McGill students lose injunction to limit where protesters can go
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A judge has rejected a request from two McGill University students for a court injunction to limit where protesters can go on campus.
A judge has rejected a request from two McGill University students for a court injunction to limit where protesters can go on campus.
This comes after the plaintiffs argued the pro-Palestinian encampment on the school's lower field created a "dangerous, hostile, aggressive and violent environment."
"There are Canadian values, there are Quebec values, but they are not the values of hate, they are not the values of intimidation, they are not the values of harassment," said lawyer Neil Oberman Tuesday. "No Canadian, no Québécois will tolerate that or accept it and neither should the court."
The plaintiffs were seeking an immediate end to protests within 100 metres of any McGill University building to ensure students could access the facilities.
"It is premature, at this stage, to conclude that the situation will not be resolved adequately and non-violently with progressive police intervention, which a court order would not necessarily encourage," the judgement reads.
McGill University has already "requested police assistance."
A lawyer representing the school notes officials are staying neutral regarding the case.
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