Election
We need to increase youth voter turnout
September 10, 2021The upcoming 2021 Canadian federal election has a five week campaign period. During those five weeks, political parties are attempting to persuade voters to support them, but the greater underlying issue is convincing young voters to vote at all. Despite the 2019 federal election having the “highest national turnout since the 2004 election” overall, only 53.9% of eligible 18–24 year-old voters cast their ballots. An increased youth voter turnout in the upcoming elections is necessary to represent youths’ concerns in parliament. The 2015 National Youth Survey results indicated “youth were less likely than older adults to feel that by voting…
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A minimum voter threshold for SFSS elections should be required
March 15, 2021Another round of SFSS elections is complete, and I congratulate all of the successful candidates, but something about the results isn’t right. The 2021 election results had an average of 891 total votes per position, with most candidates being elected…
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SFU student politics has failed us
February 21, 2021Despite changes the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought to SFU, some things have remained consistent: nonsensical Canvas pages, wallet-crushing tuition, and bullshit student politics. For a university that advertises itself as “one of Canada’s most community-engaged research universities,” this isn’t…
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A summary of the 2021 SFSS candidate debate
February 14, 2021On February 11, 2021, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) held a candidate debate for their 2021 Executive Committee elections. The Executive Committee is elected by the student body to represent undergraduate students and advocate on their behalf with SFU…
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Why voting in the 2021 SFSS executive committee election is important
February 14, 2021Last Fall’s Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) annual general meeting saw over 600 students in attendance — one of the largest turnouts since the fervoured attendance of the 2018 impeachment. It seems like students want to, and are becoming more…
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We have to hold our political leaders accountable after they are elected
November 25, 2020As I’m writing this, election news is very fresh on my mind. John Horgan has been re-elected as premier — and, to me, it is a relief that the NDP is staying in power. However, I know I’m not the…
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An overview of BC’s 42nd provincial election
October 10, 2020On September 21, Premier John Horgan called a provincial election for October 24. While BC had an election date set for October 2021, Horgan cited COVID-19 as the reason for the early election, stating that “this pandemic will be with…
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SFPIRG and WUSC requesting increased student levies in upcoming referendum
March 16, 2020As part of the Simon Fraser Student Society’s 2020 election and referendum, the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) and the SFU chapter of World University Services of Canada (WUSC) are posing a referendum question to SFU students for…
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SFSS hires this year’s IEC chief, a loaf of banana chocolate chip bread
February 5, 2020As the SFSS election season draws near, the Board of Directors has appointed this year’s chief independent electoral commissioner (IEC): a loaf of banana chocolate chip bread. The independent electoral commission is appointed every year to run the SFSS Board…
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SFSS, GSS host federal election debate at SFU
October 17, 2019SFU Burnaby campus hosted a federal election debate for the Burnaby North-Seymour riding on October 7, 2019. Candidates in attendance were Svend Robinson (NDP), Terry Beech (Liberals), and Amita Kuttner (Green Party). Heather Leung (Conservatives) was not in attendance, despite…
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