CASA debate put to rest – for now
After all the heated debates, emotions, meetings, reports and recommendations, the multi-year effort to move to associate membership status in the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations has failed. Faces became red and voices became louder than normal at times in back-and-forth exchanges, but the debate remained civil and focused on substance, unlike those of the [...]
No one saw it coming. It was the third wheel for 51 years; the nagging younger brother who wouldn’t get out of your face. The maturity of Red and Blue seemed to leave him in the corner to bang his fists against the wall – until now, that is. For the first time in history, [...]
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Quebec has traditionally had the lowest tuition fees in the country and a history of student strikes is, in large part, responsible for those low fees. Now, I know what you’re thinking — how do students go on strike? Individual students’ unions hold general assemblies for all members, call a strike vote, and then if [...]
Continue reading …The last year has been full of strikes and lockouts – postal workers, Acadian Lines workers, various unions at Air Canada, transit workers in Halifax, workers at Caterpillar locomotive plant in London, Ont. and the workers at the Fredericton Airport, to name a few. We are likely entering an era where labour disruptions are becoming [...]
Continue reading …The St. Thomas Union of Student Employees failed to become a union last year, but they’re going to try again, starting this week. The union certification application was withdrawn late last semester. STUSE started last winter as student employees of the university called for improved working conditions. St. Thomas University spokesman Jeffrey Carleton said STU [...]
Continue reading …There is no budget crisis. Or, to be more precise, there is no spending problem. We don’t need massive budget cuts. The provincial budget woes are caused by a lack of revenue, not a spending problem. Provincial Finance Minister Blaine Higgs wants us to believe that the province’s finances leave us on the verge of [...]
Continue reading …It’s no secret that I’m pretty far to the left when it comes to politics. I support increasing taxes on corporations and the rich to pay increased investment in healthcare, education, pensions and affordable housing. I want a Canada with more social and economic justice – that’s why I’m a member of the New Democratic [...]
Continue reading …This past week hasn’t been good for students across the country. Tuition fees are going up in Nova Scotia while university budgets are being cut. The Nova Scotia government announced tuition fee increases of three per cent (or more in professional programs and for international students). And that three per cent cap on tuition fee [...]
Continue reading …In the past week, I’ve taken the Acadian Lines bus twice, and each time I’ve thought about the possibility of an upcoming strike. The union representing Acadian bus drivers, mechanics and customer service representatives are set to go on strike Nov. 21 after voting 98 per cent in favour of a strike – a huge majority by any measurement. There’s no question that [...]
Continue reading …I came out in the middle of debates around legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada. There were no shortage of Conservative MP’s spewing homophobic rhetoric and opposing same-sex marriage legislation. So, I found it a bit odd that a group of Conservative politicians and staffers put together an “It gets better” video a couple of weeks [...]
Continue reading …Right now I’m outside city hall, where Occupy Fredericton is having a general assembly meeting after a day-long protest and an evening march. Fredericton is one of hundreds of cities where people have occupied public spaces in protest of inequality and an economic system that puts the profits of the one per cent ahead of [...]
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Sarah Bulman, chief returning officer for St. Thomas University students’ union has just released updated election results: A recount was requested by Megan Aiken and took place this evening at five o clock in the STUSU basement office … There were a few differences. Off-campus Representative Here are the new results: Candidate Number of votes [...]
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