Headlines for May 7, 2019
The Star Calgary
Alberta and Ontario premiers’ campus free-speech policies a ‘dog-whistle blow’ for the right: expert
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney intends to follow Ontario in asking the province’s universities and colleges to conform to free-speech guidelines, but freedom of expression experts say the move is mostly about optics.
Ottawa Citizen
Opinion: Ontario’s plan to link funding and standards in higher education will be tricky
Although on the surface this plan appears well-intentioned, there could be negative unintended consequences, Tony Manera writes.
Windsor Star
Concerns expressed over proliferation of student housing
A last-minute 245-name petition from several neighbours failed to dissuade most councillors from approving a plan to tear down a west-end house and replace it with a three-townhouse project for 16 students.
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