Smells like elections!

Well it is going to be one busy semester for both myself and our Vice President (Education), Mark Coffin.

It was announced on Sunday that there will be a Federal election on October 14th. And as we all already know there is also going to be a Municipal election on October 18th.

The DSU is a member of both the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (national advocacy group) and the Halifax Student Alliance (municipal advocacy group). These groups will be helping both Mark and I with all of the upcoming media that will be discussing election issues - and of course we want post secondary eduction (changes to the federal funding formula, funding for graduate student research, and accessible and affordable quality education) to be a priority at the national level, and crime/violence/safety and transportation and housing concerns to be a priority at the municipal level.

As the elections get closer I will be updating my blog and what is going on, what we've done, who is being receptive, and who is not. However, it is past midnight now and I have an 8:30am class so that's all the blogging I have in me for tonight.