On March 22, an Air Canada plane departing from Montreal collided with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The crash, which tragically killed pilots Captain Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther, elicited an outpouring of grief. Shortly after the event, Air Canada CEO Michael[Read More…]
Commentary
Campus Conversations: Memory
Are these the good old days? Julie Raout, Staff Writer “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” The Office’s Andy Bernard nudges us with a gentle reminder that happiness often goes unnoticed until it has slipped away. Haven’t[Read More…]
The pattern behind Hassan’s denial of entry
Rima Hassan, a French-Palestinian Member of European Parliament (MEP), was denied entry into Canada days before she was scheduled to attend conferences in Montreal on the suppression of Palestinian advocacy and the rise of the far right. Canada’s Office of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship (IRCC) did not provide a specific[Read More…]
Forgetting sexual assault survivors implicitly forgives their aggressors
In March 2026, former teacher and Bloc Québécois (Bloc) member of Parliament Pascal-Pierre Paillé was arrested and charged with sexual offences involving two minors, the allegations dating back to 2006 and as recently as August 2024. Paillé, who represented the riding of Louis-Hébert for the Bloc from 2008 to 2011,[Read More…]
Bill 28 entrenches the devaluation of feminized labour
Trigger warning: mentions of violence In 2018, a nurse in Beauce had a miscarriage after a patient kicked her in the stomach. In 2020, a nurse in Montérégie-Est was strangled for several minutes. In 2023, a high‑school teacher in Laval was assaulted with scissors by a student in her classroom.[Read More…]
We can’t all be superheroes
One year ago, I wrote an article titled ‘Disruption is the essence of effective protest,’ arguing that radical activism is more effective than catering to the politically neutral, and that fence-sitters aren’t worth engaging with. But after another year spent watching and reporting on student activism, I can see that[Read More…]
Quebec must take online misogyny seriously
Despite efforts to advocate for women’s rights, including Quebec’s investments in combating domestic violence, there is a sense of ‘rolling back’—from bills meant to cut federal funding for causes such as the Women’s Program to public figures experiencing harassment online. Quebec Solidaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal and author India Desjardins have[Read More…]
A ‘walkable’ city where food is increasingly out of reach
A recent Concordia University study revealed that 20 per cent of Montrealers cannot reach a quality grocery store within a 10-minute walk, a number that rises to nearly half the population when the diversity of food options is considered. These gaps are most pronounced in neighbourhoods such as Montréal-Nord, parts[Read More…]
White supremacists cannot be trusted with coercive state power
Trigger warning: Mentions of racial and sexual violence WhiteDate, advertised as a “dating platform for white people with traditional values,” is a white supremacist, neo-eugenicist, ethnonationalist propaganda network impersonating a dating app. An investigation has revealed the presence of military and elected officials on this platform, posing a profound threat[Read More…]
Passing bills ‘on division’ threatens Canadian democracy
Canada’s current Parliament has passed 50 per cent of its bills through a ‘division’ vote instead of a ‘tallied’ vote in the House of Commons. Parliament has previously used this practice to fast-track legislation or opt for simplicity during online sessions. Today, it is justified in the name of stability,[Read More…]