TORONTO – “Things don’t have to be standardized. Everyone is searching for something and chasing your dream is a little easier when you think outside the box” – Italian Film Director Sydney Sibilia
TORONTO – Gasoline prices are rising again in Canada. According to an industry analyst, Ontario will see “a big jump” in prices at gas stations this week: prices will reach “levels not seen in almost two years”.
OTTAWA – Keeping one foot in more shoes is his philosophy: he supports Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberal government but, at the same time, claims to be in opposition with his “Left” party, the NDP. Even on the carbon tax, Jagmeet Singh remains faithful to his philosophy, not taking a precise and definitive position. Sometimes he makes it clear that he is against it, sometimes in favor. And so he “gets by”, acting – also in this case – in opposition to the Trudeau government and, at the same time, supporting it. →
TORONTO – One might convincingly posit that Michele Placido’s film about Michelangelo Merisi of Caravaggio is a work worthy of the Baroque Artist’s approval – were he alive today to view it. Of course, one will never know, and to expect to capture the full context of a man’s life through a two-hour account, four hundred years removed, is both absurd and impossible.
DRUMMONDVILLE – A few days ago, Francois Legault threatened to call a referendum on immigration (because Quebec wants “more powers, to defend the francophonie”) and “maybe also on other topics”. Then, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrived for a visit: hugs and kisses with Quebec’s premier. Immediately afterwards, on Sunday, an announcement: Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon told about 500 party members at the PQ’s national council in Drummondville that Quebecers have one “last” chance to protect their language and culture amid what he called an “existential threat” from Ottawa. And he reiterated his commitment to a third referendum on Quebec independence if his party were to take power in the next provincial elections.
