Montreal Gazette
Samer Majzoub
Publishing · On our record since 2025
Where this writer stands
Public safety3 pieces
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“Bill C-9 can help address genuine hate. But unless it is drafted with discipline and enforced with accountability, it risks expanding state power in ways that weaken democratic trust.” Read the piece
Immigration1 piece
Higher permanent intakeLower intake
“The real choice is between a politics that brings people together and a politics that thrives on fear and division.” Read the piece
Federalism1 piece
Ottawa leadsProvinces lead
“moments can arise in any federation when national leadership, alongside provincial accountability and civic engagement, plays a role in ensuring that equality, citizenship and women's rights — principles embedded in Canada's fundamental freedoms — are upheld and not compromised.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Less talk, more action on unityOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 14, 2026
- Opinion: After Shawinigan, we Quebecers must reject the politics of fearOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 2, 2026
- Opinion: Rights should not depend on your postal codeOpinion · Montreal Gazette · May 1, 2026
- Opinion: We can combat hate without eroding civil libertiesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 25, 2026
- Opinion: We can combat hate without eroding civil libertiesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 25, 2026
- Opinion: Nine years after mosque massacre, commemoration is not enoughOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 28, 2026
- Opinion: Nine years after mosque massacre, commemoration is not enoughOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 28, 2026
- Opinion: Quebec’s political class is fuelling social fractureOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 10, 2025
- Opinion: Quebec’s political class is fuelling social fractureOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 10, 2025
- Opinion: Mamdani’s victory a lesson in democracy and civic engagementOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 6, 2025
- Opinion: Mamdani’s victory a lesson in democracy and civic engagementOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 6, 2025
- Opinion: 'Radical Islamists' comments reveal CAQ double standardOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 8, 2025
- Opinion: 'Radical Islamists' comments reveal CAQ double standardOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 8, 2025
- Opinion: An expanded Bill 21 would deepen divisions, not strengthen secularismOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 3, 2025
- Opinion: An expanded Bill 21 would deepen divisions, not strengthen secularismOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 3, 2025
- Opinion: Quebec's selective secularism reveals contradictionsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · May 21, 2025
- Opinion: Cultural communities must be heard in federal electionOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 23, 2025