Sir John Ralston Saul is a Canadian writer,political philosopher,and public intellectual. Saul is most widely known for his writings on the nature of individualism,citizenship and the public good;the failures of manager-led societies;the confusion between leadership and managerialism;military strategy,in particular irregular warfare;the role of freedom of speech and culture;and critiques of the prevailing economic paradigm. He is a champion of freedom of expression and was the International President of PEN International,an association of writers. Saul is the co-founder and co-chair of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship,a national charity promoting the inclusion of new citizens. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of 6 Degrees,the global forum for inclusion. Saul is also the husband to the former governor general Adrienne Clarkson,making him the Viceregal consort of Canada during most of her service (1999–2005).
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau is a Canadian politician and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party,Garneau was the minister of foreign affairs from January to October 2021 and minister of transport from November 2015 to January 2021. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount.
Westmount is an affluent municipality on the Island of Montreal,in southwestern Quebec,Canada. It is an enclave of the city of Montreal,with a population of 19,658 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Jean-Charles Lapierre was a Canadian politician and television and radio broadcaster. After retiring from the government in 2007,he served as a political analyst in a variety of venues.
The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing is a Canadian literary award,presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to the best nonfiction book on Canadian political and social issues. It has been presented annually in Ottawa at the Writers’Trust Politics and the Pen gala since 2000,superseding the organization's defunct Gordon Montador Award.
Christopher Terry Mosher,is a Canadian political cartoonist for the Montreal Gazette. He draws under the name Aislin,a rendition of the name of his eldest daughter Aislinn. Aislin's drawings have also appeared in numerous international publications,such as Punch,The Atlantic Monthly,Harper's,National Lampoon,Time,The Washington Star,The New York Times and the Canadian edition of The Reader's Digest. As of 2020,he is the author of 51 books.
Paul Wells is a Canadian journalist and pundit. He was briefly a national affairs columnist for the Toronto Star in 2016–2017. Before that,he was a columnist for Maclean's for thirteen years;his column originally appeared in the back page slot famously occupied for many years by Allan Fotheringham but was subsequently moved to the front of the magazine with other columns.
Chantal St-Cyr Hébert is a Canadian journalist and political commentator.
Tundra Books is the oldest children's book publisher in Canada.
Noah Richler is a Canadian author,journalist,and broadcaster who was raised in Montreal,Quebec,Canada and London,England. He is the son of Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler.
Marvin Rotrand is a Canadian politician,currently sitting as an independent. He currently serves as a member of Montreal City Council,representing the district of Snowdon. Rotrand has served on Montreal city council since 1982,and thus is its dean;he works full-time in his duties.
Lionel Jonathan Perez is a Canadian lawyer,entrepreneur and a former member of Montreal City Council for the Darlington district in Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace. On November 21,2012,he was elected borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace by acclamation,replacing Michael Applebaum after the latter was selected as the new Mayor of Montreal. He is of Sephardi Jewish descent.
May Ebbitt Cutler was a Canadian writer,journalist,playwright,and publisher. She founded Tundra Books in her home in 1967,becoming Canada's first female publisher of children's books. She served a four-year term as the first female mayor of Westmount,Quebec from 1987 to 1991. As a writer of "literary works" she used the pseudonym Ebbitt Cutler.
Montréal Écologique (MÉ) was a municipal political party that existed from 1990 to 1994 in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. The party's ideas were influenced by political theorist Murray Bookchin's idea of libertarian municipalism.
Municipal elections were held in the city of Montreal,Quebec,Canada on November 3,2013 as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 65 positions on the Montreal City Council,including the mayor,borough mayors,and city councillors,as well as 38 borough councillors. Denis Coderre replaced interim mayor Laurent Blanchard,who was elected to replace the previous interim mayor,Michael Applebaum,who resigned due to 14 charges laid against him including fraud,conspiracy,breach of trust,and corruption in municipal affairs. Previous elected mayor Gérald Tremblay left office on November 5,2012 after his party Union Montréal was suspected of corruption and mafia involvement. On July 2,2013,Louise Harel,leader of the opposition Vision Montréal,announced she would not be running for mayor,instead supporting Marcel Côté.
Municipal elections were held in the city of Westmount,Quebec,Canada on 3 November 2013 as part of the 2013 Quebec municipal elections. Voters elected 8 positions on the Westmount City Council,as well as one mayor. On 4 October,Mayor Peter Trent,as well as councillors Nicole Forbes and Victor Drury were acclaimed. Councillors Tim Price of District 2 and Gary Ikeman of District 5 will not be seeking another term on council.
Max Nemni is a Canadian political scientist and writer,best known for a series of biographies of former Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau which he cowrote with his wife Monique Nemni.
Monique Nemni is a Canadian linguist and writer,best known for a series of biographies of former Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau which she cowrote with her husband Max Nemni.
Georges Bossé is a retired politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was the mayor of Verdun from 1993 until its amalgamation into the city of Montreal in 2001 and subsequently served as a Montreal city councillor and member of the Montreal executive committee.
The Gordon Montador Award was a Canadian literary award,presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to honour non-fiction writing on social issues. Created in 1991 in memory of book editor and publisher Gordon Montador,the award was presented until 1999,when it was superseded by a reorganization of the Writers' Trust Awards. The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing,presented for the first time in 2000,encompassed much of the same subject area;although the Cohen award was never formally stated by the organization to be an official replacement for the Montador award,no new winner was ever announced for the Montador award after the Cohen award was introduced.
