Please oh please make education an election issue
One might be tempted to recall the Ontario provincial election from last fall. Shelley Melanson, who currently chairs the CFS-Ontario board, threatened Dalton McGuinty. “That man will get re-elected in this election if he’s willing to agree to deal with tuition fees, but we will kick him out of office if he doesn’t,” she promised. A familiar preoccupation for student politicians. McGuinty all but flipped them off to absolutely no consequence.
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