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McGill students in Milton Parc: residents or vacationers?

Thursday 1st April 2010 by maroussia
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 (...)

pulling the threads

Wednesday 24th February 2010 by maroussia
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 (...)

Ex post facto

Wednesday 27th May 2009 by maroussia
A cautionary tale and justification for silence.

concentration of legal knowledge

Sunday 28th September 2008 by maroussia
Good for lawyers, bad for democracy

Here

Saturday 6th September 2008 by maroussia
It took me no time to write this but a lot of courage to show you.

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