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Former vice president external and community affairs disapproves of SFSS budget cuts

By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer Former vice president external and community affairs, Eshana Baran, made several Twitter posts to inform students of sizable cuts in the Simon Fraser Student Society’s (SFSS) draft of next year’s budget. The new budget for 2023/24 cut funding for several committees including equity, BIPOC, and academic affairs.  Baran’s first post noted that, in unusual fashion, Council received the drafted preliminary budget only the day before it was set to be voted on at the May 26 Council meeting.    “Typically, the vice-president finance leads the society through an extensive consultation process to create the budget,” said…

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