All posts on December 7th, 2020

Montreal Police: Are they doing what is RIGHT or what is WHITE “There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.” Charles de Montesquieu, “The Spirit of the Laws,” 1748 Once again a tragic déjà vu has played out in our community; we were forced to grapple with fresh accounts of police misconduct in its deadliest incarnation. Once again, the victim is a Black male and the perpetrators are the very public servants charged with keeping him – in fact, all of us – safe. Only the city …

This man wanted a fight, I did not want one… DR. ALWIN SPENCE. A few weeks ago I was driving on St. Charles Rd. in Vaudreuil. I was in the middle lane, and there was a line of cars in the middle and right lanes going south. The driver immediately in front of me, suddenly moved into the left lane preparing to turn at the next stoplight. As quickly as he moved in the left lane he came back into the middle one right in front of me. I had to slam on my brake, then slightly swerve to the …

By H. Nigel Thomas Horace Ishmael Goddard and I met for the first time in a literature class at Sir George Williams University in 1973. It hadn’t yet become Concordia University. We met again at Université de Montréal, from which he received an MA and a PHD, and I a PHD. We’d both studied for McGill’s IG teaching diploma but in different years. It was during our years at Université de Montréal that our friendship deepened, in my case, extending to his now ex-wife Julia and their children: Ian, Kevin, and Ingrid. I am twelve days older than Horace, and, …