Professeur de science politique/Professor of Political Science. Ottawa.https://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mydz5ldc4c2pAs a citizen, I hope Jeff Leiper wins the mayoral election. However, I have doubts the results will be as close as this morning’s poll suggests. But what a disappointing campaign. Vague and abstract commitments. A bad social media strategy (very few videos, for example).21 Oct 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydz5ldc4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mycotnevnk24A reminder that, contrary to what we often read or hear, Quebec is currently (and has been for a while) the province that is the most supportive of immigration in Canada (or the least anti-immigration).20 Oct 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycotnevnk24https://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3my72az3cvc2eFine. No property tax. Put a tollbooth at the end of their driveway so that they pay to use the road every time they want to leave their house. Unplug their property from the sewer and water systems, or make them pay for every gallon of water they use. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2026 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3my72az3cvc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mxr73intnk2l🙄 Pre-emptive post in case of flooding today by a mayor who has pursued a long city of Ottawa tradition of artificially low tax increases and under-investment in infrastructure. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Oct 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxr73intnk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mxr6gq3p2c2lJe viens d'une famille souverainiste qui connaissait et appéciait même le reste du Canada (et oui, c'est possible). Gilles Duceppe a déjà d'ailleurs dit quelque chose de semblable. Et puis il y a Bock-Côté qui ne peut s'empêcher, fréquemment, d'écrire des trucs méprisant sur le ROC comme ce matin.13 Oct 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxr6gq3p2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mxji72mvak2d👇Ma chronique mensuelle pour @onfrtfo.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxji72mvak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mxji72mvak2d👇Ma chronique mensuelle pour @onfrtfo.bsky.social. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxji72mvak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mxhq72kzss2lEt également quelques commentaire de votre autre humble serviteur. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhq72kzss2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mxcgjgjzgs2bI took the bus for most of the 15 years I've been living in Ottawa. It's always been fairly bad and hence why I was involved in transit advocacy in the early 2010. Two years ago I decided I couldn't take it anymore and started to drive to work (which is only a 10 minutes drive). [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Oct 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcgjgjzgs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mxcejzjqec2sIl y a de bons chroniqueurs politiques au Québec. Paul Journet en est un bon exemple. Ses chroniques sont toujours bien documentées et amènent souvent un éclairage unique. Mais comme politologue, il y a des trucs que l'on entend à la télévision ou lit dans certains journaux qui m'horripilent.07 Oct 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxcejzjqec2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mx7rkk54nk2z"In the last six months, Carney scheduled 10 trips to Alberta, he was in B.C. — now in the throes of an election — seven times, including on Quebec’s national day. He made eight visits to Quebec, the last one on Aug. 24." I mean, who can blame him. It's a long way from Ottawa to Quebec. https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/quebec-s-election-results-mean-mark-carney-must-finally-address-the-province/article_b650d388-a345-49eb-abec-72eabb49980d.html06 Oct 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7rkk54nk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mx7hgsuab227Parti Québécois à l’élection soi-disant catastrophique de 2008 qui a mené au virage identitaire: 28,35% des votes. Parti Québécois à l’élection de 2026: 28,02% (à 8h41).06 Oct 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx7hgsuab227https://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mx5sen2u622gExcellent article sur le gouvernement Carney! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx5sen2u622ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mwwta7vah22aPerfect timing to invest over 400 millions in renovations to their stadium! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwta7vah22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mwqugajfqs2hI have mixed feelings about this and I'm curious to see what other colleagues think. On the one hand, I'm very happy that the challenges faced by first-generation scholars is being ackowledged. On the other hand, I'm afraid the definition is too broad based on my own personal experience. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqugajfqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mwj5mzss3c2wI promised my doctor to try to reduce my blood pressure, but some people make it hard, especially the current mayor and his “kick-the-cost-of-running-the-city-when-I’m-not-the-mayor-anymore” strategy. Has nothing to do with caring for Ottawa families and everything to do with political ambitions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwj5mzss3c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mw6pyfo2bk2zPaul LePage est au sommet de ma liste de politiciens qui me répugne. Un politicien d'origine canadienne-française qui a adopté, vis-à-vis des communautés immigrantes au Maine, le même type de discours xénophobes qui visaient autrefois sa propre communauté. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6pyfo2bk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mw4wul6nds27J'avais besoin d'un break/I needed a break. Ma liste des meilleures séries TV des années 2000 via le New York Times. (heureux d'avoir eu le choix de séries québécoises!)22 Sep 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4wul6nds27https://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mvuqsymtpc22Frédéric Lacroix mentionne le “frériste Zohran Mandani” dans une publication Facebook ce matin à propos du maire progressiste de New York. C’est une affirmation complotiste que l’on trouve chez des extrémistes aux Etats-Unis. Ce n’est pas nouveau pour lui.19 Sep 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvuqsymtpc22https://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mvsdio7hj22mNeed help. I'm trying to come up with a list of third rails of provincial politics. So far, I'm thinking something like this for these three provinces: Quebec: abolishing subsidies to private schools Ontario: abolishing the catholic school system Alberta: Sales tax. Suggestions for other provinces?18 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsdio7hj22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mvoawlpdwk26People in Ottawa keep electing mayors that make the same promise every election and they keep getting the same results: crumbling infrastructures, declining services, increasing fees that hit low-income residents the most. There is a cost to tax phobia. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mark-sutcliffe-ottawa-mayor-2026-tax-promise-9.734668616 Sep 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoawlpdwk26https://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mvnax6lwxs25An article in The Gazette with a few of my thoughts on the low support for the Liberal Party of Quebec amongst Francophones./Article dans The Gazette dans lequel je présente quelques réflexions sur le faible soutien dont bénéficie le Parti libéral du Québec auprès des francophones. https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial-news/provincial-politics/without-that-french-connection-liberal-election-win-is-impossible-for-milliard/16 Sep 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnax6lwxs25https://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mvn7gz2e3s2oNow that we are about to become (associated) Europeans, I’m hoping it might inspire us to get European-style transit and urban planning, TGV, Scandinavian family, care and training policies, and obviously better baguettes (at least outside Quebec).16 Sep 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn7gz2e3s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lturgeon.bsky.social/post/3mviryj27nk2sJe lis le petit livre "Libre en Amérique" de l'ancien député du Bloc et maintenant candidat du PQ Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay. Il affirme dans le livre la chose suivante: "La perspective du Québec comme État américain serait-elle plus réjouissante ? ...14 Sep 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:c42caypsb7j4uxgytriq3da3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mviryj27nk2s