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The Buffoons Who Govern Us

Written twenty years ago, Quebec's emblematic protest song is remarkably – and sadly – relevant today.

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Patrick Déry
Dec 01, 2023
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Last week, Quebec lost one of its music icons to cancer.

Karl Tremblay was the lead singer of Les Cowboys Fringants, a hugely popular band whose members come from Repentigny, a suburb of Montreal. He …

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