The Montreal and Quebec governments and police have left the university to its own devices and hold it to a perplexing double standard regarding the pro-Palestinian camp on its grounds. Why?
Last week, the shiny glass headquarters of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec were splashed with red paint.
Although protesters denied it, it was widely assumed that the vandalism was connected to the pro-Palestinian encampment that had taken root across the street two weeks earlier, demanding that the Caisse divest from some $14 billion in holdings that protesters say could be supporting Israel’s war in Gaza.
Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault has announced he is stepping down from his job for “personal reasons.”
