Quebec’s hockey committee should focus on more than pride

The committee’s report is bound to recommend the need for better coaching, outreach to new Canadians, and a move to eliminate racism, but there has to be a certain joy in getting out on the pond or the outdoor rink.

Quebec Premier François Legault made a point of mentioning that last season, for the first time in its history, the Montreal Canadiens iced a team without a francophone player. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Dinur

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

November 24, 2021

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—François Legault is concerned about a crisis in Quebec. No, it is not COVID-19 deaths, among the highest in the country during the pandemic, the lack of family doctors in the province, a rise in violent crime, or the prospect paramedics will go on strike. The issue he was seized ...

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