Quebec court rejects McGill injunction request to remove encampment

A Quebec judge rejected McGill University's request for an injunction to remove the pro-Palestinian encampment on the university's campus in downtown Montreal.

A Quebec judge rejected McGill University's request for an injunction to remove the pro-Palestinian encampment on the university's campus in downtown Montreal.

It is the second injunction request that has been denied after two students requested a similar court authorization. 

The injunction request sought to authorize Montreal police to assist the school in dismantling the encampment on McGill's lower field, citing health and safety concerns at the encampment that was first set up on April 27.

The court did not find sufficient grounds to justify an injunction, but requested the plaintiffs make specific modifications to the introductory application and re-file the request. 

The court said that McGill "cannot point to any serious claim or violent incident since the erection of the first tents on the campus," noting that "even a confrontation with counter-demonstrators on May 2... took place peacefully."

In addition, the court said that McGill's need for an injunction to start work for the spring convocation was not justified because of the "university's wise decision to relocate the event."More details to come.