Having attended McGill in the 80's....I think moving it to Rimouski for a few years would do it no end of good.
The old Anglo/Scottish fur trade $$ is still the "core" of the English side of the city...
(The Beaver Club etc)
At least in the 80's enrollment was 99.9% anglo/white GTA and Westmount kids.
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From what I have seen of this guy in the Ottawa Citizen,they did not chuck a diamond off the train.