The Annual National General Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) in Ottawa this past weekend was dominated by the move by students on several campuses around the country to decertify their student unions from the federation.
Executives from the Post-Graduate Students’ Society of McGill (PGSS), Concordia Student Union (CSU) and Dawson Student Union (DSU) bussed in to Ottawa to protest outside the meeting on Saturday.
Petitions for the decertification of the Capilano Students’ Union, University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) and PGSS were reported to have been accepted by the CFS national executive. A petition to remove CFS national chairperson Jessica McCormick was also accepted, but the motion failed to pass.
The meeting also highlighted lobbying wins claimed by the federation, including a single-application study/work permit for international students.
