Mattha Busby
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Opinions
Change Is Spare
The scowl that many homeless people receive when asking “Vous avez un peu de change?” is one that I myself sometimes bestow upon them. Society at large needs to reexamine the ways in which we treat those that we keep on the margins. Otherwise we will only perpetuate a growing problem.
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News
Taking Back the Night for Everyone
“It might sound a little preposterous, but we need to teach people to not sexually assault each other.”
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Special Issue
Provender Takes on the Food Industry Middleman
The massive reduction in food miles that local food systems create has immense environmental benefits.
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Opinions
UberX: Innovation or Anarchy?
“Uber doesn’t pay their taxes; they’re circumventing regulations,” said Martha Karounis, a daytime dispatcher at Atlas Taxi for 25 years. “It’s like Jack and Jill or you and I starting a milk company and keeping all the money for ourselves. It’s anarchy.”
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News
Elizabeth May Launches Memoir/Manifesto Hybrid at McGill
The party leader read from and spoke about her new book, Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada, last Saturday at McGill.
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Fringe Arts
Get Into the Rhythm of RIDM
Running from Nov. 12 to Nov. 23, this year’s Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) will present 142 films from 44 nations.
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News
Offering Solidarity for Hong Kong from Afar
Around 300 people gathered on the corner of Milton St. and University St. on China’s national holiday, Oct. 1, to display their “Solidarity with Hong Kong.”
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News
Act Would Protect Unpaid Interns from Abuse
The proposed bill follows the death of Andy Ferguson, an intern at a radio station in Alberta, who died from a head-on collision after working excessive hours without pay. The bill aims to help hundreds of thousands of young Canadians who will undertake internships this year from potentially unscrupulous employers.