In recent years there have been a growing number of complaints directed towards McGill regarding noise, vandalism, and disturbances in the adjacent Milton-Parc neighbourhood. I wrote this report last summer for the Student Society of McGill university (SSMU). It hopes to inform the efforts of SSMU and of other stakeholders who wish to alleviate the problems associated with an increased student presence in this residential area.
Ater a historical survey of the socio-demographic development (...)

The latest effort to resuscitate this blog deals with current discontent about the Harper government. Taken together, isolated incidents suggest an alarming contempt for public institutions, civil servants, and, ultimately, democracy.
The Harper government has taken a series of decisions that undermine the strength of our public institutions.
The most obvious is Parliament prorogation. For the second time, the minority government has decided to use this unusual procedure to allow (...)

A cautionary tale and justification for silence.

Good for lawyers, bad for democracy

It took me no time to write this but a lot of courage to show you.