Not an unreasonable hunch from that point of view, it's only the fact of that police call that's preventing me from assuming the same.

Which people? You seem to be talking about Canadians moving into Quebec. What subsidies specifically? Would they offset the fact that Quebecois pay much, much, much more tax than citizens of every other province? Anyhow, I hadn't mentioned the "ambiance," merely that Quebec receives a significant portion of Canadian…

I do believe that part, because the police responded to a notification of an unconscious woman. Unless he drugged her then left her outside for some reason (where a third party saw her and called the police) then feigned surprise of encountering her.

The argument that couture is "worth it" if you can afford it is sound, but it's still inflated, moreso to ensure prestige than to turn profit. The price of couture has doubled in the last 20-30 years, as people who work in that specific area of fashion will admit. Labor, inflation and changes in materials cost don't…

To be fair to her, it's hard to appreciate the finer things when you're unconscious.

Sounds like the whole bodybuilders-are-freaks may be a sore spot for you. You must not know that the only things HamNo loves more than extreme workout goals are nuts and lists. I also don't see where the mockery of a healthy lifestyle was contained in the above article. Unless you consider doing things like keeping…

And then he helped clean her up (read: washed the evidence out of her vagina) while she was laid up (read: unconscious.) This guy is super considerate. Has your man ever given you a sponge bath? Romance is dead.

No, they were unable to perform a rape kit because her vagina had been cleaned (read: rapist cleaned it) while she was unconscious. Gross gross gross.

Mhmm. You'd think people would grasp the complexity of this idea around the time when their parents taught them that it's okay to poop in the bathroom but not okay to poop in the living room.

Yes! That's got to be the worst part of this artful pretense in fashion, that impressionable and talented young people who love the image sold to them are convinced that they should work for next-to-nothing for companies that are making bank off of the illusion. It's shameful.

Thanks! It's nothing more than advertising now, and has been for 25+ years. I think that's why they all want to be "heritage brands", because back in the good old' days it was actually about the art form and beauty. Certainly there is art in it still, but I happen to think there is art in many straight-up ad…

I do find the business of fashion very interesting, but I became a huge cynic because of crap just like this, and have actively tried to unlearn what I do know :P

It seems like this appointment was a bad idea for Slimane (no question it was a bad idea for PPR/Kering.) He's ruined the legacy, mystique and wideheld…

Sure, except not. People do indeed want to move to Canada (it may shock you to hear that our nation is held in much higher regard, internationally, than the US, particularly for those seeking to emigrate) and Quebec receives a huge portion of those immigrants.

Shrewd assessment. I understand the contributing factors and feelings of isolation and embitterment that led to this mess, but it's like the government doesn't understand that they must let this go and cease to isolate themselves if they truly want to be taken seriously on the world stage, since they've given up…

They are so vile. (sorry for the double convo we've got going. :P ) They never would've received the support they had in the last election if they hadn't exhibited shameless vanguardism during the student strikes; meaning basically that they positioned themselves as allies of the movement in order to position…

It seems quite ironic that the closest parallel in governing and policy style is the dregs of the American GOP. Boy, would they be embarrassed if they were smart enough to realize that.

Do keep in mind that a great, great many native Quebecois who do feel alienated by the federal governments dealing with Quebec and their culture still think that Marois and the PQ policy is absolutely shameful. It's a complicated issue, but generations of poor handling of education for french people and no effort at…

No, it isn't. I'm not a real expert here, but I do expect that the women who can afford that dress are all wise enough to know what their money can buy them, and they will not be buying that. Couture fans are quick to defend their habits because those one-of-a-kind clothes are intricately made by hand, using uncommon…

Yeah, I think NB is the only place where french must be included on signage and government related stuff (excepting Quebec, of course, where it must be included on fucking everything to the point of absurdity.)

I'm not in favor of shoving anything down anyone's anywhere, it just makes everything worse for everyone…

It does seem like much of the west has a better attitude toward multiculturalism in general, probably from being a newer part of the country where there is no long ingrained "Westernized" culture and age-old struggles of nationalistic and linguistic pride. But then, I've spoken to quite a few closed-minded Albertans…