Luc Turgeon

Allan Hubley might lose the election in Kanata South (after being the councillor since 2010) and things are tight in Rideau-Vanier, but otherwise, I expect almost all incumbent to be re-elected at City Hall. Pretty depressing in my opinion considering the state of the city.

Sutcliffe's share of the vote is currently lower than when he was first elected in 2022 (it could change, obviously). Jim Waton, his predecessor, on the other hand, saw his support continuously increase after his first mandate. By these standard, Sutcliffe is not an especially popular mayor.

Allan Hubley might lose the election in Kanata South (after being the councillor since 2010) and things are tight in Rideau-Vanier, but otherwise, I expect almost all incumbent to be re-elected at City Hall. Pretty depressing in my opinion considering the state of the city.

Matt Luloff will likely be relected because of the division of the votes amongst candidates. Sean Devine will be re-elected despite the fact that two of his colleagues at City hall campaigned against him in his own ward (awkward!). I expect a more acrimonious/dysfunctional council the next 4 years.

As a citizen, I hope Jeff Leiper wins the mayoral election. However, I have doubts the results will be as close as this morning’s poll suggests. But what a disappointing campaign. Vague and abstract commitments. A bad social media strategy (very few videos, for example).

A reminder that, contrary to what we often read or hear, Quebec is currently (and has been for a while) the province that is the most supportive of immigration in Canada (or the least anti-immigration).

Je viens d'une famille souverainiste qui connaissait et appéciait même le reste du Canada (et oui, c'est possible). Gilles Duceppe a déjà d'ailleurs dit quelque chose de semblable. Et puis il y a Bock-Côté qui ne peut s'empêcher, fréquemment, d'écrire des trucs méprisant sur le ROC comme ce matin.

MBC dirait-il aux Écossais qu'ils ont la même culture ou qu'ils n'ont pas d'identité nationale propre parce qu'il parle la même langue que les Anglais? Que les Wallons ne sont que des Français?

Je viens d'une famille souverainiste qui connaissait et appéciait même le reste du Canada (et oui, c'est possible). Gilles Duceppe a déjà d'ailleurs dit quelque chose de semblable. Et puis il y a Bock-Côté qui ne peut s'empêcher, fréquemment, d'écrire des trucs méprisant sur le ROC comme ce matin.

I took the bus for most of the 15 years I've been living in Ottawa. It's always been fairly bad and hence why I was involved in transit advocacy in the early 2010. Two years ago I decided I couldn't take it anymore and started to drive to work (which is only a 10 minutes drive).

Il y a de bons chroniqueurs politiques au Québec. Paul Journet en est un bon exemple. Ses chroniques sont toujours bien documentées et amènent souvent un éclairage unique. Mais comme politologue, il y a des trucs que l'on entend à la télévision ou lit dans certains journaux qui m'horripilent.

C'est particulièrement le cas de cette idée selon lequel les Québécois auraient "choisi" de donner un mandat minoritaire ou limité au Parti Québécois. C'est tellement ridicule comme idée. Personne ne vote consciemment pour un gouvernement majoritaire ou minoritaire.

Parti Québécois à l’élection soi-disant catastrophique de 2008 qui a mené au virage identitaire: 28,35% des votes. Parti Québécois à l’élection de 2026: 28,02% (à 8h41).

I have mixed feelings about this and I'm curious to see what other colleagues think. On the one hand, I'm very happy that the challenges faced by first-generation scholars is being ackowledged. On the other hand, I'm afraid the definition is too broad based on my own personal experience.

And perhaps there is also a difference here between Canada and the US in terms of the proportion of professors that have parents with graduate degrees.

I have mixed feelings about this and I'm curious to see what other colleagues think. On the one hand, I'm very happy that the challenges faced by first-generation scholars is being ackowledged. On the other hand, I'm afraid the definition is too broad based on my own personal experience.

While my parents did not always understand the nature of grad school, they were able to help me financially when it took me longer than expected to finish my PhD. So I'm not sure I would have been the person most in need of such financial help.

I have mixed feelings about this and I'm curious to see what other colleagues think. On the one hand, I'm very happy that the challenges faced by first-generation scholars is being ackowledged. On the other hand, I'm afraid the definition is too broad based on my own personal experience.

Paul LePage est au sommet de ma liste de politiciens qui me répugne. Un politicien d'origine canadienne-française qui a adopté, vis-à-vis des communautés immigrantes au Maine, le même type de discours xénophobes qui visaient autrefois sa propre communauté.

J'avais besoin d'un break/I needed a break. Ma liste des meilleures séries TV des années 2000 via le New York Times. (heureux d'avoir eu le choix de séries québécoises!)

Frédéric Lacroix mentionne le “frériste Zohran Mandani” dans une publication Facebook ce matin à propos du maire progressiste de New York. C’est une affirmation complotiste que l’on trouve chez des extrémistes aux Etats-Unis. Ce n’est pas nouveau pour lui.

Need help. I'm trying to come up with a list of third rails of provincial politics. So far, I'm thinking something like this for these three provinces: Quebec: abolishing subsidies to private schools Ontario: abolishing the catholic school system Alberta: Sales tax. Suggestions for other provinces?