Commentary

W hen Quebec’s minister of education Michelle Courchesne announced last month that a major tuition hike for university students in Quebec was in the works,… Read More »Take a hike, tuition hike!

The word “drugs” is not a neutral term. It comes loaded with other meanings, many emerging from the discourse around the “War on Drugs” and… Read More »End the stigmatization of medical drugs

On March 8-9 and 17-18, McGill students employed as invigilators in the Fall 2009 term will vote on forming a collective bargaining unit within the… Read More »Invigilators should unionize

The American Senate Judiciary Committee weakened the mandatory minimum sentencing laws for cocaine last week. Mandatory minimum sentence laws are legislative enactments that force judges… Read More »End unbalanced drug penalties and enforcement

Amy G. is a recovering drug addict. During her recovery from addiction – a process that never really ends – the boundaries between counsellor and… Read More »Interview with an addict

Moral decisions should not be made based on expediency

Re: Campaigning violations pile up against presidential candidate” | News | March 4

Re: “Paging Doctor Cornett” | Commentary | October 8

Western media narratives obscure human rights abuses

Am I the only one seeing something wrong with this? So basically Palestinians needs to “behave” in order to have a partial freeze of settlements in the West Bank.

Re: “A turn to the dark side” | Sci+Tech | February 15

Re: “Paging Doctor Cornett” | Commentary | October 8

Referendum follows dead fish’s suit against fisherman

The notion of “reasonable accommodation” is supposed to protect the rights of minority groups. Rather than protecting them, however, “reasonable accommodation” perpetuates a privileged notion… Read More »Quebec must treat all Quebeckers equally

SASKATOON — On March 3, the Conservative government presented its new agenda in a speech from the throne. Although it was mostly about the gloomy… Read More »Change the anthem