Layoff fears loom over McGill campus - KAREN SEIDMAN, Montreal Gazette

The mood on the McGill University campus these days is grim, with alarming predictions coming from university leaders about the dire financial situation and tension building among employees with the prospect of job cuts on the horizon. McGill provost Anthony Masi called the government’s handling of university finances “an unprecedented assault on McGill” in a recent blog post, and during a meeting on Wednesday with union leaders he made it clear that nothing — including jobs — was safe in the current unstable environment. Some union leaders emerged from a meeting with university leaders Wednesday saying head counts are being taken to prepare for possible layoffs. http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Layoff+fears+loom+over+McGill+campus/7961227/story.html