Flower Power, Pray for Peace!

York University Excalibur, 5 Oct 05; U of Manitoba Manitoban, 10 Oct 05

It appears some universities are climbing aboard the "Keep the CF Off Campus" bandwagon. Happy to seek freedom of speech, EXCEPT when we don't like what we hear.....

From the Manitoban: "There is no shortage of evidence contradicting Canada’s lawful use of force and nearly pristine image of the blue berets; Canada’s military history is no more than the history of one state’s appeasement of the dominant Empire, whether British or American. .... Besides, Canada needs to keep some of its troops at home to suppress Indigenous resistance and protect golf courses, as it did with the 1990 dispute between the Mohawk people of the Kanesatake reserve and the town of Oka, Quebec."

From the Excalibur ""We thought that it was important to go there and reclaim student space and ensure that the university understands that the students are the university," says Ahmed Habib, vice-president equity for the (York Federation of Students). "If they want to use that student space, they have to live up to particular standards of human rights and equity which we don't think the Canadian Department of Defense upholds," he adds." ''

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(updated 10 Oct 05)