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One of the landmarks from days gone by: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Video+Motel+Raphael+fire/5237229/story.html

And how quickly do you suggest it could have been accomplished? Given the following constraints - unions protected the jobs - teachers were tenured after two years. Catholic boards required Catholic teachers.

Changed. Sorry multi-tasking.

Actions and Words Actions and words JJ. French Catholic Quebecers abandoned the Catholic church very quickly in the post Duplessis era and never returned. They went away from having priests and nuns teaching their young as quickly as it was possible to find sufficient replacement teachers...

I stand by my initial comment.The factors that you mention in the upper bolded were common throughout North America including Canada and the province of Quebec. My comments specifically targeted the PSBGM which governed schools strictly in a limited region of Montreal. They badly miscalculated...

To answer your question, no one has the divine right to rule in any jurisdiction. On the other hand not challenfing various so-called language laws that have been enacted since 1976 has eliminated blame from the old guard political leaders who badly mismanaged post WWII Quebec. Example the...

Getting Positive Results Usual thread degeneration when the linguistic issue is raised, assumptions, extreme analogies and bluster that do not address the point made initially. First I would like to state that I am multilingual. eastern European mother tongue followed by French then English...

Walkmans and other distractions have been around for at least a generation. There seems to be a cumulative effect from people using items in public that previously were used in private. The old public payphone was the exception but the mobility was limited and phones in a booth provided a...

Walking and texting may soon be illegal: http://www.geektown.ca/2011/07/us-city-cracks-down-on-texting-while-walking.html Expect texting traps to surpass speed traps in Montreal.

Actually the problem is more serious then you describe. The lighting between St. Urbain and St. Laurent is substandard due to the shadows and des Pins is relatively narrow so swerving at the last second or being thrown is not an attractive alternative. You can cheat a little at St. Urbain by...

If it is not fixed next time you are in the area work the system from another angle. Each arrondissement is divided into three districts. Call the office of the councillor for that specific district of the Plateau and talk to the person or someone with some clout beyond the receptionist. Also...

Rumples Well done but did you get thru to the road works department in the arrondissement or simply left a message about the situation with the arrondissement receptionist who answers all calls? With summer vacation the replacement staff handling calls is not as efficient.

Arrondissement Call th arrondissement office and report the situation giving the exact location. They will correct the situation.

Jocelyn Hotte Jocelyn Hotte details: http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2004/11/killercop.php

Our System Which is exactly the point. If you have faith in justice then you have to have faith in the members of the jury to apply justice based on the evidence that they heard, saw and were presented supported by the judge's instructions. If the result is not to your liking then you...

At Best............... At best this seems like an attempt to argue that multiple wrongs will somehow make things right. Not buying. "Doing society a favour" arguments have always produced more harm than good. Basic foundation used by histories scoundrels and worse to justify whatever...

Your Point If Guy Turcotte had been convicted he would be jailed with similar type criminals who had killed other people - causing untold grief to families as well. How would one of them harming Guy Turcotte benefit anyone except the criminal looking for an opportunity to valourize...

Justice. The Guy Turcotte saga will never see justice. The only possible justice would be re-storing the lives of two innocent children. Not going to happen. We are left with legalities as the only possible alternative to justice. Reality is that perfect legalities do not exist. Perhaps...

Supply and Demand DH Fairly accurate but has to be nuanced. As long time readers know I worked as a bouncer in SCs from the mid 1970's into the 1980's, pre contact days, with features when the accent was on entertainment. In the 1970's, after the Blue Bird and Gargantua fires, both...

Still does not preclude the fact that there are major short comings with the prescription of various medications. A simple warning on the label to go along with the physicians instructions when making the prescription would contribute to safety.