Les Perreaux
@perreaux.bsky.social
Editor. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/
Retired reporter. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/les-perreaux/
Retired reporter. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/les-perreaux/
Rachel Samson: La capacité du budget à remplir ses promesses reste à démontrer. Pour réussir, la fonction publique devra exceller dans l’exécution, alors que son personnel et son financement réduits.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Rachel Samson: La capacité du budget à remplir ses promesses reste à démontrer. Pour réussir, la fonction publique devra exceller dans l’exécution, alors que son personnel et son financement réduits.
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policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2025/11/b... @policyoptions.irpp.org @rsamson.bsky.social
Somebody should mobiliZe to buy Mark Carney a CANADIAN Oxford Dictionary.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Somebody should mobiliZe to buy Mark Carney a CANADIAN Oxford Dictionary.
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This is going to be a fantastic event and I can’t wait to come up to Ottawa for it. See you there 💫
Join us on Nov 18 for our annual Fall Lecture with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, one of North America’s top voices on health & science misinformation. He'll unpack the forces shaping our “information chaos” & what it takes to separate fact from fiction in today’s world.
🎟️Register now: irpp.org?p=20841
🎟️Register now: irpp.org?p=20841
How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation - IRPP
Join us for an evening of dialogue and networking with Canada’s dynamic public policy community. This year’s IRPP fall lecture will feature Canadian author and scholar Timothy Caulfield, one of Nort...
irpp.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is going to be a fantastic event and I can’t wait to come up to Ottawa for it. See you there 💫
I stopped covering muncipal campaigns a few years ago and had to start reading up like a regular citizen before I vote.
As I was perusing the CBC promise tracker, I was amused to find this on one of the biggest city challenges. (Yes, the details behind the promises are different, but still.)
As I was perusing the CBC promise tracker, I was amused to find this on one of the biggest city challenges. (Yes, the details behind the promises are different, but still.)
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I stopped covering muncipal campaigns a few years ago and had to start reading up like a regular citizen before I vote.
As I was perusing the CBC promise tracker, I was amused to find this on one of the biggest city challenges. (Yes, the details behind the promises are different, but still.)
As I was perusing the CBC promise tracker, I was amused to find this on one of the biggest city challenges. (Yes, the details behind the promises are different, but still.)
Montreal has managed to go 12 years without a mayor resigning in disgrace. Thank you Valerie Plante and may new mayor Martinez Ferrada extend the streak to 16.
(It’s a low bar I know but you should have seen the place before.)
(It’s a low bar I know but you should have seen the place before.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Montreal has managed to go 12 years without a mayor resigning in disgrace. Thank you Valerie Plante and may new mayor Martinez Ferrada extend the streak to 16.
(It’s a low bar I know but you should have seen the place before.)
(It’s a low bar I know but you should have seen the place before.)
There will be the usual lectures about turnout in the Montreal municipal election but in 34 years of voting I’ve never come closer to not bothering.
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
There will be the usual lectures about turnout in the Montreal municipal election but in 34 years of voting I’ve never come closer to not bothering.
Pity the Sunday news reporters in Toronto who thought they’d be covering a victory party today but are instead chasing the red-head kid.
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pity the Sunday news reporters in Toronto who thought they’d be covering a victory party today but are instead chasing the red-head kid.
I thought the Jays were good at things like not falling asleep on bases.
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I thought the Jays were good at things like not falling asleep on bases.
There are a lot of Torontonians in this Montreal bar.
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
There are a lot of Torontonians in this Montreal bar.
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Shohei wearing those New Balances, like a dad
November 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Shohei wearing those New Balances, like a dad
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If Canadian PM Carney manages a “reset” with China, it will be the fifth reset in 20 years under three Prime Ministers. Two of those resets have required their own reset, by the same PM, after they went south. Heavy lies the hand on the China Reset button
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Carney wants a China ‘reset.’ May he avoid the mistakes of the previous four
To be sure, the Prime Minister has good reasons to attempt this century’s fifth reset
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If Canadian PM Carney manages a “reset” with China, it will be the fifth reset in 20 years under three Prime Ministers. Two of those resets have required their own reset, by the same PM, after they went south. Heavy lies the hand on the China Reset button
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
My 11-year-old officially works harder to accommodate people at his birthday parties than the Quebec state.
Bill 94 has passed in Quebec.
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Students and staff will have to attend school with their faces uncovered. Menus adapted to religious restrictions will be prohibited. Absences or leave granted to staff for religious celebrations also gone. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/30/q...
Religious symbols ban: Quebec passes law to prevent students, staff from covering their faces
The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system. From now on, students will have to attend school with their faces uncovered, as will v...
montreal.citynews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My 11-year-old officially works harder to accommodate people at his birthday parties than the Quebec state.
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My longstanding unpopular stance is that the beginning of the end was comment sections on news stories. The day we created this false narrative that everyone is entitled to "weigh in" on literal facts, we created the conditions for this BS where you have to "hear people out" or you're censoring.
The era of “you’re all under a moral obligation to elevate the worst stances and treat them as acceptable” has not produced good results, but if we do it even more, maybe the positives will start to appear.
Mind-blowing stuff from Robby Soave.
"Podcasters should not avoid Fuentes." Of course they should. Deplatforming Nazis is good. Not amplifying them is not censorship.
Also laughable to claim Fuentes has been deplatformed. His growing reach is directly tied to MAGA destigmatizing naked racism.
"Podcasters should not avoid Fuentes." Of course they should. Deplatforming Nazis is good. Not amplifying them is not censorship.
Also laughable to claim Fuentes has been deplatformed. His growing reach is directly tied to MAGA destigmatizing naked racism.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My longstanding unpopular stance is that the beginning of the end was comment sections on news stories. The day we created this false narrative that everyone is entitled to "weigh in" on literal facts, we created the conditions for this BS where you have to "hear people out" or you're censoring.
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Join us on Nov 18 for our annual Fall Lecture with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, one of North America’s top voices on health & science misinformation. He'll unpack the forces shaping our “information chaos” & what it takes to separate fact from fiction in today’s world.
🎟️Register now: irpp.org?p=20841
🎟️Register now: irpp.org?p=20841
How to Escape the Fake: Making Good Policy in the Age of Misinformation - IRPP
Join us for an evening of dialogue and networking with Canada’s dynamic public policy community. This year’s IRPP fall lecture will feature Canadian author and scholar Timothy Caulfield, one of Nort...
irpp.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Join us on Nov 18 for our annual Fall Lecture with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, one of North America’s top voices on health & science misinformation. He'll unpack the forces shaping our “information chaos” & what it takes to separate fact from fiction in today’s world.
🎟️Register now: irpp.org?p=20841
🎟️Register now: irpp.org?p=20841
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En tout cas, c'est pas le moment de se déguiser en Bob L'Éponge.
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
En tout cas, c'est pas le moment de se déguiser en Bob L'Éponge.
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An amazing obituary with an unexpected appearance by the Raelian movement, a cult known for UFO belief and sexual libertinism.
In his first job interview with Reuters, Anthony Grey was asked why he wanted to cover international news. To be mixed up in important events, he said. His wish would come true — to a ruinous degree reut.rs/4oP6r83
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
An amazing obituary with an unexpected appearance by the Raelian movement, a cult known for UFO belief and sexual libertinism.
Every once in a while I discover a hole in my news knowledge because I didn't get past the ragey internet discussion.
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Every once in a while I discover a hole in my news knowledge because I didn't get past the ragey internet discussion.
Michael M. Atkinson & Haizhen Mou: "Creating an independent fiscal council charged with designing fiscal rules and monitoring compliance would help restore discipline to Canada’s fiscal governance."
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/fede...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/fede...
Fiscal rules and the return of discipline to Canada’s finances
An independent fiscal council could help Canada restore discipline, credibility and accountability in managing deficits and debt.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Michael M. Atkinson & Haizhen Mou: "Creating an independent fiscal council charged with designing fiscal rules and monitoring compliance would help restore discipline to Canada’s fiscal governance."
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/fede...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/fede...
Et voila: The English version of Luc Godbout and Suzie St-Cerny on where Quebec has made progress and where it is falling back economically and fiscally since the 1995 referendum.
policyoptions.irpp.org/issues/socio...
policyoptions.irpp.org/issues/socio...
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Et voila: The English version of Luc Godbout and Suzie St-Cerny on where Quebec has made progress and where it is falling back economically and fiscally since the 1995 referendum.
policyoptions.irpp.org/issues/socio...
policyoptions.irpp.org/issues/socio...
Tonight’s hockey opinion is they should eliminate the first and third TV timeout and just play ads between whistles since most stoppages are 25 seconds anyway.
(Yes my hidden agenda is to make my DVR skip-ahead more efficient.)
(Yes my hidden agenda is to make my DVR skip-ahead more efficient.)
October 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Tonight’s hockey opinion is they should eliminate the first and third TV timeout and just play ads between whistles since most stoppages are 25 seconds anyway.
(Yes my hidden agenda is to make my DVR skip-ahead more efficient.)
(Yes my hidden agenda is to make my DVR skip-ahead more efficient.)
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Nous publions aujourd'hui un rapport sur l'appui à la souveraineté du Québec (et bien d'autres sujets connexes!). Ce rapport fait partie de l'enquête annuelle "Confédération de demain".
centre.irpp.org/fr/research-...
centre.irpp.org/fr/research-...
Trente ans après le référendum de 1995 : le Québec, le Canada et la question nationale - Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation
Positions nuancées sur la souveraineté : Environ un tiers des Québécois francophones se disent principalement souverainistes, un autre tiers principalement fédéralistes. La majorité des Québécois fran...
centre.irpp.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Nous publions aujourd'hui un rapport sur l'appui à la souveraineté du Québec (et bien d'autres sujets connexes!). Ce rapport fait partie de l'enquête annuelle "Confédération de demain".
centre.irpp.org/fr/research-...
centre.irpp.org/fr/research-...
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Wouldn't it be great if someone found a way to do a crisp English-language summary of the excellent @irpp.org report from @cbreton.bsky.social on the state of Quebec politics 30 years after the 1995 referendum?
cdnsurveystuff.substack.com/p/federalist...
cdnsurveystuff.substack.com/p/federalist...
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Wouldn't it be great if someone found a way to do a crisp English-language summary of the excellent @irpp.org report from @cbreton.bsky.social on the state of Quebec politics 30 years after the 1995 referendum?
cdnsurveystuff.substack.com/p/federalist...
cdnsurveystuff.substack.com/p/federalist...
Luc Godbout & Suzie St-Cerny: Trente ans après le référendum, le Québec est plus riche et plus égalitaire, mais il est confronté à de grands défis économiques, sociaux et de finances publiques. @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2025/10/l...
(English version to come!)
(English version to come!)
Québec 1995-2025 : progrès, défis et bilan socioéconomique
Trente ans après le référendum, le Québec est plus riche et plus égalitaire, mais fait face à de nouveaux défis économiques et sociaux.
policyoptions.irpp.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Luc Godbout & Suzie St-Cerny: Trente ans après le référendum, le Québec est plus riche et plus égalitaire, mais il est confronté à de grands défis économiques, sociaux et de finances publiques. @policyoptions.irpp.org policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/2025/10/l...
(English version to come!)
(English version to come!)
Tonight’s baseball opinion is you shouldn’t take out players who are cooking.
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Tonight’s baseball opinion is you shouldn’t take out players who are cooking.
My only baseball opinion tonight is you don’t risk taking the bat out of the hands of your last great batter.
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
My only baseball opinion tonight is you don’t risk taking the bat out of the hands of your last great batter.