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In 2006 fifteen suburban municipalities of Montreal partially regained the autonomy they lost during the 2002 mergers. The fact that most of these were affluent suburbs did not go unnoticed. Supporters of the "one island, one city" project saw the demerged municipalities as fiscal and linguistic enclaves refusing integration into the wider metropolitan community, but for merger opponents they represented the last political institutions of Quebec's anglophone community, with long-established local identities and distinct political cultures. Harold Berube studies three of these "distinct...

In 2006 fifteen suburban municipalities of Montreal partially regained the autonomy they lost during the 2002 mergers. The fact that most of these were affluent suburbs did not go unnoticed. Supporters of the "one island, one city" project saw the demerged municipalities as fiscal and linguistic enclaves refusing integration into the wider metropolitan community, but for merger opponents they represented the last political institutions of Quebec's anglophone community, with long-established local identities and distinct political cultures. Harold Berube studies three of these "distinct...

According to historian Denis Vaugeois, when it comes to the history of the Maurice Duplessis government, people have been making up stories for the last six decades. In politics, the generally accepted image of pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec is that of a society crushed by a ubiquitous Catholic Church, complicit with a corrupt Union Nationale government. The 1960 rise to power of Jean Lesage's Liberal Party was what put an end to that powerful alliance and allowed Quebec to enter modernity. Could it be that the Catholic clergy's political leanings differed from this popular conception, and...

According to historian Denis Vaugeois, when it comes to the history of the Maurice Duplessis government, people have been making up stories for the last six decades. In politics, the generally accepted image of pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec is that of a society crushed by a ubiquitous Catholic Church, complicit with a corrupt Union Nationale government. The 1960 rise to power of Jean Lesage's Liberal Party was what put an end to that powerful alliance and allowed Quebec to enter modernity. Could it be that the Catholic clergy's political leanings differed from this popular conception, and...

La gouvernance communautaire, comme la gouvernance publique et privee, doit innover, et apprendre de maniere continue a faire mieux en faisant autrement. Or, cela ne peut se faire que grace a la collaboration, et celle-ci va prendre des formes diverses selon le milieu. L'innovation sociale adopte aussi des formes differentes en divers points d'un pays comme le Canada fait de societes distinctes par la langue, la culture et les arrangements institutionnels. Le fait que le monde communautaire se decline au pluriel implique que la collaboration est souvent plus difficile et que l'innovation se...