Op-Ed: The Case for a Liberal Minority in Quebec
Note: this op-ed presents only the opinion of the author and is not an endorsement from the McGill Journal of Political Studies nor the McGill Political Science Students’ Association. Read More
Relationship Advice: Quebec and Ottawa After the 2018 Election
Read all our Quebec Election coverage here. With the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) and Parti Liberal du Quebec (PLQ) neck-in-neck in the race to become the next governing party of More
A is for Anglophone: What the Historic English-Language Debate Signals for Quebec Politics
Read all our Quebec Election coverage here. Since the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, politics in Quebec have been consistently characterized as “explosive.” Whether about nationalizing hydroelectricity, refusing to sign More
Rebuilding Somalia, And Why It Matters
Somalia’s contemporary history is that of a country’s shift from a time once prosperous, independent and democratic, to a military dictatorship, civil war, and ineffective institutions. The ongoing civil war More
Money Doesn’t Matter: Where’s the Backlash Against Financial Integration?
Contemporary times will be remembered as one of significant waves of backlash against globalization. While such waves of backlash are not new – we saw one through the 1970s – More
The Age of Twitplomacy: The Saudi-Canada Feud
In early August, Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland used Twitter to denounce the imprisonment of Samar Badawi by Saudi Arabia. This criticism has led to a number of More
The Uneven Burn: Climate Change and Social Inequality
The effects of climate change have arrived, and to the best of our knowledge, they’re here to stay. The past 3 years have been the hottest on record, with climate More
‘What in Fordnation!?’: Behind Doug Ford’s Unprecedented Override of the Constitution
This is a collaborative article written by the Canadian Politics authors: Samuel Moir, Katherine Cuplinskas, and Catharina O’Donnell. On September 10th, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced his intention to proceed More
Never Again: Bringing Justice to Myanmar
On August 22nd, the United Nations called for an international court to put on trial Myanmar’s high ranking military officials. Military officials are facing charges of conducting genocide against the More
Fake News, Real Consequences
In April 2018, a doctored video of a child being kidnapped circulated India through the Facebook-owned messaging platform Whatsapp. As a result of this video, at least 25 people have More