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Le paradoxe souverainiste du 5 octobre
L’entrée d’un bureau de vote sur le campus de l’Université McGill. Photo par Soham Kulkarni/The Bell.
Par / By Omar Boufala
Omar Boufala est étudiant à la maîtrise en politiques publiques (MPP) dans la cohorte 2026-2027 de l’École Max Bel...
Mark Carney’s Euro Summer
Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on September 17, marking the end of a very European-centric summer. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
By Emmanuel Prince-Thauvette
Emmanuel Prince-Thauvette...
Earthset: A Portrait of Unfinished Business
Earthset, a photograph of Earth taken aboard the Orion spacecraft by Christina Koch of the Artemis II crew on April 6, 2026. Photo from NASA.
Every editorial team gets about one year with The Bell, which is long enough to say someth...
The Alberta Referendum: A Ten-Question Identity Test
On October 19, Albertans will vote on ten referendum questions that ask, implicitly, what it means to be Albertan. Photo by Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia. Image from The National Post.
By: Ariane Lamoureux
On October 19th, the Alberta referend...
Normalizing the Override (Part 3): Notwithstanding Québec, with Daniel Béland
Every series needs a closer, and we saved a heavy hitter for ours. Earlier this year, the landmark Bill 21 case reached the Supreme Court of Canada, a challenge that turns on the scope of the notwithstanding clause. As we await the Court’s...
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