Comments on: Should we stay or should we go?: A look into the arguments and costs surrounding continued membership in CFS and the events leading up to the referendum.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:16:21 +0000

Just on point #2 for YES: What about OUSA (the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance)? Don’t they campaign for lower tuition and lower student debt in Ontario?

On point #1 for the NO side, I don’t see much of a correlation between CFS lobbying efforts and increased tuition. What kind of results would be acceptable? The organization is certainly a small piece in a bigger picture. While tuition rates have increased, I’m sure CFS has lobbied strongly against this. Can they be judged too harshly for not reducing costs against such odds? The rest of your points are most salient.

By: Nicholas Ferrio

Nicholas Ferrio — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:14:58 +0000

Why isn’t the Ontarion making a point of providing facts? If the paper is so insistent upon refraining “from explicitly taking sides in the debate,” then why would you publish the financial claims against the CFS without reminding students that “University of Guelph students currently pay $3.17 to CFS-Ontario per semester and $3.81 to CFS-National” ?

This seems uncharacteristically biased to me.

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