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Here’s the deal: I do not care to know about your views on abortion, your stance on the legalization of marijuana and, no, not even… Read More »Hyde Park: Questioning Canada’s ban on free speech

The generation of waste is a built-in feature of the consumer-based society we live in; more often than not, a product’s life ends in a… Read More »Editorial: Waste isn’t normal

Another year, another SSMU election. And as usual, nobody cared. This year’s explosion of indifference saw approximately 24,000 undergraduates cast just 3,631 ballots: a whopping… Read More »Hyde Park: We’re spending $120,000 on that?

Earlier this semester, two fellow activists writing on behalf of the McGill Anti-Racist Coalition sought to challenge academic content that creates oppressive learning environments or… Read More »Hyde Park: Dismantling the Ivory Tower goes beyond identity politics

When Pope Benedict XVI said that condom distribution wouldn’t solve the AIDS crisis – but would actually exacerbate the epidemic – he put millions of… Read More »Editorial: The myth of Papal infallibility

Put aside the politics to spice up your life on the dance floor – no strings attached

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I started at noon, delving through Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Burns. Then I exhausted my famous quotes collection, reading one-liners by Jefferson, Galilei, and Huxley. Still… Read More »Life Lines: Sunshine on an unanswered mind

Unbeknownst to anyone involved with the Midnight Kitchen, the proposal for its expansion recently became a focal point in Marshall Peters’ campaign for SSMU presidency. In… Read More »Hyde Park: Clarifying the kitchen’s plans

Two weeks ago, Adil Charkaoui enjoyed his third victory in his six-year fight with the federal government. Following months of public hearings, Judge Danièle Tremblay-Lamer… Read More »Editorial: Canada must abolish security certificates

“For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” – Luke 6:43 Last week I wrote… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: Anarchist masturbation in downtown Montreal

Two-hundred-twenty-one people were arrested at the anti-police brutality protest Sunday. Much of the coverage of the event has centred around the violent actions of protesters,… Read More »Editorial: Learning from Sunday’s violence

In March of 1999, I stepped out of the Allama Iqbal International Airport, in Lahore, Pakistan, greeted by long-lost family members and a barrage of… Read More »Aristotle’s Lackey: Emerging from the nostalgia of Pakistan’s past

Have you noticed how The Tribune is looking more and more like The Daily these days? On February 17, the front page of The Tribune… Read More »Public editor: There’s a new Daily in town, and it’s called The Trib

In a country with a seemingly abundant supply of fresh water, the threat of a global water crisis seems far removed. However, not even our… Read More »Hyde Park: Canada must fix its water problems