admin • February 5, 2009

If anyone understands freedom of expression, it should be the Montreal police; since the summer, they’ve made their frustrations over contract negotiations clear with more red caps and bright camouflage pants than anyone should have to see. But the police are attempting to restrict citizens’ freedoms with two proposed bylaws:… Read More

admin • February 5, 2009

McGill professors support call for Israeli boycott Read More

admin • February 5, 2009

Heads-up about that Gaza motion at the GA I would like to bring to the attention of the undergraduate community a rather important issue that will be brought up as a motion during the upcoming SSMU GA on Thursday at 4 p.m. The motion aims to condemn the bombing of… Read More

admin • February 5, 2009

A 2007 policy change in Harper’s Department of Foreign Affairs has endangered Canadians facing capital punishment abroad Read More

admin • February 5, 2009

Like most before it, last semester’s General Assembly (GA) failed to reach quorum, meaning students get to debate an entire year’s worth of motions today. And with some students calling for the impeachment of SSMU’s Speaker of Council over today’s GA motion on Gaza, it seems that a certain divisive… Read More

admin • February 5, 2009

Stephen Harper needs a makeover, fast. Since last October’s federal election, things have been going from bad to worse for our Prime Minister. His public image needs to change, or he risks being kicked out of 24 Sussex Drive for good. From the fall budget update, to the prorogation of… Read More

admin • February 5, 2009

In some ways, the budget process was heartening; the threat of a coalition forced the Conservatives to deliver a centrist budget, which – though woefully inadequate – is a step in the right direction. Sure, I’d like to see a united majority coalition with a backbone, instead of a Liberal… Read More

admin • February 5, 2009

Speaker urges recognition of aboriginal influence on Canadian law Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

Kay Turner President Kay Turner knows she’s nearing the end. She’s looking to change and looking to do it fast. And so, realizing that some of her earlier goals are just too ambitious, Turner has shelved them for new, more realistic ones. Kay had once hoped to revamp Council, with… Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

Quebec strip club film’s flat characters fail to inspire empathy Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

Event urges McGill to incorporate Disabilities Studies Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

Gilad Ben-Shach did make a good point in his January 22 article “Applying some logic to conflict terminology,” when he said, “I hope The Daily adopts more rigorous editing procedures, so that the situation is properly portrayed.” I couldn’t believe he got his Mathematical “proof” to be published. As… Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

If Quebec is a nation within a nation, we can’t help but feel that McGill is a foreign concession. In Montreal, McGill stands for all things anglo; it was founded by an Anglican Scot, the majority of students are anglophone, and besides the French Language and Literature program, every one… Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

And don’t let our focus on Gaza distract us from other crises Read More

admin • February 2, 2009

Much of the debate over the conflict between Israel and Palestine has polarized these pages, with students clinging to antagonisitc beliefs despite their strong tendency to mar the potential for progress. If we are truly interested in a resolution to the conflict, we must recognize that Palestinian and Israeli identities… Read More