Various reflections on the protests
The Toronto Star’s Rosie DiManno gives a fairly balanced look at the demonstrations and their causes, correctly identifying the underlying mood that links them to the Occupy movement. A somewhat more melodramatic piece from CP in the same paper suggests a noir-ish B.D. setting.
Maclean’s current cover is being derided and dogpiled on with its drama about “shutting down a province” and oversimplification about $325. OpenFile has gathered together some of the responses.
Rima Elkouri looks at heightened feelings on both sides of the tuition issue – a good piece with some feel for what’s been happening on this blog as well as everywhere else.
Libération also has us on their weekend cover – and we now have a section in the Guardian.
Ian 22:46 on 2012/05/25 Permalink
You find the DiManno piece balanced? It seems to repeat most of the ROC “entitled students, small tuition increase” tropes. I’m not seeing “balanced” so much as “patronizing and unoriginal”.
Kate 22:54 on 2012/05/25 Permalink
Oh, I’m just trying to move this blog to the right to satisfy some of my readers.
Seriously though, I was over-charmed by the fact she actually clued in that the demonstrations are linked to Occupy-style economic dissatisfaction as well as the initial tuition issue.
ant6n 23:28 on 2012/05/25 Permalink
The national post has two editorials giving two sides … or something: It’s the older generation that’s entitled, not students; and Quebecs mindless mobs reflect english/french divide.
qatzelok 20:51 on 2012/05/27 Permalink
Rosie DiManno reported on the following as if it was a real demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCQTWzCKmHU
Robert H 08:02 on 2012/05/28 Permalink
I’m a few days late on this, sorry, but this bears noting:
«…dans les deux camps, le débat est de plus en plus hargneux.»
«On s’embarrasse de moins en moins de civilités. On confond les insultes et les arguments. On s’attaque aux gens plutôt qu’à leurs idées.»
Has Rima Elkouri been reading your blog?
«…reprocher à un chroniqueur d’être subjectif, c’est comme reprocher à un jardinier de jardiner. La chronique est par définition subjective. On lit un chroniqueur non pas pour qu’il nous livre un compte rendu neutre…»
« Sa subjectivité assumée s’appuiera, s’il y croit, sur une quête d’objectivité, c’est-à-dire une volonté de décrire la réalité sans que ses goûts, ses intérêts, ses préjugés viennent altérer son jugement…»
That does it. She’s definitely been reading your blog…or channeling your thoughts.