CSU election heats up with debate

The two slates running for this year’s CSU election duked it out Wednesday in a debate heard live on CJLO. Chosen by Team Action to debate were Presidential candidate Khalil Haddad along with VP hopefuls Teresa Seminara and Rasim Hafiz. Sitting to the right of them was Your Concordia’s Lex Gill, Chad Walcott and Laura Glover. The main issues were discussed to give students a better idea of who they’d like to vote for.

In a late twist, The Link’s News Editor Christopher Curtis was forced to step in as moderator less than an hour before the debate began.

During the debate the teams held to their guns, rarely swaying from campaign promises and well-known positions. One disagreement came between the presidential candidates when they couldn’t agree on whether the student centre contract was overly binding or not. Both teams agree that tuition fees need to be lowered and their needs to be more transparency and accountability for the CSU next year, but the semantics were widely contested. Action wants to release spending sheets monthly while Your Concordia has promised to release the info every day they can.

Loyola students listen up! Both teams want to extend shuttle bus hours and promote the use of space at the Loyola campus.

A conflict did arise in the question and answer period after the moderator pointed out that Action was supported by the current CSU. Stephen Brown from Team Action immediately stood up and loudly accused the moderator of bias. This stems from an election where media bias and objectivity is on the tip of everyone’s tongues thanks in part to a protest earlier this month outside the Link’s office accusing the newspaper of media bias.

To stream the debate online click here.

Photos by: Erica Fisher