Posted on 04/03/2025 3:59:49 PM PDT by grundle
'Disrupting classes, harassing students and faculty is not activism, it’s dangerous behaviour that has no place on a Canadian campus'
Professors moved classes online and protesters blocked access to classrooms at McGill University this week as a three-day student strike kicked off.
“Anti-Israel protesters are physically blocking access to lecture halls inside the Bronfman building and disrupting classes, preventing fellow students from accessing their right to education,” wrote the pro-Israel advocacy group B’nai Brith Canada on X on Wednesday.
“Protest is a protected right — intimidation is not. No student should have to choose between their safety and their education. Disrupting classes, harassing students and faculty, and hijacking campus spaces is not activism, it’s dangerous behaviour that has no place on a Canadian campus.”
On Thursday, Montreal police were on site to moderate protests and counter-protests.
“Police officers were there to make sure that those two groups (don’t) merge together and commit any criminal acts,” Agent Manuel Coupre told National Post in an interview.
No arrests were made. Police said they arrived around 12:30 p.m., having been made aware that there would be two protests on Thursday. The protesters gathered around 2 p.m., and left around 3:30 p.m, police said.
“We do know that some protesters gathered inside the building, but most of our police operation (was) outside,” Coupre said.
The protest began on Wednesday and will run until Friday. Videos posted online showed protesters wearing masks and keffiyehs, protesting in classrooms and on campus on Wednesday. In an emailed statement, McGill said 20 classes were disrupted, but the majority continued as scheduled.
“(On Thursday), more classes had to be cancelled and some protesters engaged in acts of vandalism. McGill University personnel is at work, to reduce disruptions and facilitate access to classrooms, in collaboration with the Montreal police,”
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That crosses the line from a protest to a riot in my book, when you’re blocking access.
That’s because the Leftist Canadian media and government hates Jews. Yes, I really do believe that.
They side with Satan, not God.
The Canadian Communists need to round up these Sand Nazis and exact some “tough love” on them.
(They are, after all, natural enemies)
I think you are right.
Canada has an election right now after the election the tough business with Canada will be conducted.
A disruptor is either an outside trespasser or an-inhouse offender.
There are means of dealing with both.
Let’s see if Trump will cut off US funding.
Yes, even though it isn’t in the US, it gets US federal subsidies.
https://www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/government/us/governmentloans
It probably gets research grants as well, but I’ll leave that to someone else to dig into.
NIH grants:
https://www.mcgill.ca/research/research/funding/international/usa/nih
Hopefully these will be gone soon.
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