June 2012
201 posts
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Love in the time of red squares (Le Devoir)
Josée Blanchette June 22, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/353060/l-amour-au-temps-des-carres-rouges
Devil’s advocate, Robert Tremblay, embraced by “the angel” during a student protest. When love becomes political momentum…
They are young (at heart, at least), they are crazy (that has no age) and they’ve killed two birds with...
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Shouting louder… (Voir)
Marc-André Cyr June 21, 2012
Original French Text: http://voir.ca/marc-andre-cyr/2012/06/21/crier-plus-fort/
It’s a fierce cry of negation made heard by the students of Quebec. This big cry of anger is an attempt to make their peaceful march deviate from our society’s empty and circular times. It’s without a doubt for this reason that its logic slips between our fingers and,...
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A View of the Student Strike, from the Printing...
Fabienne Vinet April 24, 2012
Original French Text: http://conseildepresse.qc.ca/actualites/chroniques/regard-de-la-presse-sur-la-greve-etudiante/
The movement against the increase in tuition fees has lasted over two months. One day after the first meeting between the government and student associations, what thread can we trace about media coverage of the conflict? Has it...
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Student Conflict: CLASSE is responsible for the...
June 22, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2012/06/22/001-bachand-mediation-classe.shtml
On this latest day of mobilisation against the increase in tuition fees, Finance minister Raymond Bachand discounted the possibility of restarting negotiations, accusing the Coalition Large de l’Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (CLASSE) of...
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Tombstone beer #001 – Analyzing Jean Charest’s...
Pierre-Luc Gagnon June 19, 2012
Original French Text: http://voir.ca/pierre-luc-gagnon/2012/06/19/biere-tombale-001-analyse-de-la-publicite-preelectorale-de-jean-charest/
I’ve decided to use this blog to launch a new concept: “Tombstone beer.” At its most basic, the idea is quite simple; I crack open a beer and write an editorial on some hot topic, on whatever it is that’s been...
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$49,000 down the drain (TVA)
Rémi Nadeau June 18, 2012
Original French Text: http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/national/archives/2012/06/20120618-045957.html
Tuition raise advertisement goes unused
In their current ad campaign in support of tuition raises, the Quebec government had invested $49,000 into an ad shoot. In the end however, the ad was never used.
Last week, the Journal de Québec revealed that...
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Control of demonstrations: Mayor Labeaume in the...
Staff note: The news report was not translated, but the following text is a summary of the clip featured on the link below.
June 19, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Quebec/2012/06/19/004-conseillers-vote-reglement-manifestations.shtml
The special session of the City Council on the question of adopting stricter rules for controlling demonstrations ended in a...
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Parisians demonstrate in support of Quebec...
Pierre Breteau June 24, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.franceinfo.fr/societe/les-parisiens-manifestent-en-soutien-aux-etudiants-quebecois-655879-2012-06-24
On the occasion of Quebec’s national holiday, St-Jean, between 200 and 300 people marched in Paris today. They mean to offer their support to Quebec’s students who are battling against rise of university tuition...
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No holidays for contestation (Le Devoir)
Isabelle Porter June 23, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/353221/pas-de-vacances-pour-la-contestation
Big summer march in Montreal and a record crowd in Quebec
Yesterday Quebec saw its biggest protest since the beginning of the student conflict.
A day of protests yesterday in Montreal and Quebec. The two rallies in continuance with March 22nd...
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In Quebec City, a blue Fête nationale with some...
Isabelle Porter June 24, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/353240/a-quebec-une-fete-nationale-bleue-avec-des-teintes-de-rouge
PHOTO CAPTION: Flags and red squares stood side by side on the Plains yesterday.
Quebec City — The organizers of the Fête nationale [transl. note: meaning National holiday, though it has become a secondary title of or...
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The spirit of Bill 78 and Fascism (La Presse)
Renaud Picard June 17, 2012
Original French text: http://www.lapresse.ca/debats/le-cercle-la-presse/actualites/201206/17/48-529-lesprit-de-la-loi-78-et-le-fascisme.php
Many groups have denounced the association of the spirit of Bill 78 with Fascism as inappropriate. They say it misrepresents the definition of Fascism and is akin to identifying the Liberal government with the ideological...
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Peaceful Protests in Montreal and Quebec City...
June 22, 2012
Original French text: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2012/06/22/001-manifestation-nationale-quebec-montreal-loi-78-conflit-etudiant.shtml
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Like on the 22nd of every month since March, a large national protest took place in Montreal, but this time in Quebec City too, to protest against the tuition fee hike and against bill 78, regarding,...
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Law 78: the situation in Québec is "alarming",...
June 18, 2012
Original French Text: http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2012/06/18/003-loi-78-onu.shtml
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, at the opening of the 20th Special Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
After having expressed its concerns last month, the United Nations has once again criticized the adoption by the National...
