Article content

From the battle to maintain heavily subsidized postsecondary education to winning the Montreal mayoralty, the effectiveness of Quebec progressives has been noteworthy in recent years.

The consensus-building sentiment in the Et maintenant manifesto shows one reason why. It represents a subtle yet important distinction between the intellectually adventurous culture that produced its authors and a seemingly more fractured, acrimonious English-Canadian left wing.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Dan Delmar: 'Et maintenant' and Quebec progressives' consensus-building Back to video

Writers Léa Clermont-Dion and Aurélie Lanctôt, who initiated the manifesto, are among an emerging class of young, progressive Quebecers attempting to position themselves at the forefront of international conversations.

There is palpable movement on gender equality, as abusive behaviour by men in authority is becoming safer to condemn. This coalition of Quebec feminists seeks to expand the conversation even further, from condemnation to solutions in professional and personal realms, asking: and now what?