Vigile.net - Jonathan Kay

Vive Nicolas Sarkozy !

Jonathan Kay - Editorial - The National Post — 2009-02-03T14:55:00Z

In truth, France's so-called ni-ni policy never made any sense. Canada and France are both military allies and trade partners. As Mr. Sarkozy has the good sense to realize, they cannot be “neutral” in some abstract sense to political forces that seek to blow up one country or another from (...) - consulter en ligne

Jonathan Kay on the death of Quebec nationalism — and the 1972 book that explains it

Jonathan Kay - Editorial - The National Post — 2008-09-17T10:06:00Z

To Quebec's few remaining hard-core Bloquistes, it was a devastating put-down from a fellow sovereigntist-in-arms : Gilles Duceppe's party, declared former PQ cabinet minister Jacques Brassard in a La Presse op-ed last week, has become a “clone of the NDP” — just another opposition brand spouting pacifism, (...) - consulter en ligne

In Defence Of Herouxville

Jonathan Kay - Editorial - The National Post — 2007-10-30T14:09:56Z

But what starts in Quebec won't end here. The debate will spread, and we should be glad of that. For all the rhetorical stock Canadians have put in multiculturalism over the years, the fact remains that it is fundamentally incoherent : How do you intellectually defend a doctrine that preaches "tolerance" toward imported cultures that, (...) - consulter en ligne

John Tory's problem : too much rubber chicken

Jonathan Kay - Editorial - The National Post — 2007-09-11T13:38:20Z

It was yesterday at 9 a.m. when I realized John Tory was in serious, serious trouble. I realized it while staring at a box that distributes copies of 24 Hours, a thin newssheet distributed free at Toronto's subway stations and bus stops. The cover of Monday's edition contained no news. Instead, it was a full page advertisement (...) - consulter en ligne

Michael Ignatieff's failed mea culpa

Jonathan Kay - Editorial - The National Post — 2007-08-07T15:12:19Z

Give Michael Ignatieff this much credit : He is a hot commodity at North America's best newspaper. It is not every foreign politician who gets four glossy pages of The New York Times' esteemed weekly magazine to promote his latest political reinvention. Ignatieff 's article — published Sunday — is entitled (...) - consulter en ligne

His crimes do not define him

Jonathan Kay - The National Post — 2007-07-13T21:34:41Z

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/... A Chicago jury has found Conrad Black guilty on three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. The world-renowned media magnate and author is now liable to spend up to 35 years in prison. To many of his longstanding critics in the media and elsewhere, Friday's verdict will be (...) - consulter en ligne

Multiculturalism, R.I.P. (1982-2007)

Jonathan Kay - Editorial - The National Post — 2007-04-24T15:29:15Z

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which also makes it the 25th anniversary of official multiculturalism. (It is Section 27 of the Charter that informs us the document must be interpreted "in a manner consistent with the preservation and enhancement of the multicultural heritage of (...) - consulter en ligne