Luc Turgeon
@lturgeon.bsky.social
Professeur de science politique/Professor of Political Science. Ottawa.
Comme Le monde d'hier de Stefan Zweig est mon livre préféré, je vous suggère fortement cette chronique de Josée Blanchette qui en cite plusieurs extraits.
Le monde d’hier revisité
Entretien posthume avec Stefan Zweig.
www.ledevoir.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Comme Le monde d'hier de Stefan Zweig est mon livre préféré, je vous suggère fortement cette chronique de Josée Blanchette qui en cite plusieurs extraits.
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1. A few thoughts on this Globe and Mail editorial. Over a decade ago, I interviewed a European senior civil servant on his country's approach to increasing the bureaucratic representation of ethnocultal minorities. He lost it on me, denouncing what he saw as the "unbearable smugness of Canadians".
Globe editorial: Canada has gutted its economic migration program
Francophones are now the highest priority group of skilled workers, passing over better-qualified applicants who don’t speak French
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
1. A few thoughts on this Globe and Mail editorial. Over a decade ago, I interviewed a European senior civil servant on his country's approach to increasing the bureaucratic representation of ethnocultal minorities. He lost it on me, denouncing what he saw as the "unbearable smugness of Canadians".
1. A few thoughts on this Globe and Mail editorial. Over a decade ago, I interviewed a European senior civil servant on his country's approach to increasing the bureaucratic representation of ethnocultal minorities. He lost it on me, denouncing what he saw as the "unbearable smugness of Canadians".
Globe editorial: Canada has gutted its economic migration program
Francophones are now the highest priority group of skilled workers, passing over better-qualified applicants who don’t speak French
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
1. A few thoughts on this Globe and Mail editorial. Over a decade ago, I interviewed a European senior civil servant on his country's approach to increasing the bureaucratic representation of ethnocultal minorities. He lost it on me, denouncing what he saw as the "unbearable smugness of Canadians".
LE PETIT PETIT QUÉBEC
Le mouvement souverainiste se ratatine.
pivot.quebec
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Dans son ouvrage encensé par les nationalistes conservateurs, le Schisme identitaire, E-A Beauregard affirmait que le nationalisme écossais était trop « woke », et que les nationalistes québécois devaient s’inspirer du Brexit. Finalement, c’est le Wexit qui semble inspirer certains d’entre eux.
Le chef du PQ se rapproche d’un leader souverainiste de l’Alberta
Il existe des liens plus étroits que ne le laisse entendre Paul St-Pierre Plamondon entre lui et l’un des leaders du mouvement souverainiste albertain, Mitch Sylvestre. Ce dernier le qualifie d’« ami ...
www.lapresse.ca
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Dans son ouvrage encensé par les nationalistes conservateurs, le Schisme identitaire, E-A Beauregard affirmait que le nationalisme écossais était trop « woke », et que les nationalistes québécois devaient s’inspirer du Brexit. Finalement, c’est le Wexit qui semble inspirer certains d’entre eux.
Rudy Giuliani, repping the Swedish national hockey team.
Wearing a cross outside the mustard suit brings the ensemble all together.
January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Rudy Giuliani, repping the Swedish national hockey team.
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If you want to get more people frequenting downtown businesses maybe fix the nightmare that is Ottawa public transit.
Between 7 and 10am this morning, 5 of 10 buses on my route were cancelled. I can’t rely on that at all.
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Between 7 and 10am this morning, 5 of 10 buses on my route were cancelled. I can’t rely on that at all.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Downtown Ottawa businesses eager for return of federal public servants
Hybrid working arrangements have taken a toll on restaurants and food shops that relied on daily traffic
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM
If you want to get more people frequenting downtown businesses maybe fix the nightmare that is Ottawa public transit.
Between 7 and 10am this morning, 5 of 10 buses on my route were cancelled. I can’t rely on that at all.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Between 7 and 10am this morning, 5 of 10 buses on my route were cancelled. I can’t rely on that at all.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
1. M. Carney needs better Quebec advisors. Here is what he said this week: “The Plains of Abraham mark a battlefield, and also the place where Canada began to make its founding choice of accommodation over assimilation, of partnership over domination, of building together over pulling apart.”
January 24, 2026 at 1:17 PM
1. M. Carney needs better Quebec advisors. Here is what he said this week: “The Plains of Abraham mark a battlefield, and also the place where Canada began to make its founding choice of accommodation over assimilation, of partnership over domination, of building together over pulling apart.”
Jean Dorion était un grand Québécois pour qui le nationalisme et la défense du français pouvaient être conciliés avec l'ouverture au monde et une vision pluraliste de la nation. Au cours des dernières années, il a dénoncé courageusement certaines dérives du nationalisme québécois.
L’ancien député bloquiste Jean Dorion meurt à l’âge de 83 ans
L’ex-député bloquiste Jean Dorion, qui a aussi été président de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal (SSJB) et délégué général du Québec à Tokyo, s’est éteint à l’âge de 83 ans.
www.lapresse.ca
January 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Jean Dorion était un grand Québécois pour qui le nationalisme et la défense du français pouvaient être conciliés avec l'ouverture au monde et une vision pluraliste de la nation. Au cours des dernières années, il a dénoncé courageusement certaines dérives du nationalisme québécois.
Ça sera de la musique aux oreilles de Mathieu Bock-Côté qui écrivait la chose suivante il y a quelques jours (Trump et nous, Journal de Montréal, 11 janvier).
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Ça sera de la musique aux oreilles de Mathieu Bock-Côté qui écrivait la chose suivante il y a quelques jours (Trump et nous, Journal de Montréal, 11 janvier).
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To add one more layer to this. About 10 years ago my formidable former Globe and Mail colleague Renata D'Aliesio took on a mission to document suicide following the Afghanistan mission. In some initial reporting she found 54 Canadian soldiers and veterans had died from suicide. +
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
To add one more layer to this. About 10 years ago my formidable former Globe and Mail colleague Renata D'Aliesio took on a mission to document suicide following the Afghanistan mission. In some initial reporting she found 54 Canadian soldiers and veterans had died from suicide. +
List includes buses 6 and 7, which are the two buses I can take to go work. And which explains why I decided to drive today. But hey, according to our mayor, all is good because we have the lowest property tax increase amongst large Canadian cities.
In bad week for bus reliability, these were OC Transpo’s 10 most cancelled routes | CBC News
OC Transpo’s nightmare week for bus cancellations hit some of its busiest routes especially hard. Now, several city councillors are calling for immediate action.
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
List includes buses 6 and 7, which are the two buses I can take to go work. And which explains why I decided to drive today. But hey, according to our mayor, all is good because we have the lowest property tax increase amongst large Canadian cities.
This is Ottawa city politics summarized to its core essence. A twenty-five year obsession, post-amalgamation, with "keeyping property tax increases low". Meanwhile, we have one of the most expensive (to user) and least reliable transit system in the country, as well as crumbling infrastructures.
Ottawa’s property tax increases have been the lowest of any major city in Canada.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is Ottawa city politics summarized to its core essence. A twenty-five year obsession, post-amalgamation, with "keeyping property tax increases low". Meanwhile, we have one of the most expensive (to user) and least reliable transit system in the country, as well as crumbling infrastructures.
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Let the historical record note that the business elites at Davos repeatedly laughed during a fascist speech that declared intent to annex another country’s land, promoted election conspiracies and railed against the free press
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Let the historical record note that the business elites at Davos repeatedly laughed during a fascist speech that declared intent to annex another country’s land, promoted election conspiracies and railed against the free press
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1. A recent, nostalgy-infused trend on social media has been to post about #2016. For me, the best album of 2016 was Hopelessness by Anonhi, one of the best political albums of all time. It dealt with issues that are, sadly, still relevant today.
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
1. A recent, nostalgy-infused trend on social media has been to post about #2016. For me, the best album of 2016 was Hopelessness by Anonhi, one of the best political albums of all time. It dealt with issues that are, sadly, still relevant today.
1. A recent, nostalgy-infused trend on social media has been to post about #2016. For me, the best album of 2016 was Hopelessness by Anonhi, one of the best political albums of all time. It dealt with issues that are, sadly, still relevant today.
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
1. A recent, nostalgy-infused trend on social media has been to post about #2016. For me, the best album of 2016 was Hopelessness by Anonhi, one of the best political albums of all time. It dealt with issues that are, sadly, still relevant today.
Un très bon bilan de la première année de la deuxième administration Trump de la collègue et amie @debthompsonphd.bsky.social
Year one of Donald Trump’s second term has been catastrophic for American democracy
The past year has been marked by near-constant upheaval, with new, revised or abandoned directives emerging from the Oval Office almost daily. The result is a sustained and dangerous transformation in...
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Un très bon bilan de la première année de la deuxième administration Trump de la collègue et amie @debthompsonphd.bsky.social
Une excellente chronique d’Alain. À lire!
Nouvelle chronique, sur l'angle mort des discours sur la polarisation politique
policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2026/01/m...
policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2026/01/m...
Le rôle de la droite radicale dans la polarisation politique
États-Unis, Europe, Amérique latine : la montée de la droite radicale alimente une polarisation politique qui menace la démocratie.
policyoptions.irpp.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Une excellente chronique d’Alain. À lire!
La démission de François Legault en 2026 ressemble beaucoup à celle de Brian Mulroney en 1993. J'ai l'impression que l'impact risque d'être le même.
January 14, 2026 at 3:59 PM
La démission de François Legault en 2026 ressemble beaucoup à celle de Brian Mulroney en 1993. J'ai l'impression que l'impact risque d'être le même.
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Doug Ford, le premier ministre de moins en moins « téflon »
Lisez la chronique politique de Luc Turgeon, professeur à l’École d’études politiques de l’Université d’Ottawa.
Lisez la chronique politique de Luc Turgeon, professeur à l’École d’études politiques de l’Université d’Ottawa.
Doug Ford, le premier ministre de moins en moins « téflon »
OTTAWA - Les politologues ne sont pas reconnus pour leur capacité à prédire l’avenir. Très peu d’entre nous avaient d’ailleurs anticipé le retour des libéraux fédéraux au pouvoir en 2015 ou encore l’é...
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January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Doug Ford, le premier ministre de moins en moins « téflon »
Lisez la chronique politique de Luc Turgeon, professeur à l’École d’études politiques de l’Université d’Ottawa.
Lisez la chronique politique de Luc Turgeon, professeur à l’École d’études politiques de l’Université d’Ottawa.
Ça fait quand même longtemps que l'Est et le nord de Montréal sont mal servis en termes d'infrastructures.
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Ça fait quand même longtemps que l'Est et le nord de Montréal sont mal servis en termes d'infrastructures.
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Odd messaging from the government of Ontario. It apprently wants us to be organ donors, not to help women who need a transplant per se, but because their husbands can't survive without a wife to take care of them. Ad in today's @hilltimes.com, page 3.
January 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Odd messaging from the government of Ontario. It apprently wants us to be organ donors, not to help women who need a transplant per se, but because their husbands can't survive without a wife to take care of them. Ad in today's @hilltimes.com, page 3.
Au cours des prochains mois, j'écrirai un chronique mensuelle pour @onfrtfo.bsky.social, principalement sur la politique ontarienne. Voici ma première contribution où je discute des enjeux à surveiller en 2026.
Doug Ford, le premier ministre de moins en moins « téflon »
OTTAWA - Les politologues ne sont pas reconnus pour leur capacité à prédire l’avenir. Très peu d’entre nous avaient d’ailleurs anticipé le retour des libéraux fédéraux au pouvoir en 2015 ou encore l’é...
onfr.tfo.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Au cours des prochains mois, j'écrirai un chronique mensuelle pour @onfrtfo.bsky.social, principalement sur la politique ontarienne. Voici ma première contribution où je discute des enjeux à surveiller en 2026.
L'Ontario avec le deuxième taux de chômage le plus élevé au Canada/Ontario with the second highest unemployment rate in Canada.
Le taux de chômage a augmenté de 0,3 points au Canada (pour s'établir à 6,8%), mais le Québec continue à afficher le plus faible bilan parmi les 10 provinces (5,4% vs 7,9% en Ontario).
Source: Statistique Canada
Source: Statistique Canada
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
L'Ontario avec le deuxième taux de chômage le plus élevé au Canada/Ontario with the second highest unemployment rate in Canada.
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🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7