Lawrence Côté-Collins first asked to speak to Billy, who is in prison, in order to reassure him: “We are talking about you on TV, you are not hallucinating. I hope you’re well. I have the female dog of my life,” she told him, looking directly into the camera.
The director talked about how she got to know Billy, that is to say through a group of independent filmmakers. She even collaborated with him on a short film. However, in 2010, she cut ties with him after he attacked her.
In 2012, Lawrence Côté-Collins learned that Billy had been arrested for the murder of his roommate and another man. It is he who, from prison, will reconnect with her a few years later.
Wanting to know why he had attacked her, the director agreed to speak to him and then noted the seriousness of Billy’s schizophrenia.
“I was overwhelmed,” said the woman who has now been with him for seven years in understanding his illness and the actions he committed.
He also asks for forgiveness from his victims in the documentary which will be presented at the Montreal International Documentary Meetings on November 28 and December 1. The book will be released this Wednesday.
The director did not deny that her own mental health had taken a beating in recent years and she promised to take care of herself soon.
Butter and heart
Ruba Ghazal initially deflected Guy A. Lepage’s question as to whether she was afraid that her co-spokesperson would stand on her feet. (Karine Dufour)
Elected by 91%, Ruba Ghazal officially became the new female spokesperson for Québec solidaire (QS) this weekend, during the QS virtual congress.
The member for Mercier shared her vision of a political party “as strong on issues of butter as of the heart”, that is to say proactive in concrete issues, such as food security and the environment, while carrying aspirations, such as that of reviving left-wing nationalism.
Moreover, the politician of Palestinian origin spoke of the importance of immigrants in her vision of Quebec nationalism.
“It is the immigrants and their children who will protect the language and culture, because we are not going to ask Quebec women to bring in a trail of children to protect the nation.”
— Ruba Ghazal, co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire (QS)
The only candidate, the MP for Mercier succeeds Émilise Lessard-Therrien, who resigned last spring citing conflicts with the close guard of the male co-spokesperson, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
Ruba Ghazal initially deflected Guy A. Lepage’s question as to whether she was afraid that her co-spokesperson would stand on her feet.
“I love Gabriel. I love working with him,” she finally replied.
In addition to electing the new co-spokesperson, QS members voted for a motion affirming that the National Assembly is not racist. This initiative follows controversial statements by Haroun Bouazzi.
Even if she describes her colleague’s comments as “clumsy” and “exaggerated”, Ruba Ghazal denounced the “surge of hatred” of which he was the victim following this “error”.
The voice of young people
After the interest aroused by the documentary Alphas last Sunday it will be possible to learn more about “the norms of masculinity among young people” through the new series T-Rex in which Tom-Éliot participates.
The latter was accompanied by Schelby Jean-Baptiste and Claudia Bouvette on Sunday evening, with whom he hosts The MAMMOUTH 2024 evening broadcast on December 6 at 8 p.m.
In addition to the MAMMOUTH 2024 evening, Claudia Bouvette, Schelby Jean-Baptiste and Tom-Éliot had the opportunity to talk about their personal projects. (Karine Dufour)
Described as the Bye Bye young people, this evening where politics meets humor and music highlights the interests and concerns of adolescents.
“We talk about mental health, toxic masculinity, consumption, overconsumption, the environment, social anxiety too; subjects that concern young people, but I want to say that concern us all,” listed actress Schelby Jean-Baptiste.
Former host of this meeting, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse added by encouraging adults to listen to this program in order to better understand what is happening among young people.
The return of the “blond demon”
Charles-Philippe David, of the Observatory on the United States of the Raoul-Dandurand Chair (Karine Dufour)
The President of the Observatory on the United States didn’t have much good news for the public of Everyone is talking about it Sunday evening. Invited to comment on Donald Trump’s recent appointments, Charles-Philippe David notably predicted a “crumbling of the rule of law” among our southern neighbors.
The expert said it was “the most incredible and incredible” transition of the last eight US elections. Usually, presidents take up to a month to appoint their ministers.
“He immediately wants to indicate that he is the boss», said, among others, Charles-Philippe David.
Moreover, he does not believe that the egos of the “blond demon” and Elon Musk, appointed advisor to a new “ministry of efficiency”, can coexist for long. Unfortunately, they will still have time to do a lot of damage, the expert predicts.
Pierre Lapointe’s Queer Christmas
Pierre Lapointe still doesn’t know if he likes Christmas, but he is happy to get back on the road soon with his show Winter songs and its giant snowmen. This time, he will be accompanied by LUMIÈRE, Debbie Lynch-White and Guylaine Tremblay as special guests and musicians from the Montreal rock group Chocolat.
According to what the singer-songwriter reports, the album from which this show is inspired would be the first “queer Christmas album in the history of song”.
There was also talk of the new album which will be released on January 24, 2025, Ten old-fashioned songs for the broken-hearted. This is essentially composed of songs that Pierre Lapointe wrote for other people. The touching Like clay pigeons is one of the exceptions. It was composed for her mother who lives with Alzheimer’s disease.
The singer-songwriter also spoke about another mysterious album that is lying dormant in his boxes… There was also talk of his role as a music teacher at Star Academy. On this subject, the artist mentioned that he wanted to help participants “hone their instincts”.
Not easy to create social housing
Some viewers wrote to Guy A. Lepage to ask him to question Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse about possible renovictions. (Karine Dufour)
Apparently, some people think that Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse does renoviction, but the actress assured that she does not engage in this illegal practice. Moreover, the star of Passion dust had a multigenerational social housing project for artists which fell through due to the complexity of the regulations in force in Montreal. And, ironically, she will have to pay a penalty for building housing that is not social…
In addition to her real estate adventures, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse has no shortage of projects! She will be back at Revolutionau Bye Bye 2024 and we will continue to see her in the web series From Peter to son and hear it with Véro and the fantastic ones.
