Like that's going to happen! What planet is Quebec living on? Can you imagine him in Alberta? Right, he's as appealing to Alberta Conservatives as Iffy is. Dream on Quebec, he's no Conservative, he did everything he could to make Conservatives in Quebec lose the last election, and they think we in t...

... for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, yadda yadda. My previous post elicited an excellent comment that I thought worthy of spawning another post: Obviously, the problem with this is that most Canadians want Quebec as part of their country. I think that only a tiny minority of Canad...

Haven't we had enough of this bullshit?  Haven't Canada and Canadians suffered enough abuse at the hands of foaming-at-the-mouth separatists? I say we give the Bloc and the Parti Quebecois what they want... vote them off our "island". They want to be separate?  Fine.  Separate them.  But we do i...

I went out tonight to a farewell party for my friend Tim Mak , who is off to work with David Frum. I saw some of my other friends including Vincent Geloso who told me he wrote a full comment in the NP. he and his friend Carl Vallee write about Quebec , the left and Israel. Moreover, we wonder why th...

They’re basically cinnamon rolls, but the traditional Québec version of them features lighter, fluffier pastry than a roll. The idea is that they are as light and insubstantial as the, well, fart of a nun: innocent, wispy little things. A recipe here: RecipeSource. I have no idea how they cha...

What's fun and funky in Montreal next weekend? Going to Montreal next weekend (1-4 Jan) and I'm looking for fun and funky stuff to do there. What my friend and I like: ethnic food (really authentic) interesting local food cool design - shops, museums indie bands punk/electronic bands good DJs/dancin...

A new genetic syndrome was discovered in a group of families in Quebec with a common ancestor. The syndrome was named MEDNIK to describe the resulting phenotypes - mental retardation, enteropathy, deafness, peripheral neuropathy, ichthyosis, and keratodermia. The scientists found a new splice mutati...

The Globe and Mail comments today on Why kingmaker Duceppe can't stop laughing. WILLIAM JOHNSON From Thursday's Globe and MailDecember 4, 2008 at 3:06 AM EST There is a Quebec political syndrome. It inspired the decision of Stéphane Dion, Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe to seize power, dumping the C...

Some thoughts in no particular order: Jack! Layton came off the best tonight. Kept a consistent theme of Making Parliament Worktm as he has for years, basically said, "Look, we've got a plan, the PM is interested in games, goddammit why can't we get to work?" I mean, it's appealing to ME, and I'm a ...

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