Sadly, historically, Canadians, particularly those who contribute to news stories with their opinions, want to make any story that occurs in Quebec, about Quebec.  This is about academic integrity and freedom.  What the man wrote about was not a lie, whether you agree fully or not.  It was meant to get the province he works in to look in the mirror.  Clearly there are those in Quebec who don't want to, and it's a travesty that McGill would be so easily cowed.
On the other hand, just look at the comments below and you'll realize that the same is true elsewhere in the country.  Always ready to focus attention on people you've decided are "the problem" and  help catapult the first stone at someone else.  The more different, the better.