The latest issue of Sportsnet magazine, as seen above, includes a three-page feature highlighting Montreal as a tourist destination for the F1 Montreal Grand Prix next weekend.  Nowhere is “witness/take part in a student protest” to be found on the to-do list, despite the fact that talks between students and the provincial government have broken down–again.  Not to mention that a spokesman for la CLASSE stated publicly “on va vous l’organiser, votre Grand Prix” in response to the failed negotiations.  (It loses something in translation, but basically means “We’ll take care of your Grand Prix.”)

All Sportsnet had to do was pick up the phone and call their Rogers Publishing colleagues at L’actualité, who featured student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois on the cover of their second-most recent issue with a large headline that translates to “The Revolt” to know that Montreal isn’t so nice this time of year.  Well, not this year, anyways.  Let’s just hope that the protestors don’t try anything stupid.  Getting hit by a race car going 300 km/h would definitely make a big mess…