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Kiss your current U-Pass subsidies goodbye

[caption id="attachment_1934" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo Credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] The U-Pass program has been extremely beneficial for students all over the Lower Mainland, but with the ongoing transit referendum, the future of the program may be at risk. According to the U-Pass website, and from an SFU City Conversations event I was part of with the chief negotiator for the program, the current contract with TransLink for our U-Pass prices ends next April and will need to be re-negotiated. However, if the referendum does not result in a ‘yes’ vote, the U-Pass program may likely cease to exist. As students, it…

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