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4 days ago | therover.ca | Isaac Peltz |Christopher Curtis

Cet article a été traduit de l’anglais par Géraud Le Carduner. Cliquez ici pour lire la version originale, publié le 12 avril 2025. Un organisme politique bénévole se dit visé par une campagne de harcèlement organisée par le Nouveau parti démocratique (NPD). En parallèle, plusieurs personnalités numériques ayant déjà collaboré avec le NPD ont coupé les ponts, accusant le parti de négligence envers d’autres créateurs et de dysfonctionnement interne.

1 week ago | therover.ca | Christopher Curtis |Isaac Peltz |Emelia Fournier

PHOTO/ILLUSTRATION: Isaac Peltz, Chris CurtisWho won? Who lost? Who cares? Wednesday night’s French language debate gave us two hours to sit with the party leaders and watch them poke holes in each other’s ideas. This is useful. The Rover had four reporters on site and these were some of their takeaways. The Neoliberalism ElectionBy Christopher CurtisCutting taxes, cutting services, cutting regulations. If there’s one thing the two leading parties in this election agree on, it’s neoliberalism.

1 week ago | therover.ca | Isaac Peltz |Christopher Curtis

A volunteer-based political organization is accusing the New Democratic Party (NDP) of coordinating a harassment campaign against them. At the same time, a group of digital influencers previously working with the party have cut ties, citing mistreatment of fellow content creators and internal dysfunction. One NDP candidate described the party to The Rover as being in “absolute turmoil.”This internal disarray comes as the NDP is projected to win its lowest seat count in over 30 years.

2 weeks ago | therover.ca | Dave Kaufman |Christopher Curtis

The TV was the first thing I noticed when I walked into a restaurant in Montreal’s West End. “CANADIAN BUSINESSES PULL U.S.-MADE PRODUCTS IN RESPONSE TO TARIFFS,” the screen read, under another all-caps caption, “TRADE WHIPLASH.”On that day in early March, the person defending the Canadian government’s position on CNN was my member of parliament, Anthony Housefather. I said hello to the woman behind the cash. She was lamenting Housefather, saying she no longer believed in him.

3 weeks ago | therover.ca | Christopher Curtis |Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand

Grand Chief Victor Bonspille was locked out of his own office Friday. PHOTO: Chris CurtisVictor Bonspille knew the door was locked but he pulled on it anyway, repeatedly slamming the latch into its metal frame. “Otsi, can you let me in so I can get my stuff?” said Bonspille, while trying to barge into the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake’s (MCK) office last Friday. “If anybody goes in my office and removes my items, you’ll face charges of breaking and entering.