APUS officially endorses NDP; Liberal promises “too little, too late”

For the first time, the Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students (APUS) is officially endorsing candidates for Monday’s federal election.
APUS, which represents 6,000 students on the three campuses of U of T, is endorsing NDP candidates in four ridings: Olivia Chow in Trinity-Spadina, Michael Shapcott in Toronto Centre, Jack Layton in Toronto-Danforth, and Rupinder Brar in Mississauga-Erindale.
“Recent Liberal promises to restore access to post-secondary education are too little and too late to alleviate the years of inaction by the governing party,” said Terry Buckland, APUS Vice-President.
-ALLISON MARTELL

NDP offers support to TA union as it enters talks

In a show of support for U of T teaching assistants, local politicians and activists held a press conference Monday morning at Hart House before the union began their first day of conciliation with the university.
NDP candidate Olivia Chow, Ontario NDP Education Critic Rosario Marchese, CFS Ontario Chairperson Jesse Greener, and SAC president Paul Bretscher all attended.
“TAs are a critical part of the university community. They are the frontlines of where the teaching system meets the students,” said Greener.-TRAVIS CAMPBELL

Munk Int’l Centre, Stein illumined by TVO glitz

U of T’s Munk Centre played host to TVO’s popular political discussion show, “Diplomatic Immunity,” last Friday night.
Minister of Defense and Liberal candidate for Toronto-Centre Bill Graham, NDP defense critic Bill Blaikie, and U of T professor Janice Gross Stein took part in show, fielding questions from journalists about foreign policy and its relevance to the election.-SARAH BARMAK

CORRECTION

In the previous issue of The Varsity, we mistakenly reported that the union which represents U of T’s teaching assistants, CUPE Local 3902, was beginning conciliation talks with the provincial government.

In fact, the union is engaged in talks with the U of T administration, in which the Ontario Ministry of Labour is acting as a mediator.

The Varsity regrets the error and any confusion it may have caused.