Martin Patriquin is a Quebec correspondent for The Logic, covering the province’s innovation economy and the transformation of its legacy businesses, and writing The Logic’s biweekly Quebec Ink column. He was previously Quebec bureau chief for Maclean’s. A National Magazine Award winner, he has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Walrus, Vice, BuzzFeed and The Globe and Mail, and is a regular panelist on CBC’s Power & Politics.
The province has found a loophole that lets it continue charging higher fees to out-of-province students at English-speaking universities. Evidence shows the policy makes no sense.
Legault came to power on a promise to fix what he saw as Quebec’s many maladies. His ultimate legacy could be pushing the province toward another independence referendum.