Don Macpherson
The Montreal Gazette
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Past articles by Don:
Macpherson: A 'carte carrée' photo ID for official anglos?
The governing Coalition Avenir Québec party would deny government services in English to everybody but the "historic" anglophone community. → Read More
Macpherson: Summer in the Quebec of François Legault and Bill 21
Video evidence of several incidents of hatred toward Muslims and other minorities has been posted in social media. → Read More
Macpherson: Jason Kenney, the hope of the Quebec independence movement
Alberta's premier appears to be using the threat of a referendum on equalization that might revive Quebec's independence movement. → Read More
Macpherson: Legault makes a case against his own school-boards proposal
Legault implied that since the English boards can go to court to defend the English-speaking community's schools, they must be abolished. → Read More
Macpherson: What the English school seizures mean for minority rights
If minorities can’t rely on the Quebec political system to respect their rights, then they have no choice but to look outside of it. → Read More
Macpherson: Sounding alarms about Quebec majority-minority relations
Relations between the majority and minorities in Quebec are getting worse under the CAQ. And some are writing and saying it in French. → Read More
Macpherson: How the CAQ anti-hijab legislation would affect all Quebecers
The bill would have the effect of encouraging discrimination against Muslims, and weaken protection for the freedoms and rights of all. → Read More
Don Macpherson: Quebec voters just won't stay bought
When a Quebec government gives voters a bribe with their own money, it can’t count on their gratitude at the polls in return. → Read More
Don Macpherson: UPAC, Charest and the story buried in this week's 'scoop'
Quebec's anti-corruption police appear to be out to get former Liberal premier Jean Charest — and maybe the present Liberal government. → Read More
Don Macpherson: The Story of Us isn't
The title The Story of Us implies that there is a single history of Canada, and that the CBC series would tell that history completely. → Read More
Don Macpherson: There's something wrong with that P.J. Stock ad
That Quebec government television ad with hockey commentator P.J. Stock encouraging anglos to learn French is really aimed at francos → Read More
Don Macpherson: The GND effect on Lisée and the PQ
Former student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois's joining the Québec solidaire party has led to an escalation of identity politics by Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée. → Read More
Don Macpherson: The strategy behind the Quebec budget
The Couillard government's latest budget is intended to appease first the bond-rating agencies, then the voters. → Read More
Don Macpherson: Quebec is ready for a politician like Donald Trump — and so is English Canada
Results of a poll commissioned by Radio-Canada suggest widespread alienation among both Quebecers and other Canadians. → Read More
Don Macpherson: The messy Liberal nomination fight in St-Laurent
Justin Trudeau's vaunted new style of politics has again been exposed as merely cosmetic. → Read More
Don Macpherson: Signs of trouble for Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée
The language issue could become a problem for PQ leader Jean-François Lisée at the party’s policy convention in September. → Read More
Don Macpherson: A minority leader for the Parti Québécois
The next leader of the Parti Québécois may not be the first choice of a majority of party members. → Read More
Don Macpherson: The Parti Québécois leadership campaign hangs on a poll
Jean-François Lisée appeared this week to have the momentum in the Parti Québécois leadership campaign. → Read More
Don Macpherson: Where Véronique Hivon's withdrawal leaves the Parti Québécois leadership race
Véronique Hivon’s withdrawal from the Parti Québécois leadership election appears most likely to favour Alexandre Cloutier. → Read More
Don Macpherson: The limited political fallout of the Bain verdict
Prominent Quebec sovereignists refrained from trying to exploit the case once the jury’s decision came down. → Read More