Good morning everyone,
This week Gab and I couldn’t figure out the time. No biggie. Organizing is hard!
A challenging week this week for the whole country, when a shooting took place in Tumbler Ridge, BC. This small community of 2000 people saw the largest massacre of children in Canadian history, and has resulted in mourning across the board. It’s likely you, along with everyone else, walked around with a pit in your stomach and heaviness around you. The people in Tumbler Ridge will never be the same.
This isn’t supposed to happen to us, we say. But it did. Now the time comes where we have to ask why.
So Chris and Isaac dive into it. After breaking down the top headlines of the week, we ask ourselves why this happened, and how we can change. We discuss the frustrating details of the situation and are honest, and emotional. Chris describes the fear he felt as a father, in an honest, and empathetic conversation. We can’t just accept the status quo. We need real action. And we discuss what that might look like.
Before getting there, we discuss every headline of the week— this week there was a lot going on in Quebec! Here are all the headlines of the week of Feb 9th.
Bad bunny was amazing at the Superbowl. Anyone who disagrees is simply wrong.
UK Prime Minister, Kier Starmer, faces pressure and possible job loss because of historic unpopularity, and for employee who was heavily associated with Jeffrey Epstein.
65% of albertans set to vote to stay in Canada, with only 8 per cent strongly in favour of leaving.
600 RCMP officers faced gender based violence disciplinary charges since 2014. Many of them still have jobs.
Conditions at federal office buildings “horrendous” PSAC boss says.
Trump threatens to block new bridge between Windsor and Detroit built by Canada.
Many Federal employees terminated and suspended in 2600 cases of misconduct and wrongdoing in 2025.
BC Premier, David Eby, says austerity measures are coming in 2026. The province faces an 11 billion dollar deficit. Eby’s predecessor, john horgan, had many surpluses in the province without cutting jobs– but instead by raising taxes and places tax burdens on employees. Eby has moved the NDP in British Columbia to the right of center, and refuses to raise taxes while mismanaging the province’s finances.
Elizabeth Lemay had a radio column for Radio Canada that critiqued misogyny. Due to harassment by online extremists, Radio Canada removed her segment from socials instead of defending her.
Chrstine Fréchette promises to institute a grandfather clause for those affected by the cancellation of the Programme Experience Quebecoise if she wins.
The American House of Representatives blocks tariffs against Canada, including 6 Republicans. Surprisingly few considering the past year.
The Liberal Party of Canada is set to win a majority in almost every poll in the country. It seems less likely every day that they will go into an election.
The Epstein files continue ravaging Trump, although no one in the United States has faced consequences about it. People are facing consequences globally though, including in Canada.
Protestors at GARDA world security headquarters were violently beaten on friday, with the SPVM more violent than usual. Extreme amounts of tear gas and pepper spray were used, with a journalist, william wilson, being assaulted and having his lens cap broken.
TOP HEADLINES/DISCUSSIONS
The Election in Terrebonne, where a Bloc Quebecois candidate lost by one vote, has been annulled because of problems with the mail in system. One vote that was sent by mail was mislabeled, and because of that, it wasn’t counted. There will be a new byelection held in the next six months.
Soraya Martinez Ferrada announces an audit of bike lanes in Montreal, and promises no more orange cones downtown
Charles Milliard wins Quebec Liberal Leadership
9 dead after shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC
