Capitalism at its best.👇

Quand les deux solitudes ne font plus qu'une...Merci Penelope McQuade de m'avoir invité à votre émission ce matin pour parler de la nouvelle directive linguistique dans le domaine de la santé au Québec. Vous pouvez écouter l'émission en cliquant ci-dessous.ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere…

Urban planning at its finest: the Projet Montréal administration lays a bike path on an unsafe stretch of downtown that creates traffic gridlock, with idling trucks and cars belching greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

If you want to know what's really going on in the upper echelons of the Quebec government, or what's about to shake down, reading Josée Legault is a great start. This column is about what's around the corner: the dreaded A word, austerity.

Enough. The Gazette is more vibrant nowadays than in years. Plus we've got young writers coming on board. So please consider subscribing to one of Canada's finest newspapers, not only the oldest continuously publishing daily in the country but now with some of the youngest staff.

BREAKING: Quebec’s summer #COVID wave is far deadlier than last summer’s. How does this portend for the fall? My story below.👇 montrealgazette.com/news/local-new…

What happens when you’re suffering from excruciating back pain and lying in an ambulance that’s bumping up and down Montreal’s notoriously pothole-ridden roads? Read this insider’s account by the great ⁦Hal Newman, aka ⁦Hal Newman⁩. thelastambulance.com/douleur/

EXCLUSIVE: Quebec’s French-language watchdog is failing to disclose to the public, as it must by law, the bilingual status of some hospitals. My story below.👇 montrealgazette.com/news/local-new…

Yet more abuse as a result of for-profit health care in the United States: A New York Times investigation found a chain of psychiatric hospitals lured patients into its facilities, then held them against their will to maximize insurance payouts. nytimes.com/2024/09/01/bus…

Is this what social media has become? Please read this chilling investigation into Telegram by ProPublica. Note that other social media platforms like Steam, Discord and Gab also host extremist-related content. propublica.org/article/telegr…

To hear my take on why the Office québécois de la langue française may be violating the law in failing to disclose the bilingual status of some hospitals, please click below for my interview with Elias Makos this morning.

Premier François Legault denies that systemic racism exists in Quebec. But a Superior Court judge has just ruled "the phenomenon of racial profiling that manifests from the Montreal police is systemic." Strong story by Paul Cherry in the Montreal Gazette. montrealgazette.com/news/local-new…