Child care benefits. Niqab stir. NDP debate challenge. BQ debate challenge. Raw sewage. Refugee crisis.
Concordia in the news
Posted on October 2, 2015
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Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:
- Media outlets across the country continue to pick up an analytical piece from the Canadian Press focusing on the Liberals' election campaign promise of a new child care benefit program. The article includes quotes of political science professor Guy Lachapelle, who concludes that the prospect of an overall Quebec-style family policy would appear most attractive to Quebec voters: Montreal Gazette, National Post, CBC.ca, CTVnews.ca,GlobalNews.ca The Windsor Star, Huffington Post, Edmonton Sun, Sault Star, Guelph Mercury, Northumberland News, 24news.ca, CP24 and iPolitics.
- Kyle Matthews, senior deputy director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), is quoted in an article in iPolitics about the Harper government’s ban on citizenship applicants wearing a Niqab or other facial covering during citizenship ceremonies.
- Daniel Salée, professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, talks about the image NDP leader Thomas Mulcair may want to project in this evening's TVA debate. Salée is quoted in an article on CBC.ca, reprised by Yahoo! News.
- Mireille Paquet, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, is quoted by the Canadian Press in an article about the challenges facing Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe, heading into the TVA debate. The article is picked up by Yahoo! News and Northbay Nipissing News.
- Radio Canada International's RCInet.ca picks up an earlier CBC.ca story quoting biology professor Grant Brown about the City of Montreal plan, now on hold, to dump 8 billion litres of raw sewage into the St-Lawrence.
- Chedly Belkhodja, principal of and professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, appears on Télé Québec's "Bazzo TV". The program, focusing on the Syrian refugee crisis, is scheduled for re-broadcast this afternoon at two and Sunday at midnight.