DEAR STUDENTS,
THE University of Ottawa Young Liberals want you to participate and vote in the upcoming elections for the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa. We want you to become involved, have your say, and engage the executive, the bureaucracy, and staff by letting them know what you want.
We want this localized government, which uses your money, to represent the will and needs of 33,000 students—not just the 1,600 or fewer that went out and voted last year. It is the executive and the Board of Administration who decide the structure and funding of your money and government, thus making it imperative that every student has a say in their election.
The number one complaint against our university is the lack of community. There is no University of Ottawa culture; there are club cultures, there are association cultures, there are athletic cultures, but our students do not positively associate with a single collection of students. The voter apathy is a direct sign and cause of this fact.
Students need to come together as voting members and express themselves. Everyone needs to demand more of our representatives. We need to demand they build a strong, better, smarter community together. We need to demand a federation that listens to all of its community and works with all its members rather than fights with them or ignores them.
We as a club and as a group of students believe in you, and believe in your choices. Please, we ask you to have a say and say what is right and what is wrong. No matter what your opinion is—just say it. Say it to the administration, say it to the federation, and scream it to all other students. Eleven per cent voter participation should not be a norm and should not be considered one that is sufficient.
University of Ottawa Young Liberals
