#montreal

As opposition leader, [Stephen Harper] wrote in the Montreal Gazette in the year before he came to power: 'Information is the lifeblood of a democracy. Without adequate access to key information about government policies and programs, citizens and parliamentarians cannot make informed decisions and incompetent or corrupt governments can be hidden under a cloak of secrecy.' When he became prime minister, his attitude appeared to undergo a shift of considerable proportions. It often took the Conservatives twice as long as previous governments to handle access requests. Sometimes it took six months to a year. ↗

— Lawrence Martin

#canada #canadian #canadian-government #canadian-politics #censorship

I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it. ↗

— Todd Barry

#certain #certain things #comedians #comic #else

They've been fairly positive, as firm as they could be in regards to the derivatives operations in Montreal. We didn't sense that there was a hesitation about it. But things change. ↗

— Jean Charest

#been #change #could #derivatives #fairly

We would much prefer to see ownership in the hands of the Maple Group, if only because we would much rather see Canadian ownership of our stock exchange. What we are first of all interested in is making sure that Montreal is able to preserve that niche or expertise. ↗

— Jean Charest

#because #canadian #exchange #expertise #first

I have never had so much fun as in Montreal. I taught the kids French, I baby-sat, I went to school, I was a receptionist at a hairdresser's, I danced and drank all night. I found that the more you do, the more you have time to do... it's weird, non? ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#danced #drank #found #french #fun

I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends. ↗

— Nadia Comaneci

#ended #friends #i #month #montreal

My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life. ↗

— Maria Monk

#before #both #canada #city #had

And, of course, all of my friends and family are so excited because they feel like Montreal is being represented on Mad Men. ↗

— Jessica Pare

#being #course #excited #family #feel

I'm thinking about a few weeks in Montreal to work with a producer I met there. ↗

— Kimbra

#few #i #met #montreal #producer

You know what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars. ↗

— Jamie Farr

#beautiful #beautiful city #cigars #city #cuban