Students Launch Election WebSite

Wednesday, April 01, 2009 03:50 AM

Prince George, B.C.- As the Province of B.C. gets into election mode, BC's Students and their families have a new online election resource.

Created by the Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia, www.voteeducation.ca will provide policy analysis, information on how to register to vote, and up-to-the-minute campaign news as it relates to post-secondary education in BC.

“Education and training will be key to BC's economic recovery. Our online campaign will shed light on where the major parties stand on education and training policy so that voters can make an informed choice on May 12," says Shamus Reid, Chairperson of the CFS-BC.

In addition to providing information and analysis, the web site will be the campaign hub for student activists who are mobilizing in communities across BC.

“Students and our families cannot endure another four years of increasing tuition fees and deepening student debt, and BC’s economy cannot endure a skills shortage. Either the BC Liberals have to change course, or we need a change in government” said Reid.

The Canadian Federation of Students-British Columbia is BC’s provincial students’ organization, representing 150,000 university and college students at all levels of post-secondary education in BC.

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Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 03:50 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on April 1 2009 7:55 AM

Hmmm.. I wondered what those "homeless" students would be doing now.

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on April 1 2009 7:56 AM

Check out the NDP campaign office, might be something to eat, if you can get up the ambition to get that far.

Posted by: Norm on April 1 2009 8:35 AM

To make good choices you need to be informed. Looking at our present government the voters may not have been that well informed.

Posted by: tombstone81 on April 1 2009 10:27 AM

Here's a fun game, kids...try to find a single thread on Opinion250 without HammyPoleDancer's redneck anti-NDP rhetoric splashed all over it.

Posted by: Death to Socialism on April 1 2009 11:22 AM

These clowns were already out waving signs around at the side of the road. What is it with leftists & placards? All the woes of the world can be solved by waving a sign & yelling slogans?

Posted by: Blurb on April 1 2009 7:01 PM

Be nice after all, this is the generation that will decide when the rest of us get locked up in old folks homes. Maybe they`ll give me one with a nice view.Looking at the posts I can see who is going to get the basement suites

Posted by: Palopu on April 1 2009 8:08 PM

**Education and training will be the key to BC's recovery**

So nice of these students to come to our aid. Problem is they seem to have forgotten that we are already educated and trained, and therefore we will look after our own recovery.

The repeating of trite phrases will in itself not solve any problems. Some of us can not afford any more taxes to support students at Universitys who only pay a very small portion for the cost of their education. One should remember that the decision to go to University is a personal one, and with it comes the responsibility of paying for at least a portion of it.

I can agree that an effort should be made to keep tuitions at the lowest possible levels, however this same philosophy should be applied to the cost of running the Universitys, and the cost of Teachers and Staff.

Have a nice day.

Posted by: Harbinger on April 2 2009 10:33 AM

University students in a cocooned ivory tower with lefty socialist dreaming professors or someone who has paid taxes for fourty years. Who knows more how the political system works?