Toula Drimonis
@ToulasTake
Writer/columnist. Feminist. Bylines: @thecut, @macleans, @msmagazine, @NatObserver, @cultmtl, @mtlgazette, @ricochet_en, @nationalpost. 📧[email protected]
Friends, I wrote a book and I hope you’ll read it. It’s about immigration, xenophobia, how counterproductive “othering” can be for social cohesion & integration; + a whole lot more. It will be available in September but those interested can pre-order now. lindaleith.com/eng/Pages/book…
Today is the last day to tell the City of Montreal how you feel about $10K fines for noise complaints An online public consultation form allows Montrealers to weigh in on a new noise bylaw that would increase first-offence fines for music venues by 566%. cultmtl.com/2025/07/today-…
‘I didn’t think I was going to make it’: Black man says Laval police rammed him off his motorcycle, beat him | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/article10…
Vous avez vraiment trouvé la bonne image, jeu à somme nulle. Zero-sum belongs to the partisan political game, not to policy-making, yet is CAQ's framing of, and approach to, far too many issues (re language and immigration particularly). The latest: CPE spaces. Thoughtful piece!
Une autre excellente chronique de @ToulasTake
Drimonis: CAQ’s zero-sum politics add up to a loss for Quebec montrealgazette.com/news/provincia…
A Montreal-based organization promoting democracy and digital rights is using a billboard in New York’s iconic Times Square to urge Americans to resist cuts to U.S. foreign aid. montreal.citynews.ca/2025/07/25/mon…
Garderies subventionnées | Les expulsions d’enfants sont suspendues | La Presse lapresse.ca/actualites/202…
Drimonis: CAQ’s zero-sum politics add up to a loss for Quebec montrealgazette.com/news/provincia…
“Are they aware of the number of francophones who are employed by, teach or study at English-language institutions?” That’s 🙋🏻♀️! @ToulasTake Read more at: montrealgazette.com/news/provincia…
Drimonis: CAQ’s zero-sum politics add up to a loss for Quebec montrealgazette.com/news/provincia…
“The Legault government seems stubbornly stuck in the Quebec of yesteryear, fighting enemies that no longer exist” We, francos, need to learn about, embrace and take pride in McGill and other English-speaking institutions. They are part of what makes us who we are, collectively
“A Quebec institution is a Quebec institution. Their success is the bedrock of our collective success. We all lose when one of us takes a hit.” Drimonis: CAQ’s zero-sum politics add up to a loss for Quebec | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/provincia…
« Les étudiant·es et les professeur·es des deux établissements qualifient le rapport de « biaisé », « fallacieux » et « tendancieux ». Enquête sur Dawson et Vanier: les communautés rejettent le rapport dans son intégralité – Pivot pivot.quebec/2025/07/24/enq…
La France va reconnaître l’État de Palestine | La Presse lapresse.ca/international/…
2 years ago today, Twitter became X.
2 years ago today, Twitter became X.
Scotland is out of f*cks.
Tomorrow's front page📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland
«La jeune femme a été contre-interrogée pendant sept jours par les équipes légales des cinq accusés. «C’est inhumain», déplore Mme Lemay. En comparaison, un seul joueur a pris la barre, les accusés n’étant pas obligés de témoigner dans un procès criminel.» lapresse.ca/actualites/202…
He fled Cuba’s regime and married a Quebecer. Then ICE took him. | Montreal Gazette montrealgazette.com/news/article10…
