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Sign up for the newsletter, and support our work at https://onthetrail.info ! This is entirely reader funded, and we don't accept corporate payouts. Support the hardest hitting journalism in Quebec.
Gab and Isaac dive into one of the most important weeks in Canada since the 1980s. The results of this week's Supreme court case could change the future of the country, and of human rights in the country.
In front of the Supreme Court, they are deliberating on whether or not Bill 21 can carry through. Bill 21 is a Quebec bill that disallows people to wear "religious symbols" while working for the public service. The government used the notwithstanding clause twice since taking power in 2018, (we wrongly said in the episode that they used it every year- but this isn't true, they used a different controversial clause called a "baîllon" every year.)
The Liberal government under Justin Trudeau challenged the bill, and although Mark Carney hasn't weighed in on the subject, his Liberals have continued the challenge. There will be 4 days straight of court hearings about the subject, which has only happened one other time in 1998. The Supreme Court almost always does hearings that last 1 day, sometimes 2. The Globe and Mail made a fantastic article on the subject.
Other than that, we dive deep into the Troisième lien in Quebec city, and the new CAQ budget- as well as new developments on the controversies that ended Pablo Rodriguez' career.
Other headlines we covered:
Canada and Nordic countries meet and vow “closer collaboration as a middle power bloc.”
The Federal Liberals have reached new highs in the polls, not seen since 2016 after Trudeau swept a surprise majority and was at the peak of his honeymoon.
Donald Trump’s administration was paid $10 billion to broker a TikTok deal to create a US version of TikTok.
Trump says he plans on attacking or annexing Cuba. He was quoted as saying, “I do believe I’ll have the honour of taking Cuba.”
Social assistance is not helping people keep housing. Disabled people, people who are unable to make their own income, people on temporary leave, etc., are unable to pay for both food and housing. This has been a long-known problem.
More than half of the Metro stations in Montreal received a failed grade for their current state of repair.
More than a third of hospitals are in the same level of decay, including Laval’s only hospital, which is unable to respond to the city’s needs.
Heather McPherson tried to convince Rob Ashton to make a deal during the NDP leadership election, but was rejected. She wanted to make a deal where NDP members would choose one of the two as their first and second choices on the ballot. The two seem set to lose to Avi Lewis, a Democratic Socialist, and party insiders are reacting negatively to a shift to the left.
Ottawa is spending $1.4 billion to ramp up domestic ammunition production.
800 groups are demanding the cancellation of the Quebec 'faux constitution' project, put forward by the CAQ government as it reaches unprecedented levels of unpopularity.
Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia, sees a rapid decline in support after his most recent budget looked set to include massive cuts to art programs, as well as social services, in the province. Protests were so organized and effective that the Premier walked back around fifty percent of the cuts.
20 people in Montreal were arrested for major extortion scams.
Two full train wagons of drugs were stopped on their way to Quebec.
Pierre Poilievre went on Joe Rogan; the interview went well, surprising a lot of commentators.
Canada, France, the UK, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan announced “their readiness to contribute appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.” No one is quite sure what that means, as Canada continues repeating that it will not be involved in military action
Gas prices are set to hit $2 a litre.
An investigation by the CBC revealed that a Canadian company, Entropy, is helping to fundraise money for white supremacists. The company is based out of Alberta.
Ontario is proposing a cap on ticket resale prices at original value, effectively killing the after-market scalping scams. The bill was introduced by the Liberals originally, but was killed by the Ford government, which has now reintroduced it.
Switzerland bans arms exports to the US over Iran.
Longeuil and its police are being sued for $1.9 million because of the murder of Nooran Rezayi.
The US and Israel have killed or injured 1,800 children in Iran and Lebanon.
Israeli settlers smash cars and set fires in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
Community groups are going on strike this week.
France municipal elections occurred; Paris remains left-of-center under the slogan, “Don’t let conservatives win like they did in Montreal.”
The big CAQ debate occurred; they talked a lot about the "troisième lien.”
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By Isaac PeltzSign up for the newsletter, and support our work at https://onthetrail.info ! This is entirely reader funded, and we don't accept corporate payouts. Support the hardest hitting journalism in Quebec.
Gab and Isaac dive into one of the most important weeks in Canada since the 1980s. The results of this week's Supreme court case could change the future of the country, and of human rights in the country.
In front of the Supreme Court, they are deliberating on whether or not Bill 21 can carry through. Bill 21 is a Quebec bill that disallows people to wear "religious symbols" while working for the public service. The government used the notwithstanding clause twice since taking power in 2018, (we wrongly said in the episode that they used it every year- but this isn't true, they used a different controversial clause called a "baîllon" every year.)
The Liberal government under Justin Trudeau challenged the bill, and although Mark Carney hasn't weighed in on the subject, his Liberals have continued the challenge. There will be 4 days straight of court hearings about the subject, which has only happened one other time in 1998. The Supreme Court almost always does hearings that last 1 day, sometimes 2. The Globe and Mail made a fantastic article on the subject.
Other than that, we dive deep into the Troisième lien in Quebec city, and the new CAQ budget- as well as new developments on the controversies that ended Pablo Rodriguez' career.
Other headlines we covered:
Canada and Nordic countries meet and vow “closer collaboration as a middle power bloc.”
The Federal Liberals have reached new highs in the polls, not seen since 2016 after Trudeau swept a surprise majority and was at the peak of his honeymoon.
Donald Trump’s administration was paid $10 billion to broker a TikTok deal to create a US version of TikTok.
Trump says he plans on attacking or annexing Cuba. He was quoted as saying, “I do believe I’ll have the honour of taking Cuba.”
Social assistance is not helping people keep housing. Disabled people, people who are unable to make their own income, people on temporary leave, etc., are unable to pay for both food and housing. This has been a long-known problem.
More than half of the Metro stations in Montreal received a failed grade for their current state of repair.
More than a third of hospitals are in the same level of decay, including Laval’s only hospital, which is unable to respond to the city’s needs.
Heather McPherson tried to convince Rob Ashton to make a deal during the NDP leadership election, but was rejected. She wanted to make a deal where NDP members would choose one of the two as their first and second choices on the ballot. The two seem set to lose to Avi Lewis, a Democratic Socialist, and party insiders are reacting negatively to a shift to the left.
Ottawa is spending $1.4 billion to ramp up domestic ammunition production.
800 groups are demanding the cancellation of the Quebec 'faux constitution' project, put forward by the CAQ government as it reaches unprecedented levels of unpopularity.
Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia, sees a rapid decline in support after his most recent budget looked set to include massive cuts to art programs, as well as social services, in the province. Protests were so organized and effective that the Premier walked back around fifty percent of the cuts.
20 people in Montreal were arrested for major extortion scams.
Two full train wagons of drugs were stopped on their way to Quebec.
Pierre Poilievre went on Joe Rogan; the interview went well, surprising a lot of commentators.
Canada, France, the UK, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan announced “their readiness to contribute appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.” No one is quite sure what that means, as Canada continues repeating that it will not be involved in military action
Gas prices are set to hit $2 a litre.
An investigation by the CBC revealed that a Canadian company, Entropy, is helping to fundraise money for white supremacists. The company is based out of Alberta.
Ontario is proposing a cap on ticket resale prices at original value, effectively killing the after-market scalping scams. The bill was introduced by the Liberals originally, but was killed by the Ford government, which has now reintroduced it.
Switzerland bans arms exports to the US over Iran.
Longeuil and its police are being sued for $1.9 million because of the murder of Nooran Rezayi.
The US and Israel have killed or injured 1,800 children in Iran and Lebanon.
Israeli settlers smash cars and set fires in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
Community groups are going on strike this week.
France municipal elections occurred; Paris remains left-of-center under the slogan, “Don’t let conservatives win like they did in Montreal.”
The big CAQ debate occurred; they talked a lot about the "troisième lien.”