By Benjamin Shingler Students from around the world went to the National Assembly Tuesday to deliver a message to the Coalition Avenir Québec government: let us stay. Criticism is mounting over the government’s decision to tighten the rules to a program that fast-tracks immigration for recent graduates of Quebec post-secondary institutions, as well as those who have stayed in the province…
November 5, 2019 Winnipeg, MB – Yesterday, the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) President, Vice President Finance and Operations, and Vice President Advocacy presented an alternative proposal to the City of Winnipeg’s Public Works Committee in opposition to the fee increase of $24.50 per term for the Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass). The UMSU Executives…
Today, Winnipeg Transit provided its report on the UPASS and is recommending an increase in the cost of the program to $160.75 per term. This is an increase of $24.50 per term from the 2019/20 cost; an increase that is said to be necessitated by budgetary restraints and the expansion of the program to red…
Canada woke up to the same prime minister but a new parliament Tuesday, with Justin Trudeau holding his position as leader despite losing the popular vote to the Conservative party. The Liberal Party of Canada, which has governed with a strong majority since 2015, was demoted to a minority in the House of Commons, where…