L. Ian MacDonald: A symbolic win as Canadiens usher Montrealers out of lockdown

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For Habs fans, the last two games were historic moments, not only in terms of the Canadiens winning, but in the larger sense of a moment in time that enables a…

They were historic moments, not only in terms of the Canadiens winning, but in the larger sense of a moment in time that enables a moving on from the pandemic lockdown. There is an emerging term for it in French that needs no translation — the deconfinement.

The contrast with the Ford government in Ontario could not have been more striking, as the province dithered, before finally allowing 550 fully vaccinated front-line health-care workers into the Scotiabank Centre for Monday’s Game 7, a transparently feeble response to the uplifting crowd in Montreal.Article content

“My grandmother faced social injustice as a young girl in a residential school,” Price said in a rare speech two years ago. Asked for his thoughts in a post-game Zoom media availability, Price answered in only 11 words: “I advise a lot of people to look into residential schools.”Article content

 

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Glad you mentioned the crowd singing the anthem. In both languages. That’s Montréal!

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