http://www.vigile.net/spip.php?page=mot&id_mot= Le portail indépendantiste du Québec fr SPIP - www.spip.net http://www.vigile.net/IMG/siteon0.jpg http://www.vigile.net/ 102 250 http://www.vigile.net/Real-question-is-why-Quebec-voted http://www.vigile.net/Real-question-is-why-Quebec-voted 2007-03-27T13:01:52Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() It may sound weird, at the end of a nail-biter of a historic three-way election, to worry about pronouns and other parts of speech. But I do. I don't just lament the fact that campaigns are more about "who" (the leaders' personalities, or lack thereof) than about "what" (the content (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>It may sound weird, at the end of a nail-biter of a historic three-way election, to worry about pronouns and other parts of speech. But I do. I don't just lament the fact that campaigns are more about "who" (the leaders' personalities, or lack thereof) than about "what" (the content of their platforms, or lack thereof). I am upset (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Real-question-is-why-Quebec-voted">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Appeasement-never-works http://www.vigile.net/Appeasement-never-works 2007-03-22T14:46:57Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() When you see them on television or in the House of Commons making speeches, they look like grown men. But they act like children playing with matches. You warn of the dangers — to themselves and to others — but they refuse to listen. Sooner or later they get burned, and when they do (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>When you see them on television or in the House of Commons making speeches, they look like grown men. But they act like children playing with matches. You warn of the dangers — to themselves and to others — but they refuse to listen. Sooner or later they get burned, and when they do they don't understand how it happened. What (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Appeasement-never-works">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Don-t-faint-but-i-m-siding-with-a http://www.vigile.net/Don-t-faint-but-i-m-siding-with-a 2007-03-20T14:01:58Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() It will probably never happen again. But I am compelled to rise in defence of Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair, much maligned in the English-speaking press for calling Asians "slanty eyed" in a speech last week to students in Trois-Rivieres. Please, people, calm down. For once, your (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>It will probably never happen again. But I am compelled to rise in defence of Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair, much maligned in the English-speaking press for calling Asians "slanty eyed" in a speech last week to students in Trois-Rivieres. Please, people, calm down. For once, your outrage is entirely misplaced. For one thing, Mr. (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Don-t-faint-but-i-m-siding-with-a">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/A-Yes-vote-means-no-cash http://www.vigile.net/A-Yes-vote-means-no-cash 2007-03-01T13:52:45Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() You will, I trust, be happy to hear that if Quebec separates, you get to keep sending subsidies. No, really. In this Quebec election the sovereigntists are not content to mess with your emotions by threatening to tear your country apart without giving you a say in the matter. Now they want to (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>You will, I trust, be happy to hear that if Quebec separates, you get to keep sending subsidies. No, really. In this Quebec election the sovereigntists are not content to mess with your emotions by threatening to tear your country apart without giving you a say in the matter. Now they want to tear your country apart and raid your bank account, (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/A-Yes-vote-means-no-cash">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Tripping-over-the-r-word http://www.vigile.net/Tripping-over-the-r-word 2007-02-27T14:49:59Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() OK, now I'm jealous. The best line of the Quebec electoral campaign so far was Andrew Coyne's in Saturday National Post. The vote, he wrote, "is a choice between a party that is clearly for vagueness, and a party that is vaguely for clarity." Most splendid. Why didn't I think (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>OK, now I'm jealous. The best line of the Quebec electoral campaign so far was Andrew Coyne's in Saturday National Post. The vote, he wrote, "is a choice between a party that is clearly for vagueness, and a party that is vaguely for clarity." Most splendid. Why didn't I think of it first ? The special beauty of his bon mot (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Tripping-over-the-r-word">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Mr-Charest-s-cynical-game http://www.vigile.net/Mr-Charest-s-cynical-game 2007-02-22T16:52:52Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() And they're off. Not that they were ever really on. But you know what I mean : Quebecers will vote, as expected, on March 26. And for once, it will be an interesting campaign to watch. Yay ! We'll have lots of time to talk about the serious and sometimes hilarious bits in the next (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>And they're off. Not that they were ever really on. But you know what I mean : Quebecers will vote, as expected, on March 26. And for once, it will be an interesting campaign to watch. Yay ! We'll have lots of time to talk about the serious and sometimes hilarious bits in the next few weeks. So I'd like to devote this column (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Mr-Charest-s-cynical-game">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/A-rough-year-ahead-for-Harper http://www.vigile.net/A-rough-year-ahead-for-Harper 2007-01-04T09:30:00Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() 2006 was an exciting year. At least, if you're the kind of person to get excited by Quebec politics. And 2007 promises lots of thrills. Just not in a good way. In 2006 the Conservatives got elected nationally with 10 seats from Quebec. This was followed by a long and ridiculous (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>2006 was an exciting year. At least, if you're the kind of person to get excited by Quebec politics. And 2007 promises lots of thrills. Just not in a good way. In 2006 the Conservatives got elected nationally with 10 seats from Quebec. This was followed by a long and ridiculous “nation” debate, with Prime Minister Stephen (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/A-rough-year-ahead-for-Harper">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Looking-at-the-world-through http://www.vigile.net/Looking-at-the-world-through 2006-12-12T16:43:25Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() It has become fashionable lately to insult the French. Or perhaps it never really went out of style, I don't know. I'll just jump in anyway, even though I'm sort of in the middle, what with being born on one side while having chosen to live primarily in the other. But no, I (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>It has become fashionable lately to insult the French. Or perhaps it never really went out of style, I don't know. I'll just jump in anyway, even though I'm sort of in the middle, what with being born on one side while having chosen to live primarily in the other. But no, I don't want to talk about Stephane Dion's (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Looking-at-the-world-through">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Sad-comment-on-the-language-of http://www.vigile.net/Sad-comment-on-the-language-of 2006-12-06T15:40:48Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() It's good that so much of our politics these days is incomprehensible gooblahoy. It means folks like me can also get away with saying silly things every now and then. Phew. For instance, if you happen to remember a female columnist who looks vaguely like me recently suggesting that (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>It's good that so much of our politics these days is incomprehensible gooblahoy. It means folks like me can also get away with saying silly things every now and then. Phew. For instance, if you happen to remember a female columnist who looks vaguely like me recently suggesting that Michael Ignatieff would win the Liberal leadership (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Sad-comment-on-the-language-of">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/A-nation-motion-caution http://www.vigile.net/A-nation-motion-caution 2006-11-30T17:22:40Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() For a moment last week I thought I could get away with ignoring Stephen Harper's the-Québécois-are-a-nation motion thingy. You know, pretend it hadn't happened and hope it went away. No such luck. Now it's in the process of determining the outcome of another party's (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>For a moment last week I thought I could get away with ignoring Stephen Harper's the-Québécois-are-a-nation motion thingy. You know, pretend it hadn't happened and hope it went away. No such luck. Now it's in the process of determining the outcome of another party's leadership convention. So I guess we're stuck (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/A-nation-motion-caution">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Bouchard-s-a-little-late-to-the http://www.vigile.net/Bouchard-s-a-little-late-to-the 2006-10-24T13:15:54Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() People can be awfully cute sometimes. Like they were most of last week when pondering, commenting on and arguing over what former Parti Québécois premier Lucien Bouchard had said à propos of Quebecers' work habits. As though what he'd said mattered one iota. Of course he's (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>People can be awfully cute sometimes. Like they were most of last week when pondering, commenting on and arguing over what former Parti Québécois premier Lucien Bouchard had said à propos of Quebecers' work habits. As though what he'd said mattered one iota. Of course he's right to think the Quebec model is in big trouble (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Bouchard-s-a-little-late-to-the">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Taunting-the-daycare-police http://www.vigile.net/Taunting-the-daycare-police 2006-08-31T16:48:10Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() As a stickler for the rule of law I believe that you should work to change legislation you don't like or, at the outside limit, be prepared to face the full legal consequences of any civil disobedience. But in the case of Quebec's new nitpicking regulations on the daycare business, (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>As a stickler for the rule of law I believe that you should work to change legislation you don't like or, at the outside limit, be prepared to face the full legal consequences of any civil disobedience. But in the case of Quebec's new nitpicking regulations on the daycare business, I'm cheering on the folks who are cleverly (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Taunting-the-daycare-police">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/The-Quebecistan-question http://www.vigile.net/The-Quebecistan-question 2006-08-24T15:38:19Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Apparently most Quebecers think the lingering racism in their society is marginal and dying out, so it's safe to criticize. But when it comes to anti-Semitism, well, call me names or call the cops, but the explosive reaction suggests to me an uneasy (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Apparently most Quebecers think the lingering racism in their society is marginal and dying out, so it's safe to criticize. But when it comes to anti-Semitism, well, call me names or call the cops, but the explosive reaction suggests to me an uneasy conscience. - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/The-Quebecistan-question">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Fascinating-in-a-tedious-way http://www.vigile.net/Fascinating-in-a-tedious-way 2006-08-17T16:00:16Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() It was the most significant political event of the season. It was also the least significant political event of the season. And for that reason, Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair's return to the National Assembly after Monday's almost universally ignored by-election is (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>It was the most significant political event of the season. It was also the least significant political event of the season. And for that reason, Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair's return to the National Assembly after Monday's almost universally ignored by-election is simultaneously fascinating and tedious. Confused ? (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Fascinating-in-a-tedious-way">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Political-gasp-hypocrisy http://www.vigile.net/Political-gasp-hypocrisy 2006-08-10T14:29:30Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Knowledge. If you don't use it, eventually you lose it. It's a particular danger in public life, where you push aside issues for spin and wind up with a head full of not much except political nonsense, which is extremely frustrating when you occasionally remember what the mess (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Knowledge. If you don't use it, eventually you lose it. It's a particular danger in public life, where you push aside issues for spin and wind up with a head full of not much except political nonsense, which is extremely frustrating when you occasionally remember what the mess you're in actually is but not how to fix it. (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Political-gasp-hypocrisy">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Refugees-fare-well-in-Quebec http://www.vigile.net/Refugees-fare-well-in-Quebec 2006-07-27T12:30:57Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Some of us think the welfare state is already way too big. That it is so embedded in every aspect of our lives, from day care to granny care and everything in between, including helping us reduce our utility bills, that there's simply no room for it to grow anymore. How naively cute we (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Some of us think the welfare state is already way too big. That it is so embedded in every aspect of our lives, from day care to granny care and everything in between, including helping us reduce our utility bills, that there's simply no room for it to grow anymore. How naively cute we are. We forget Quebec politicians' unbounded (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Refugees-fare-well-in-Quebec">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Quebec-s-ugly-little-bias http://www.vigile.net/Quebec-s-ugly-little-bias 2006-07-25T01:30:00Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() If I were the praying type, I'd be asking God to prove me wrong today. But I'm not, which means I'll have to settle for hoping my fellow human beings do it instead. For I am afraid that doing the right thing on the latest Middle East crisis is not going to help Stephen Harper (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>If I were the praying type, I'd be asking God to prove me wrong today. But I'm not, which means I'll have to settle for hoping my fellow human beings do it instead. For I am afraid that doing the right thing on the latest Middle East crisis is not going to help Stephen Harper at all politically and may even hurt him in (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Quebec-s-ugly-little-bias">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Patriot-love-Quebec-style http://www.vigile.net/Patriot-love-Quebec-style 2006-07-14T15:26:14Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() On Tuesday I was lamenting the prevalence of nationalism (negative and jealous) over patriotism (positive and proud) in English Canada. So you may be expecting something similar today with regard to Quebec nationalism. Euh, yes, well. See, the thing is, it's a lot less one-sided over (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>On Tuesday I was lamenting the prevalence of nationalism (negative and jealous) over patriotism (positive and proud) in English Canada. So you may be expecting something similar today with regard to Quebec nationalism. Euh, yes, well. See, the thing is, it's a lot less one-sided over there. Strange, but true. For some Quebecers, (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Patriot-love-Quebec-style">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/The-difference-between-patriotism http://www.vigile.net/The-difference-between-patriotism 2006-07-11T15:24:00Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Although nobody asked me to write one of the Citizen's summer-time “What If” historical pieces, I thought I'd throw in my four cents anyway (yes, four ; two today and two Thursday). Asking the question : What if Canadians and Quebecers were more patriotic than (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Although nobody asked me to write one of the Citizen's summer-time “What If” historical pieces, I thought I'd throw in my four cents anyway (yes, four ; two today and two Thursday). Asking the question : What if Canadians and Quebecers were more patriotic than nationalist ? The idea of differences between patriotism (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/The-difference-between-patriotism">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Quebecers-are-too-confusing http://www.vigile.net/Quebecers-are-too-confusing 2006-04-13T16:29:13Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Soon I'll need a compass to do my job. What a disorienting mess Quebec politics is turning into. What with people moving from one constitutional option to the next and arguing over whether nationalism is more important than a street party, I'm not sure where I stand anymore. Help ! (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Soon I'll need a compass to do my job. What a disorienting mess Quebec politics is turning into. What with people moving from one constitutional option to the next and arguing over whether nationalism is more important than a street party, I'm not sure where I stand anymore. Help ! The old doctrine that “If you can't (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Quebecers-are-too-confusing">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Going-ape-over-monkeys http://www.vigile.net/Going-ape-over-monkeys 2006-04-07T14:42:39Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() It was exactly as advertised : the Speech from the Throne was boring and predictable. Not that there's anything wrong with that ; I'll take clear boredom over majestic emptiness any day. Too bad the peace and quiet is about to be shattered by some awful monkey business. I'm (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>It was exactly as advertised : the Speech from the Throne was boring and predictable. Not that there's anything wrong with that ; I'll take clear boredom over majestic emptiness any day. Too bad the peace and quiet is about to be shattered by some awful monkey business. I'm not talking about the Conseil de la (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Going-ape-over-monkeys">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Let-PQ-be-who-it-wants-to-be http://www.vigile.net/Let-PQ-be-who-it-wants-to-be 2006-03-30T13:22:36Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Politics can be such a catty business sometimes. No wonder we like it so much. The medium-sized kerfuffle over Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair's manners and strategy is a delightful case in point. Plus, for once an internal PQ squabble may include something good for the rest of us. (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Politics can be such a catty business sometimes. No wonder we like it so much. The medium-sized kerfuffle over Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair's manners and strategy is a delightful case in point. Plus, for once an internal PQ squabble may include something good for the rest of us. After long-term MNA and terminally unpopular (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Let-PQ-be-who-it-wants-to-be">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Montenegro-s-best-export http://www.vigile.net/Montenegro-s-best-export 2006-03-23T18:38:30Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Ah, Montenegro. What a place. I'm a bit hazy on some details like what kind of stuff it produces, how friendly its people are or what language they speak. But I'm sure it's interesting. Why, it got Quebec politicians hopping as though the ground was on fire last week, (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Ah, Montenegro. What a place. I'm a bit hazy on some details like what kind of stuff it produces, how friendly its people are or what language they speak. But I'm sure it's interesting. Why, it got Quebec politicians hopping as though the ground was on fire last week, straining their noodles to emphasize just how different (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Montenegro-s-best-export">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Montenegro-s-best-export,195 http://www.vigile.net/Montenegro-s-best-export,195 2006-03-23T14:29:32Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Ah, Montenegro. What a place. I'm a bit hazy on some details like what kind of stuff it produces, how friendly its people are or what language they speak. But I'm sure it's interesting. Why, it got Quebec politicians hopping as though the ground was on fire last week, (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Ah, Montenegro. What a place. I'm a bit hazy on some details like what kind of stuff it produces, how friendly its people are or what language they speak. But I'm sure it's interesting. Why, it got Quebec politicians hopping as though the ground was on fire last week, straining their noodles to emphasize just how different (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Montenegro-s-best-export,195">consulter en ligne</a></div> ] http://www.vigile.net/Ain-t-that-funny http://www.vigile.net/Ain-t-that-funny 2006-01-12T22:44:00Z text/html fr Brigitte Pellerin - The Ottawa Citizen [() Funny traffic on the Quebec-Canada highway these days. No, not funny-ha-ha. Funny how an increasing number of prominent nationalists are rejecting their old option just as an increasing number of people in the Rest of Canada are getting so sick and tired of the Bloc jamming the country's (...) [ (oui|=={oui}|?{' ',''})<div class='rss_texte'>Funny traffic on the Quebec-Canada highway these days. No, not funny-ha-ha. Funny how an increasing number of prominent nationalists are rejecting their old option just as an increasing number of people in the Rest of Canada are getting so sick and tired of the Bloc jamming the country's political system they're almost ready to (...) - <a href="http://www.vigile.net/Ain-t-that-funny">consulter en ligne</a></div> ]