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2 Language: Quebec’s Necessary Obsession
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- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Foreword xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Dramatis Personae xv
- Illustrations xvii
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Introduction
- Synopsis: The Cult of Giantism 3
- Language: Quebec’s Necessary Obsession 31
- Westmount Then and Now 54
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The Story
- Political Eunuchs and Fiscal Footmen 85
- Metropolitan Montreal: Suffocated by Structures 110
- Merger Plans, the MUC, and a Metropolitan Miscarriage 134
- A Quebec Divided: Partition and Downloading 157
- The Seduction of Simplicity: Turn the MUC into a City? 181
- Montreal’s Disease: Suburban Parasites or Chronic Maladministration? 204
- Quebec’s Remedy: A Huge New Government or a Huge New City? 234
- Walking into a Trap 264
- Hope and Betrayal: Bernard Proposes, Bouchard Disposes 295
- If You Can’t Ride Two Horses, You Shouldn’t Be in the Circus 322
- Forced to Play the Language Card 349
- A Fight to the Finish 374
- The Poitras Report and a Liberal Victory or, How Mergers Hijacked the Provincial Election Campaign 399
- A Megacity Legitimized by the Indifferent and the Absent 424
- Rebirth for Some, Complexity for All 449
- Scandals, A Swollen Payroll, and An Uncelebrated Tenth Birthday 473
- Making Good: Rebuilding Montreal’s Local and Regional Government 496
- The Montreal Megacity by Numbers: Performance versus Promise 522
- Notes 539
- Bibliography 639
- Index 649
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Foreword xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Dramatis Personae xv
- Illustrations xvii
-
Introduction
- Synopsis: The Cult of Giantism 3
- Language: Quebec’s Necessary Obsession 31
- Westmount Then and Now 54
-
The Story
- Political Eunuchs and Fiscal Footmen 85
- Metropolitan Montreal: Suffocated by Structures 110
- Merger Plans, the MUC, and a Metropolitan Miscarriage 134
- A Quebec Divided: Partition and Downloading 157
- The Seduction of Simplicity: Turn the MUC into a City? 181
- Montreal’s Disease: Suburban Parasites or Chronic Maladministration? 204
- Quebec’s Remedy: A Huge New Government or a Huge New City? 234
- Walking into a Trap 264
- Hope and Betrayal: Bernard Proposes, Bouchard Disposes 295
- If You Can’t Ride Two Horses, You Shouldn’t Be in the Circus 322
- Forced to Play the Language Card 349
- A Fight to the Finish 374
- The Poitras Report and a Liberal Victory or, How Mergers Hijacked the Provincial Election Campaign 399
- A Megacity Legitimized by the Indifferent and the Absent 424
- Rebirth for Some, Complexity for All 449
- Scandals, A Swollen Payroll, and An Uncelebrated Tenth Birthday 473
- Making Good: Rebuilding Montreal’s Local and Regional Government 496
- The Montreal Megacity by Numbers: Performance versus Promise 522
- Notes 539
- Bibliography 639
- Index 649