Morning Update: McGill University threatens police action to clear pro-Palestinian encampment

News Snapshot:

Good morning, McGill University has threatened to call in police to dismantle an encampment as pro-Palestinian protests are spreading across Canadian university campuses. McGill declared the encampment on its campus illegal and denounced alleged antisemitic behaviour among protesters, who remained peaceful over the weekend while the number of tents increased significantly. The protesters are demanding that the university divest from companies “supporting or complicit in the current genocide and occupation of Palestine.” Similar protests are taking place on campuses in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, and at several high-profile American universities where clashes between protesters and counterprotesters have occurred as police...