Referendum
SFSS prepares for student vote on U-Pass renewal
November 13, 2017The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is holding a referendum later this month for undergraduate students to vote on the renewal of their Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass) agreement, which is slated to expire in April 2018. The SFSS and other student societies in the province successfully negotiated to extend the current contract for student passes with local transit provider TransLink until the end of 2019. SFU undergraduate students will continue to pay $41 per month to the student society for their transit pass if they vote ‘yes’ to extend the expiry date of the U-Pass program and agree to continue…
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Graduate Student Society holds referendum to raise part-time student fees
November 7, 2017By: Aaron Richardson The SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) is advancing a referendum question regarding a possible change to student membership fees in tandem with the election for student society executive positions this semester. The society membership will vote on a…
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SFSS board overhauls election and referenda policies
June 23, 2017The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors has passed a host of changes to the policies governing elections and referenda held by the society. The changes were launched by last year’s board citing a “lack of clear process”…
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SFU union referendum on Israel boycott fails
May 24, 2017The membership of an SFU union has rejected a policy to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU), which represents teaching assistants, tutor markers, and sessional instructors at the university, held…
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SFU union holds referendum on Israel boycott
May 16, 2017This week, TAs and TMs at Simon Fraser University will weigh in on an issue that has a stake in a decades-old, bitter conflict. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) is holding a referendum May 15–19 on whether to adopt…
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Brexit is the product of personality politics
July 1, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a former resident of Britain, my mother spent most of June 24 on the phone with her friends and relatives who still live in England, consoling them on what they felt was a severe injustice to their nation. The…
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HUMOUR: The seven least popular funding alternatives to consider, now that Metro Vancouver voted “No” to the transit plebiscite
July 13, 20157. Have a gluten-free, vegan bake sale. 6. Rob a bank. 5. Raise fares to $1 million per zone travelled. 4. Put tolls — on schools. 3. Spend money on ads saying TransLink needs more money 2. Hire another CEO…
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TransLink promises voters “things will be different this time, baby”
May 22, 2015[caption id="attachment_2649" align="alignnone" width="671"] Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] With a May 29 deadline fast approaching for the regional transit referendum, TransLink has again reached out to people who use their services, vowing to change for the better and treat…
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Voters must realize that TransLink is not on the transit plebiscite
February 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_590" align="alignnone" width="887"] Image Credit: Talha Qadir[/caption] As you are probably already aware, the transportation funding plebiscite is fast approaching and both sides of the debate are actively trying to win your vote. The ‘no’ side, championed by the…
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Metro Vancouverites to vote on transit tax
February 2, 2015In the upcoming transit referendum, Metro Vancouver residents will have the opportunity to vote on a transit tax that would increase the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) by 0.5 per cent. The referendum, if passed, would allow for improvements in transportation…
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