ARE YOU PREPARED to give up $13,000 during your golden years? Prime Minister Stephen Harper thinks you are. That’s what the average Canadian will have to give up thanks to the federal budget introduced by the Conservative Party last week. The budget cuts retirement benefits by raising the age of eligibility for Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement [...]
NOT SO MANY years ago, this university had no club to unite provincial or federal Young Liberals. Liberals were present, but were an unknown, scattered entity of independently strong individuals. Today, this is not the case, as Liberals wander the halls of our university united, and are prouder, smarter, and stronger in the face of adversity. At our annual general [...]
FOR YEARS, A large poster hung in the window of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) that made the following (among others) mysandric statements on “steps to preventing rape”: 1. Men should keep to well-lit areas and should be accompanied by Protection officers. 2. Men should wear bells around their necks at all times. 3. [...]
I HAVE ENJOYED reading the Fulcrum during all four years of my studies at the University of Ottawa. While I like reading over the debates about various subjects at the university, I’m surprised no one has ever mentioned the repercussions the water bottle ban has on those with medical conditions that include thirst. I’m diabetic, and thirst comes with the [...]
Re: “Thirsty?” (Opinions, March 22) I’M BEGINNING TO believe that the word sustainability is being used (almost) exclusively by people who don’t actually know what it means. For example, last week, Lisa Le wrote in her op-ed “Thirsty?” that the move by the University of Ottawa to “have water fountains practically everywhere” is “a significant step toward sustainability.” Conversely, she [...]
I AM A student at the University of Ottawa. Last year, I paid $4,393 in tuition fees. Had I been a full-time student throughout this whole period, I would have paid $6,426. Since I pay among the highest tuition fees in the country, I should expect to receive an education of high quality and excellent support for the completion of my studies, as well as good services from my [...]
WITH THE OFFICIAL first day of spring coming up, March is a month full of happenings; the mathematical constant 3.14 has a spotlight on the 14th with Pi Day, the Lenten season, and St. Patrick’s Day festivities are on the 17th. So other than the number enthusiasts, Christians, and pub-goers, is there another day in March we can all celebrate, [...]
DEAR PRESIDENT ALLAN Rock, Last week I and fellow student senator, Hazel Gashoka, wrote to you requesting that you agree to allow students and the public to observe your upcoming cross-examination in the defamation lawsuit of St. Lewis v. Rancourt, which is currently before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. You will be cross-examined by the defence about why and [...]
Re: Niqab ban oppresses new Canadian citizens (Opinions, March 8) MINISTER JASON KENNEY’S controversial ban on the wearing of the niqab during citizenship ceremonies has been an effective red herring, distracting from the government’s many questionable policies. But it would arguably be acceptable even if he sought to extend the ban toward all public life and contradict traditional Canadian multiculturalism. [...]
STUDENTS ACROSS THE country are facing barriers to access to post-secondary education. Recently, the Charest government in Quebec passed a proposed increase in tuition fees by 75 per cent over the next five years in their budget, imposing new barriers to students in the province. Though their tuition fees will still remain amongst the lowest in the country, this increase [...]
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