In Gothenburg in Sweden, there is a municipal summer job program for teenagers called Kultursommarjobb. Bands are paid to play throughout the city (can also be theatre or other form of entertainment). So cool.
Luc Turgeon
@lturgeon.bsky.social
Professeur de science politique/Professor of Political Science. Ottawa.
Sutcliffe named the planning chair. Same playbook as Watson, except Watson adopted that type of rhetoric in his third mandate.
“Ottawa has been leading the way in solving one of the biggest challenges facing cities: namely getting homes built.” When the planning and housing chair had no solutions, I stepped in and created the Housing Innovation Task Force.
1. In a recent email, the Ottawa Mayor, Mark Sutcliffe, warned his supporters of electing a far left mayor like Jeff Leiper. I get it. I’m in Copenhagen right now, which is governed by the Socialist People’s Party (Green Left) after decades of social democratic governance. The place is hell!
L’enfer, c’est les autres quand l’embarquement dans l’avion est par zone.
One could find similar quotes from a number of members of the Liberal caucus. At least, Steven Guilbeault had the decency to resign.
Heat got you down? Try some light climate reading! Here's a snippet from Very Serious Mark Carney's book Value(s). "Actions speak louder than words. Credible climate policies should cut emissions from day one to reduce the end point in carbon concentrations." (p.296).
I get that this is the subjective list of the Globe and Mail movie critics, but a pretty good example of “my Canada barely includes Quebec”. No Quebec movie until #15 and no movie in French until #21.
The 100 best Canadian films ever made
In a nod to Canada Day, film critic Barry Hertz pays homage to the movies that inspire, transfix, beguile and enthrall
theglobeandmail.com
1. I missed the article published recently by Stephen Marche arguing that there is now a divide between an "Old Canada" that believes in pursuing relations with the United States and a "New Canada" that believes that the rupture is permament. This Old/New Canada binary has been frequently used.
Pas seulement le français! Le néerlandais et l'anglais, "en plus d’avoir appris l’espagnol, l’italien et le suédois à différents niveaux au cours de sa carrière." Incroyable! Il est possible d'être un chef d'entreprise et apprendre de nouvelles langues. Qui l'eût cru!
Un nouveau PDG maîtrisant le français pour Air Canada
La compagnie aérienne Air Canada est allée recruter en Europe pour se dénicher un nouveau président. Elle a annoncé mardi la nomination d’Anko Van der Werff, qui parle français et était, jusqu’à tout ...
onfr.tfo.org
There are 99 French-born players at this World Cup. Welcome to the beating heart of global football www.nytimes.com/athletic/740...
There are 99 French-born players at this World Cup. Welcome to the beating heart of global football
nytimes.com
1. I had a lot of issues with the Liberal Party of Canada under Justin Trudeau (and Trudeau himself as a leader), but some of its policies were driven by some sort of progressice ideals (albeit with policies favouring very slow and incremental changes). The Party under Carney has returned to how...
L'ami David Sanschagrin: "En mettant l’accent sur les menaces qui pèseraient sur l’identité québécoise (...) plutôt que sur un projet collectif rassembleur et positif, le PQ limite la coalition susceptible de se ranger derrière le projet indépendantiste." www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/06/28/q...
Quel projet de société au PQ?
Le Livre bleu a le mérite de la clarté. Il décrit avec précision les mécanismes et les étapes qui permettraient au Québec d’accéder à la souveraineté.
journaldemontreal.com
1. J’aime beaucoup La Presse +. Je fais mon don mensuel. J’aime les pages idées, les sports et les arts, de même que beaucoup de chroniqueurs. Seul bémol: j’ai l’impression que ça fait quelques années que l’on nous sert annuellement une variation de la série actuelle « en quête de solutions ».
Gavin McKenna is the second Indigenous hockey player to be drafted first overall in the NHL.
Family of Gavin McKenna get ready for the NHL draft
The family of Gavin McKenna get ready for him to be drafted in the upcoming NHL draft in Buffalo, New York.
aptnnews.ca
Je vois que la LNH a décidé de faire encore un autre repêchage du type cringe.
Defense was the main interrogation point with the Canadian team...
Gave me a flashback to when I met with one of the previous GM of OC Transpo after I had organized two forums to improve transit in Vanier. I remember coming out of it thinking that there was no hope for improvement. Wish I was thinking diffently 15 years later. I sadly don't.
I had the pleasure today of meeting with OC Transpo GM Rick Leary and transit staffer Alana Saikaly. We talked about the need to improve service reliability, evidence-based decision-making, and planning ahead for the opening of LRT Stage 2 West.
Auteur de trois buts jeudi soir contre le Qatar, le Franco-Ontarien Jonathan David, ancien élève de l’École secondaire publique Louis-Riel, à Orléans, a fait la fierté de toute une communauté. #onfr #worldcup www.ledroit.com/sports/coupe...
Le triplé historique de Jonathan David fait vibrer les Franco-Ontariens
Auteur de trois buts jeudi soir contre le Qatar, dans la victoire de 6-0 du Canada à son deuxième match de Coupe du monde, le Franco-Ontarien Jonathan David, ancien élève de l’École secondaire publiqu...
ledroit.com
3 buts pour Jonathan David, la fierté de l’Ontario français et de l’école Louis-Riel!
2011: Ugh, there are a lot of typos in this student's term paper. 2026: Oh wow, there are typos in this paper, this is wonderful. Clearly, the student did not use AI.
Our university had to send a campus-wide warning a few weeks ago. A goose had attacked a professor on campus. And recently, I got stuck in trafic because a geese family was crossing the road. We knew better than have them on our bad side. I tried to avoid eye contact in fact.
Deadly Toronto gang
Très éclairant cet article. Brillant. Ce ne sont pas les Albertains qui font du ressentiment, ce sont les conservateurs albertains. Mais ils sont tenaces dans leur ressentiment! C. Breton, A. Parkin: Le mécontentement en Alberta : quelle est son étendue? policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2026/06/a...
Le mécontentement en Alberta : quelle est son étendue?
De nouvelles données suggèrent que le séparatisme en Alberta est concentré parmi les électeurs du PCU, pas répandu dans la population.
policyoptions.irpp.org
I encourage Mullin to go to Shankill Road in Belfast and tell the Loyalists that have been attacking immigrants that they are Irish (and not British) and that he understands why they want Ireland back. I'm sure he will be well received.
Kilmeade to an agreeing Markwayne Mullin: "In Belfast they're standing up because their leaders have let them down. They're trying to take their country back. They want to label them as racist. All they want to be is Irish. They want Ireland back. I see a lot of the same fights here."
A glowing review by the New York Times of an outstanding Quebec book now available in English. I can’t recommend the book enough.
This Garbage Collector Loves His Job but Has a Few Bones to Pick
nytimes.com
Un très bon texte de Jonathan Livernois, qui réexamine « Raisons communes » de Fernand Dumont et rétablit la complexité de la pensée du sociologue, trop souvent simplifiée par certains nationalistes conservateurs.
Fernand Dumont, pour la prochaine fois
Lire ou relire « Raisons communes » devient presque un impératif pour comprendre ce que l’on vit présentement.
ledevoir.com
Quelle décision honteuse du gouvernement de la CAQ. www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libr...?
Le gouvernement Fréchette ouvre la voie au favoritisme
En supprimant l’AIEQ, le gouvernement Fréchette abolit la saine distance entre le politique et le scientifique.
ledevoir.com
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