Articles by Colin Standish

Jan 14 2021 — Colin Standish — National Newswatch — I nearly fell out of my chair when I heard in the Throne Speech last Fall that the long-awaited Official Languages Act (OLA) overhaul would now scrap linguistic equality and French would now be prioritized over English.  Spurred by spurious reports of declining French usage in stores in downtown Montreal, the federal government has proposed […]

Sep 21 2015 — Colin Standish — We need a new model for the discussion of the independence or secession of Quebec. When talk of Quebec secession flares up, as it did during the first leaders’ debate, I remember what it was like being a nine-year old child in my Eastern Townships village of Cookshire in 1995. The national unity debate for […]