Justice committee  Unfortunately, all forms of hate exist throughout society, and some are obviously also found on our campuses. As I mentioned earlier, Concordia University has set up a task force that is looking at a number of different forms of hate. I am waiting for recommendations from the various sub-task forces, including those on antisemitism and Islamophobia, in order to better understand what their recommendations are for the future.

Justice committee  It is part of our code, indeed, that with individuals for whom we have evidence-based complaints, the processes are launched. Clearly, if the behaviour continues or is manifested in some further way, an actionable response needs to happen.

Justice committee  As I said, we are very committed to upholding our process. If someone continually behaves in a way that is not acceptable according to our codes, we apply our codes.

Justice committee  No, there was no quota.

Justice committee  This is the justice committee. The justice committee also, I think, understands the importance of institutions abiding by their practices. That is what we are doing in our application of our code of conduct on behavioural cases and processes which have been launched following complaints that are evidence founded.

Justice committee  At this point no one has been suspended, because processes are ongoing.

Justice committee  If I go back to the events of November 8, three individuals were banned from our campus as a result of that activity.

Justice committee  I would go back to something I said earlier. Despite the events of November 8, we at Concordia have had 70 events on campus with respect to the Middle East, the majority of which were organized by students, and—

Justice committee  One of Concordia's founding institutions, Sir George Williams University, was one of the first universities in Quebec to admit Jewish students without any quota. That was going on in the 1950s and 1960s, when quotas existed elsewhere. We are also a university that has an academic program in Canadian Jewish studies, which is one of the oldest in the country.

Justice committee  Yes, I am.

Justice committee  Which groups are you referring to?

Justice committee  SPHR is a group on campus. It's important to understand that under the Quebec law, student associations act independently of the university.

Justice committee  I did not say that. In fact, what I said in my opening statement is that we've worked very hard to keep channels of communication open with all student groups, including with SPHR. Our goal has been to work to prevent episodes from happening on campus and to work to the extent possible to de-escalate episodes when they do happen.

Justice committee  I'm not going to comment on the case of any individual student, and I'm not going to comment on any cases that are currently under investigation, as per our processes.

Justice committee  It was four pro-Palestine events and one pro-Israel event. The events involved people from outside the university who had been invited to give a speech, among other things.