‘There is no right to protest’: Montreal police deny Charter rights
March 26th, 2013 | by Ethan Cox
"This is approaching absurdist comedy," tweeted Montreal Gazette reporter Christopher Curtis Friday night, trapped in a police kettle
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Ethan Cox Ethan Cox is a 27 year old political organizer, writer and activist from Montreal. He has been with FTB since fall of 2010.
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Quebec Liberal frontrunner Couillard faces questions over teaching record
March 7th, 2013 | by Ethan Cox
With a little over a week to go until the Quebec Liberal Party elects a new leader, a leading contender for the post is facing questions over his work at McGill University
Interview with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois
December 4th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
Ethan Cox is the Quebec Correspondent for Rabble.ca where this interview with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the former spokesperson for student group CLASSE originally appeared..
Montreal’s new Mayor: The more things change, the more they stay the same
November 17th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
A city councillor since 1994, Applebaum has been borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce since the post was created in 2002, following Union's election. A Tremblay loyalist of the first order, who stood at the former Mayor's side as he announced his resignation, Applebaum has served as chairperson of the city's all powerful Executive Committee, and right hand man to Tremblay, since April of 2011. He now promises to clean up corruption and open up the secretive Executive Committee, despite having been an outspoken opponent of transparency on that committee until his recent conversion on the road to Damascus
Mayor Tremblay resigns amid corruption scandal
November 7th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
In his parting words to the city, Tremblay denied any and all responsibility. He proclaimed his innocence and cast himself as a victim, saying that one day history would show him to have been a crusader against corruption. "I have always promoted the values of honesty, integrity and trust", he said. But he was let down by his subordinates
From Quebec to Harper, the last vestiges of our democracy are disappearing
October 24th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
In Ottawa, Chairman Harper is taking a sledge hammer to what was already our feeble excuse for democracy. With the 'son of omnibus' he has displayed a disregard for democracy so severe the CBC's At Issue panel, no bastion of liberalism, unanimously condemned it as an "affront to democracy."
‘The system is sick and corrupted’: Quebec’s political house of cards comes crumbling down
October 17th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
So I guess now we know what former premier Jean Charest was so worried about. Speculation ran rampant this summer that the curious timing of Quebec's provincial election was forced by the fear of what would come out as the Charbonneau commission resumed hearings into corruption in the construction industry in mid-September
‘Maple Tour’ kicks off with a bang!
October 3rd, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
Day two of our national speaking tour dawned sunny in London, Ontario -- a good omen for things to come. On day one we spoke to over a hundred people at King's College in London, an active and engaged crowd who kept us half an hour past the end of the event with questions
Quebec Solidaire and Montreal’s east end, a love story?
September 4th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
It's a Tuesday evening in Mile End, and the restaurant is packed. Somewhere in the area of 150 people make it difficult to move. At the front of the room Amir Khadir, co-spokesperson for Quebec Solidaire, tells a joke and the room bursts into easy, appreciative laughter
Montreal legend Patrick Watson performs impromptu set in Plateau
August 28th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
For my money, Montreal is the best city to live in this side of Paris. Especially in the summer. But for all the mass festivals, street theatre and vibrant energy of the city, sometimes we need a reminder of that very specific 'je ne sais quoi' which makes Montreal so unique
In conversation with Claude Sabourin, leader of the Quebec Green Party
August 16th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
Earlier this week rabble was able to sit down with Claude Sabourin, the leader of the Parti Vert du Quebec. We met in a cozy coffee shop in the provincial riding of NDG, where Sabourin is running and where Quebec's Greens are pinning their hopes of making a breakthrough and finally electing an MNA. Although Sabourin is from the Laurentians, he moved into a place on Sherbrooke street in anticipation of the campaign, and will remain there if he wins
Francois Legault on Twitter: From hero to zero
August 5th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
On Tuesday of last week I discovered that Francois Legault's twitter account had blocked me. A quick look around the social media site revealed I was not alone. On that day he had apparently blocked dozens of people, for unknown reasons
Election call looms in Quebec: Can Charest pull off a fourth term?
July 18th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
This election is a volatile crap shoot, and anyone who tells you they know how it will turn out is reaching. My advice? Vote your conscience, not the lesser of two evils. Quebec is a province where anything is possible, so buckle your seat belt, because it's going to be a wild ride
Quebec court rejects emergency injunction against Bill 78
June 28th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
Quebec Superior Court Chief Justice François Rolland on Wednesday rejected a motion filed by Quebec's student associations asking for an emergency injunction against certain elements of Quebec's contentious Bill 78. In a twenty-one page decision released late Wednesday afternoon, Rolland found that the students case had the "appearance of right", but failed to meet the two other criteria for this type of emergency injunction, namely "irreparable prejudice" and "balance of inconvenience"
Bombshells left and right at hearings into political corruption in Quebec
June 24th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
The picture pained by Duchesneau and his colleagues this week is of municipal and provincial political parties where corruption is not the exception, but the rule. They outlined a political system driven by illegal contributions, where corruption is known about and encouraged at the highest levels
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights criticizes Quebec
June 18th, 2012 | by Ethan Cox
In an opening address to be delivered today to the 47 member UN Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will express her "alarm" at ongoing attempts to restrict freedom of assembly in Quebec
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