Elections Canada’s decision to pull out of its agreement with the Students Administrative Council is both a shock and an insult to the values that should dominate this democratic moment. For all the students who have just come to this university, the last-minute decision to deny citizens in the Trinity-Spadina riding the opportunity to vote on campus at the seven proposed stations within campus residences will leave many confused about how and where to participate in the election.
Considering the density of population in and around the campus, the removal of these central locations is inexcusable and infuriating. Further, the irresponsibility and sheer rudeness of Elections Canada to make this announcement late Saturday evening, before the voting was to begin the next morning, is an embarrassment to the democratic process our country is currently attempting to execute.
