Quebec’s problems are often discussed as isolated scandals. Across SIIIOCULI’s reporting, they form a larger pattern involving contracts, institutional self-protection, language politics, infrastructure, healthcare, and the normalization of failure.
Quebec proudly poured $177 million of taxpayers’ money into Lion Electric - the Saint-Jérôme “green champion” that was supposed to lead the province into a glorious electric future. By December 2024, the company had collapsed, caught fire (
In August 2024 the remnants of Hurricane Debby dumped 150 millimetres of rain on Montreal in a single event. The costliest weather event in Quebec’s history according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Estimated total damages of $2.5 billio
It sounds like something from a satire publication. Montreal police officers dressed as homeless panhandlers, approaching cars stopped at intersections, asking drivers for money - and if the driver happened to be on their phone, the panhand
There is a moment that captures everything wrong with how Montreal is governed right now. It did not happen in city council. It did not happen in a budget meeting or a press conference or a ribbon-cutting ceremony for another bike lane nobo
There is a story nobody in Quebec wants to tell out loud. Not because it is complicated. But because it destroys a narrative that too many people have been comfortable with for too long. It happened in a SAQ branch in Montreal. A neighborho
Valérie Plante spent eight years as mayor selling Montreal as the greenest, most progressive city in Canada. More bike lanes. More “active mobility.” More trees planted (on paper). More virtue-signaling about fighting climate change and mak
Montreal loves to sell itself as the creative capital of Canada - festivals, poutine, underground music, arts scene, “joie de vivre.” But peel back the Instagram filters and the bilingual charm, and you hit a brutal truth that locals rarely
Montreal, March 13, 2026 - An anonymous STM bus driver has finally spoken out, and what he describes isn’t just “a bad day on the job.” It’s a daily nightmare that’s been getting worse for years - and nobody at the top seems to give a damn.