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Upcoming federal budget skins bureaucracy surrounding natural resource industry
The Conservative Party is set to introduce their next federal budget this Thursday.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver confirmed the budget will lighten the regulatory load surrounding Canada’s resource industry.
According to the Globe & Mail duplicative environmental reviews completed by all levels of government will be passed on to the provinces. Two-year time limits will be imposed in cases where federal departments are involved to avoid the six-year wait endured by the Joslyn oil sands project.
Opposition parties accused the Conservatives of excessively catering to major oil and mining interests. Conservatives insist changes are necessary to maintain Canada’s competitive advantage.
Flickr photo by BC Gov Photos
University of Montreal expansion announced
According to the CTV, the University of Montreal will be beginning new construction.
Finance minister Raymond Bachand announced Monday that the federal government would fund the $350 million project. The new campus would be located in the abandoned CP rail yard in Outremont.
Plans for a new library as well as student housing are part of the project. However up to 70 percent of the deal is for scientific equipment said Bachand.
The news was not greeted well by students who protested outside city hall. A line of police officers stood between the protesters and the building.
Students are insulted that the decision was made during the provincial wide tuition strikes that are ongoing.
Quebec student strikers take on new tactic
Quebec students plan on continuing with their strike against the recent tuition hikes with a new strategy.
Protests will continue, however instead of massive groups of student protests, such as the one on March 22, smaller protests will occur. These demonstrations will be targeting Liberal politicians who just barely won the 2008 elections.
Some of their main targets include 10 MNAS such as Monique Gagnon-Tremblay and Robert Dutil.
Many will be going door-to-door to convince swing voters on certain ridings. Liberal donors will also be contacted by telephone. So far, Charest has yet to do anything.
Some believe that the longer these strikes are held for, the more tension will build with students and police.
While Finance Minister, Raymond Bachand believes that students have to pay their faire share, to ensure the quality of Quebec’s univeristies, others think that Charest should take action.
Pierre-Paul Noreau, columnist at le Soleil thinks that the government will lose points in the public eye and that one side has to move.
Flickr photo by Tina Mailhot-Roberge
Student video captures security guard violation
A video captured by Amber Gross, a Mcgill student at a tuition hike protest in Concordia's Faubourg building, shows a Concordia security guard knocking the camera out of her hand.
The guard quickly leaves the scene before giving his name or license.
Watch the video here courtesy of CUTV.
March 26th, 2012
Read by: Sarah Deshaies
Stories by: Joel Balsam, Audrey Folliot, Sofia Gay and Gregory Wilson
Produced by: Carlo Spiridigliozzi
CSU 2012 Election Results
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Le Frigo Vert YES, 954 votes NO, 660 votes
President Melanie Hotchkiss, 730 votes Schubert Laforest, 758 votes
VP Finance Kenny Toto, 800 votes Stephanie Beauregard, 656 votes
VP Academic and Advocacy Chuck Wilson, 666 votes Lucia Gallardo, 836 votes
VP External Affairs Cameron Monagle, 696 votes Simon-pierre Lauzon, 777 votes
VP Clubs and Internal Affairs Museb Abu-Thuraia, 580 votes Nadine Atallah, 890 votes
VP Student Life Alexis Suzuki, 889 votes Lina Saigol, 587 votes
VP Sustainability Andrew Roberts, 871 votes Iain Meyer-Macaulay, 595 votes
VP Loyola Jonathan Braziller, 690 votes Stefan Faina, 765 votes
Position Name Yes No Abstain Arts and Science Council Adriana Farias 310 67 409 April Anne Underwood 326 79 364 Carlotta Longo 348 73 364 Chad Walcott 392 105 290 Charlie Brenchley 333 117 346 Christopher Webster 260 117 412 Gonzo Nieto 331 103 364 Hajar El Jahidi 282 80 425 Hannah Hackney 297 67 422 Johnny Alexandar 260 74 444 Juliana Ramos 303 72 403 Melissa Kate Wheeler 315 103 382 Veryan Goodship 317 69 387 Engineering Council Ali Tahouni 125 22 82 Fahd Ali Nasser 75 42 107 Rami Khoriaty 91 40 95 Fine Arts council Laura Glover 108 17 54 Michael Mercer 81 22 63 Nicolas Martel 76 19 71 JMSB Council Jordan Lindsay 128 39 72 Elena Porosnicenco 113 38 79 Paul Jerajian 95 47 83 Yassine Chaadi 114 37 80
Fine Arts Senate Bella Giancotta 119 13 66 http://www.csu.qc.ca/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=5&pid=549 |
CSU holds Special General Meeting
The CSU is holding another Special General Meeting at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 26, in the Hall Building terrace.
This meeting was called to order by petition of students to discuss the minimum agreement.
The minimum agreement includes the Solidarity clause, the Non-Recommendation clause and the Non-Denunciation clause.
These clauses will be thoroughly discussed and voted on at the General Meeting.
The renewal of the strike vote is also on the table.
The renewal period would extend from March 23rd up until March 30th.
The resolutions state that the CSU financially support faculties and departments that vote in favor of the strike.
Many departments have set dates for another General Assembly to vote for or against the renewal of their strike mandate.
The next Special General Meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 30th.
Mulcair will target young voters
It seems that Thomas Mulcair’s first move is to go for the young ones. CTV reports the newly-appointed NDP leader wants to target young voters in the next election.
He says the NDP’s biggest challenge is to draw in people who believe in the NDP ideals but who don’t vote.
Mulcair was elected as the new NDP leader on Saturday night. He won the last round of voting with 57.1 per cent of the votes. He beat six other candidates for the position.
Mulcair says reaching out of the NDP’s traditional audience will help them win the next federal election.
Flickr photo: dave.cournoyer
A Better Concordia sweeps CSU elections
A Better Concordia swept this year's Concordia Student Union elections.
All of its candidates were voted into office even though students could have voted for candidates from both teams.
But it was close.
Schubert Laforest won with just 28 more votes than Mel Hotchkiss for president.
This result is subject to a recount.
It was not a smooth road to office for Laforest and A Better Concordia.
He and VP Academic and Advocacy elect Lucia Gallardo were disqualified early in the campaign for allegedly not being registered students. They were eventually re-instated by the Judicial Board, but with just one full day left to campaign.
Students also voted to give Concordia’s health food market Le Frigo Vert an extra $0.08 per credit.
Official results will be posted online as soon as they are received from CEO Ismail Holoubi.
200 000+ demonstrate against tuition hikes
Over 200 000 protesters gathering at Place du Canada for Thursday's blockbuster day of action against tuition increases.
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