CASA Gains Momentum

It was just announced in the debrief session of the second day of the CASA Lobby Conference that we have secured meetings with the leaders of all the major political parties in Canada. This is a first in the history of CASA Lobby Conferences and we are very proud of this achievement.

Additionally today I had 4 lobby meetings with Ms. Anita Neville (Liberal), Bill Siksay (NDP), Alan Tonks (Liberal), and Senator Terry Mercer (Liberal). All of the meetings went very well and myself and my meeting mates were able to covey the key advocacy points contained in CASA's Lobby Document.

As well CASA's National Director had several media interviews today relating to CASA's Lobby Conference and the areas which we are advocating for a positive change for the post secondary education system in Canada.

Overall today was a great success and I feel that myself and the other CASA delegates have been doing a wonderful job advocating on behalf of all Canadian students. Tomorrow is another day of lobbying to government officials and I have also been placed in a meeting with Elections Canada to discuss the voting issues our students had in the fall federal election.