Toula Drimonis
@mtltoula.bsky.social
“The possibilities for disgrace are enormous.” - Leonard Cohen on creating art.
Writer, journalist, opinion columnist, flâneuse.
Writer, journalist, opinion columnist, flâneuse.
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CAQ vs. doctors, CAQ vs. democracy.
Bill 2: CAQ’s 8th use of notwithstanding clause signals dangerous ‘authoritarian drift’
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#polqc
Bill 2: CAQ’s 8th use of notwithstanding clause signals dangerous ‘authoritarian drift’
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#polqc
Bill 2: CAQ's 8th use of notwithstanding clause signals dangerous 'authoritarian drift'
The CAQ government has been eroding Quebecers’ rights by constantly and way-too-casually resorting to the notwithstanding clause.
cultmtl.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
CAQ vs. doctors, CAQ vs. democracy.
Bill 2: CAQ’s 8th use of notwithstanding clause signals dangerous ‘authoritarian drift’
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#polqc
Bill 2: CAQ’s 8th use of notwithstanding clause signals dangerous ‘authoritarian drift’
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
#polqc
Imagine living this kind of crazy life and still dying peacefully in your bed.
Gerald Matticks, Montreal’s ‘king of coke’, dies at 85 montrealgazette.com/news/gerald-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Imagine living this kind of crazy life and still dying peacefully in your bed.
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Canada to accelerate high-speed rail project connecting Quebec City and Toronto
“Canada’s largest infrastructure project ever will connect nearly 20 million Canadians between Quebec City and Toronto with 300km/hour high-speed rail.”
“Canada’s largest infrastructure project ever will connect nearly 20 million Canadians between Quebec City and Toronto with 300km/hour high-speed rail.”
Canada to accelerate high-speed rail project connecting Quebec City and Toronto
With the passing of the budget, the Government of Canada will fast-track the Alto high-speed rail project to connect Quebec City and Toronto.
cultmtl.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Canada to accelerate high-speed rail project connecting Quebec City and Toronto
“Canada’s largest infrastructure project ever will connect nearly 20 million Canadians between Quebec City and Toronto with 300km/hour high-speed rail.”
“Canada’s largest infrastructure project ever will connect nearly 20 million Canadians between Quebec City and Toronto with 300km/hour high-speed rail.”
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Why are Quebec doctors quitting, striking, or applying to practise elsewhere? The answer lies in a sweeping new law—and a government betting big on control over consultation. thewalrus.ca/quebecs-new-heal...
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why are Quebec doctors quitting, striking, or applying to practise elsewhere? The answer lies in a sweeping new law—and a government betting big on control over consultation. thewalrus.ca/quebecs-new-heal...
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McGill axes varsity and competitive sports teams in sweeping overhaul montrealgazette.com/news/mcgill-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
McGill axes varsity and competitive sports teams in sweeping overhaul montrealgazette.com/news/mcgill-...
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One teen dead, two injured after REM train strikes group near Brossard montrealgazette.com/news/one-tee...
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
One teen dead, two injured after REM train strikes group near Brossard montrealgazette.com/news/one-tee...
Great seeing you, Brendan!
The great thing about the Salon du Livre is meeting friends and fellow writers! @mtltoula.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great seeing you, Brendan!
A big thank you to everyone who came by the Salon du livre de Montréal yesterday to say hi, purchase a copy of my books, or brought their own copy from home for me to sign.
Always a pleasure to meet ppl who’ve been touched by my writing in some way.
#1509 for We, the Others
#1717 Nous, les autres
Always a pleasure to meet ppl who’ve been touched by my writing in some way.
#1509 for We, the Others
#1717 Nous, les autres
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A big thank you to everyone who came by the Salon du livre de Montréal yesterday to say hi, purchase a copy of my books, or brought their own copy from home for me to sign.
Always a pleasure to meet ppl who’ve been touched by my writing in some way.
#1509 for We, the Others
#1717 Nous, les autres
Always a pleasure to meet ppl who’ve been touched by my writing in some way.
#1509 for We, the Others
#1717 Nous, les autres
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Thank you for putting this into words. Like, Sir, I'm from deep in the regions, my family made cheese in Lac St Jean, I was raised on stories about nuns using the strap, I swear like I'm going straight to hell, and ppl from France can't understand my accent when I get going. I'm 110% Quebecker.
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Thank you for putting this into words. Like, Sir, I'm from deep in the regions, my family made cheese in Lac St Jean, I was raised on stories about nuns using the strap, I swear like I'm going straight to hell, and ppl from France can't understand my accent when I get going. I'm 110% Quebecker.
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“The word ‘constitution’ itself is very appealing to many people in Quebec, but in reality the bill just weakens the Quebec Charter of Human Rights.”
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“The word ‘constitution’ itself is very appealing to many people in Quebec, but in reality the bill just weakens the Quebec Charter of Human Rights.”
All parties working extra hard not to get my vote.
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
All parties working extra hard not to get my vote.
Sorry, but what does that even mean? Lol
I *am* 100% a Quebecer. The irony is that it’s mostly PQ partisans who often come on here to tell me that I’m not. 🤷♀️
I *am* 100% a Quebecer. The irony is that it’s mostly PQ partisans who often come on here to tell me that I’m not. 🤷♀️
' I hope I will convince anglophones to be 100 per cent Quebecers' | The Corner Booth montrealgazette.com/news/the-cor...
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sorry, but what does that even mean? Lol
I *am* 100% a Quebecer. The irony is that it’s mostly PQ partisans who often come on here to tell me that I’m not. 🤷♀️
I *am* 100% a Quebecer. The irony is that it’s mostly PQ partisans who often come on here to tell me that I’m not. 🤷♀️
Just terrible… “McGill Athletics said to students it faced an inability to support its full roster of teams with the facilities, staffing and operating budget it currently has.”
McGill axes varsity and competitive sports teams in sweeping overhaul montrealgazette.com/news/mcgill-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just terrible… “McGill Athletics said to students it faced an inability to support its full roster of teams with the facilities, staffing and operating budget it currently has.”
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Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Marimar Martinez is a US citizen who was shot by ICE five times in Chicago.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
She was then arrested, labelled a “domestic terrorist” and slandered on social media.
All charges against her have been dropped.
In this interview she shows on of the seven holes the ICE agent put in her body.
Reposted by Toula Drimonis
« (...) l’exercice de 2022 indiquait que peu de nouveaux arrivants se retrouvaient dans la rue. (...)Les données indiquaient que seulement 2 % des sans-abri étaient réfugiés ou demandeurs d’asile. »
Il paraît que l"arrivée prochaine de l'hiver est due à l'immigration. 🥴.
N'importe quoi.
Il paraît que l"arrivée prochaine de l'hiver est due à l'immigration. 🥴.
N'importe quoi.
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
« (...) l’exercice de 2022 indiquait que peu de nouveaux arrivants se retrouvaient dans la rue. (...)Les données indiquaient que seulement 2 % des sans-abri étaient réfugiés ou demandeurs d’asile. »
Il paraît que l"arrivée prochaine de l'hiver est due à l'immigration. 🥴.
N'importe quoi.
Il paraît que l"arrivée prochaine de l'hiver est due à l'immigration. 🥴.
N'importe quoi.
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Le Premier ministre aurait ajouté : Bravo à vous madame Soraya d'être une immigrante pas dans la rue.
www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...
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Rencontre avec Soraya Martinez Ferrada | Legault fait un lien entre l’itinérance à Montréal et l’immigration
Après une première rencontre avec la nouvelle mairesse de Montréal, le premier ministre François Legault a lié vendredi la crise de l’itinérance à l’immigration. Ouvert à confier plus de pouvoirs à la...
www.lapresse.ca
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Le Premier ministre aurait ajouté : Bravo à vous madame Soraya d'être une immigrante pas dans la rue.
www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...
www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...
As the daughter of immigrants, I could do with a lot less François Legault.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
As the daughter of immigrants, I could do with a lot less François Legault.
Maryse Poisson of the Welcome Collective, which works with asylum seekers, calls the proposed measure “cruel,” adding: “Welfare is the last resort to make sure vulnerable claimants are not evicted, including children.
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Drimonis: Quebec is 'too attractive'? The CAQ is working to fix that
Doctors are fleeing, out-of-province students feel unwelcome and now asylum seekers are being treated as freeloaders.
montrealgazette.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Maryse Poisson of the Welcome Collective, which works with asylum seekers, calls the proposed measure “cruel,” adding: “Welfare is the last resort to make sure vulnerable claimants are not evicted, including children.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Is Quebec Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe even questioning why young Quebecers are increasingly turning to global (mostly English) content, or does he just assume they can’t easily find French content?
It’s crazy how disconnected politicians sometimes are.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
It’s crazy how disconnected politicians sometimes are.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
Quebec’s French streaming plan tests whether Netflix and Spotify stay or go
Proposed law could place a "massive burden" on music and video streamers, raising constitutional questions and probably triggering lawsuits, expert says.
montrealgazette.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Is Quebec Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe even questioning why young Quebecers are increasingly turning to global (mostly English) content, or does he just assume they can’t easily find French content?
It’s crazy how disconnected politicians sometimes are.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
It’s crazy how disconnected politicians sometimes are.
montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/...
I had a fantastic time at last night’s opening of the Black Theatre Workshop’s ‘our space,’ a very funny, yet deeply poignant play about immigration and the length people are willing to go to improve their lives and the lives of those they love.
@theatrebtw.bsky.social
@theatrebtw.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I had a fantastic time at last night’s opening of the Black Theatre Workshop’s ‘our space,’ a very funny, yet deeply poignant play about immigration and the length people are willing to go to improve their lives and the lives of those they love.
@theatrebtw.bsky.social
@theatrebtw.bsky.social
“Maryse Poisson of the Welcome Collective, calls the proposed measure “cruel.”
She says single moms without childcare are precisely the kind of ppl who often find themselves in situations that don’t allow them to work right away even if they have a work permit.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
She says single moms without childcare are precisely the kind of ppl who often find themselves in situations that don’t allow them to work right away even if they have a work permit.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Drimonis: Quebec is 'too attractive'? The CAQ is working to fix that
Doctors are fleeing, out-of-province students feel unwelcome and now asylum seekers are being treated as freeloaders.
montrealgazette.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Maryse Poisson of the Welcome Collective, calls the proposed measure “cruel.”
She says single moms without childcare are precisely the kind of ppl who often find themselves in situations that don’t allow them to work right away even if they have a work permit.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
She says single moms without childcare are precisely the kind of ppl who often find themselves in situations that don’t allow them to work right away even if they have a work permit.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
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Mon quiz d’hier soir : bsky.app/profile/beno...
Quiz • Je suis un dirigeant politique populiste. Je veux moins d’immigrants. Je n’hésite pas à restreindre le droit des immigrants déjà sur mon territoire, au détriment de l’humanisme, histoire de passer un message à ceux qui voudraient immigrer chez moi. Qui suis-je ? (Plus d’une réponse possible.)
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Mon quiz d’hier soir : bsky.app/profile/beno...
“Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge says Quebec is “too attractive” for refugees, which is why, I suppose, the CAQ government appears to be working overtime to decrease its attractiveness — for all of us.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
Drimonis: Quebec is 'too attractive'? The CAQ is working to fix that
Doctors are fleeing, out-of-province students feel unwelcome and now asylum seekers are being treated as freeloaders.
montrealgazette.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge says Quebec is “too attractive” for refugees, which is why, I suppose, the CAQ government appears to be working overtime to decrease its attractiveness — for all of us.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
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Correct Answer
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Correct Answer
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Brownstein: More props for Montreal cuisine on Air Canada's Best New Restaurants list montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Brownstein: More props for Montreal cuisine on Air Canada's Best New Restaurants list montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...