Commentary

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

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.

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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

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

So here we are, another Oscar season has passed, the impressions from Sunday night’s ceremony are slowly giving away, and the passions are wearing off.… Read More »The self-indulgence of the Oscars

I want to make the next 12 months the year of the purple thumb. What the fuck is he talking about, you ask? Well, the… Read More »Iraq’s lesson in Canada

Li’l Hyde Parks about spreading the word, revolution, and the Superwoman

I’m no expert on the Israeli-Palestinian situation, but one thing I do notice about the discussion between the two often unnecessarily diametrically opposed camps is… Read More »The counterfactual approach to peace

WINNIPEG — When an out homosexual character on a prime-time sitcom exclaims, “Can you have him paint us something a little less gay?”, it sounds… Read More »The changing nature of gay