (video), the station scored...
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