The Ontario government should be granting temporary licences to these establishments (with possible high taxes) to keep them running while the appropriate framework is developed.
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Through introducing this legislation, the government is essentially saying that the economic position of elderly, small jam-makers in Northern Ontario is more important than the fundamental rights of Canadian workers to strike and fight for fair working conditions and decent wages.
Obviously, students’ money shouldn’t be going towards something that they don’t support, but defunding OPIRG entirely isn’t the right way to go about it.
There need to be increased opportunities for Franco-Ontarian and bilingual students to be able to practice and hone their language skills while not having to travel across the province or country in order to do so.
Seeing things move in your peripheral vision while you walk down a tunnel towards pitch black darkness is not my idea of a fun time.
If Rachiq really believed that the needs of the student body come before those of one student, he would have broken his silence and offered his resignation and full cooperation earlier than he did.
So while some might pass campus politics off as trivial, it is important to keep an eye on student executives. You never know—they might one day take up other public office.
When it comes to the SFUO, trust us honey, you deserve better.
The SFUO is like a boyfriend who asks for grocery money, only to turn around and buy $10,000 worth of fireworks.
If we shelter kids from Big Mac commercials until they’re 17, and then thrust them into a consumerist culture as adults, they won’t know how to make healthy choices.
Midterms shouldn’t all be grouped together, as it’s regressive to students’ mental health and renders reading week pointless. The university should create mechanisms to spread out midterm exams and assessments, for students’ sake.
Through opening online shopping instead of retail stores first, (especially when Canada Post is on a rotating strike) Ontario is putting the cart before the horse. People need to be able to see the product they intend to purchase, not wait five days for delivery.
The fact that university students are unable to identify offensive costumes, leading student unions to have to publish guidelines, is frankly, ridiculous.
The kind of people that are complaining about this, are probably also the citizens that complain about kids these days growing up too fast. This is why your grandkids don’t visit, Jean.
The SFUO had no right to delete these comments. After all, this is not their personal Facebook page where they can just block whoever disagrees with them (@JimWatsonOttawa). At the end of the day, the people they disagree with are still people they represent.
I shouldn’t have to watch out to make sure I won’t get hit by Lance Armstrong everytime I leave my house.
I think there’s about 40,000 students who have a much better idea on how to spend that money. Perhaps the university could try offsetting tuition costs, or at least not raise tuition a month after finding out they have a surplus of $15 million.
The time for a new student union has come. But this is also a time where we, as a student body, need to be careful and calculated.
Think of the scandal that has occurred just this semester, of the ongoing investigation, of the termination of the contract by the university. Essentially, the full-time undergraduate students paid the SFUO $4 million to get terminated.
The Ottawa Citizen continues to miss the important discussion that needs to be had surrounding homeless shelters and affordable housing, instead choosing to focus on property value and crude complaints.
The guidelines put forth by the Ford administration for the university freedom of speech policies have been vague, leaving many to wonder what variations will be seen across the board, or if there should be variations at all.
Ottawa has two universities and a college, which means there are plenty of students who, if they get politically engaged, can make a real difference and work as a powerful voting block. The student voice needs to be heard in this city, and the ballot box is a great way to do so.
This came in response to fraud allegations, and allegations of financial misconduct faced by at least three individuals on the SFUO executive, and for many students, felt long overdue. For others however, concerns of administrative interference in student governance raised red flags, and some students feel as though their voices are being stifled. We’re here to tell you that this is not the case.
The administration has a lot of questions to answer in the coming months and negotiations will be intense, but this needs to be readdressed with a proper overhaul of the SFUO. With only two executives currently serving, students need to come together to make sure that the SFUO does what it can to regain the trust of students at the U of O.
Don’t get me wrong, while Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony was hard to watch, it was brave, and commendable. Kavanaugh’s testimony was hard to watch for a different reason.
