Commentary

Part II of The Daily’s guide to absurd financial realities

In some ways, the budget process was heartening; the threat of a coalition forced the Conservatives to deliver a centrist budget, which – though woefully… Read More »Hyde Park: Budget recklessly neglects foreign aid

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… Read More »Editorial: Police by-laws will only worsen community tensions

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… Read More »Letters

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.… Read More »Editorial: Happy GA Day, everybody!

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… Read More »Hyde Park: Competing identities block the road to peace

Stimulus shmimulus! That was about all Andrew Coyne had to say about the Conservatives’ new budget on last Wednesday’s broadcast of CBC’s The National. A… Read More »Hyde Park: Bring on stimulating conservatism

Tales from a Montrealer’s isolating rez-less experience

I read something on the back of a toilet stall last week that made my Intro to Philosophy class look like playtime in kindergarten. It… Read More »Life Lines: Finding wisdom in the third stall from the right

A primer on all the terms you’ve heard but didn’t understand

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… Read More »Editorial: McGill n’est pas une île

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire It’s 8:45 a.m. on the… Read More »Piñata diplomacy: The curious case of Geert Wilders

Zionism and Israel’s Arab ghettos

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… Read More »Hyde Park: You call that proof?

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