Nora Loreto

Nora Loreto is a freelance writer based in Quebec City. She's the editor of the Canadian Association of Labour Media and her bylines appear regularly in magazines and online news sources. She also co-hosts a podcast with Sandy Hudson. Photo by Alex Tétreault

20 Articles

Is New Zealand the tipping point in the fight against far-right terrorism?

Canadians never learned the lessons that we should have following the 2011 Norway massacre. There was no understanding from among politicians or media that the buzzwords that drove Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Breivik were driving Canadian extremists as well.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion | March 20th 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault speak during the First Ministers' Meeting in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2018. Photo by Josie Desmarais

Quebec's Legault hires Jean Charest's 'right hand man' after lobbying mishap

Why did Quebec's François Legault hire a longtime political operative who recently got fined by the Quebec lobbying watchdog?

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion, Politics | March 14th 2019

SNC-Lavalin affair is just business as usual in Canada

Amid the din of the details, a critical fact has been buried: the SNC-Lavalin affair is business as usual in Canada. Pro-business policies have long been the norm. It just happens to be that this time, Canadians get to see behind the curtain.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion | March 11th 2019

François Legault, leader of the CAQ, at a Quebec election event on August 17

Why François Legault is wrong about Islamophobia in Quebec

While their Islamophobic rhetoric isn’t new, the Coalition Avenir Québec is government now. What they promise to do should concern all Quebecers who cherish free expression, writes Nora Loreto.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion, Politics, Culture | February 13th 2019

How Ontario's plan weakens student power

The Ontario government's plan to end mandatory fee remittance for college and university students would severely weaken, if not kill, student unions, clubs, associations, services and campus media like radio or the campus press, writes columnist Nora Loreto.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion, Politics | January 17th 2019

Why Jason Kenney targets Quebec

Quebec bashing is low-hanging fruit for Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party in Alberta. The attacks will ramp up as the Alberta election draws closer, Nora Loreto predicts in an opinion column.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion | January 14th 2019

Labour peace requires respect for labour law

An increasing use of back-to-work legislation indicates that the post-war period of labour peace in Canada may soon be over, writes columnist Nora Loreto.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion | December 4th 2018

Québec Solidaire legislator Catherine Dorion, who represents the riding of Taschereau, at a ceremony at the National Assembly in Quebec City on Oct. 17, 2018. Photo handout

Do Catherine Dorion’s Doc Martens really matter?

Similar kinds of attacks on Quebec legislator Catherine Dorion and U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both newly-elected young women, are meant to inhibit their audacity and to chill their ambitions, because they both represent a radical break from the status quo, writes columnist Nora Loreto.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion | November 22nd 2018

Flanders, First World War, Remembrance Day, Canada, Belgium

Remembrance means committing ourselves to peace and justice

We would be wise to challenge Remembrance Day orthodoxy and learn from the mistakes of the past, writes Nora Loreto.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion | November 9th 2018

Are federalists dancing on an empty coffin?

After the Coalition Avenir Québec victory this week, many English pundits have declared that the sovereignty debate is dead. Is it really? Columnist Nora Loreto weighs in.

Opinion

By Nora Loreto in Opinion | October 5th 2018