.itures under the Act./ ery dollar the student ntuition, the federal "ant gives the prov—

a matching grant. ' motion made at the recognizing that agent Act provides an ive to the provinces ease fees, and noting onflicted with NUS po— nHequaltiy of oppur- and accessibility to eCondary education",

that: . , ion fees not be con—

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education, and that tranfers be conditi-

er policy resolution that "All expenditures einstitutions related st—secondary education luded in the provision .nsfers."

the current system, which are not covered ovincial funding such dent services, resi- n and food services,

It eligible for match- 'deral grants.

deral government to =se its contribution to come provinces until ost of post—secondary ion in the province 'en met."

would have the effect :rcoming regional dis— 'es by increasing the of federal support

- going to proVinces

= small population base |m1ted provincial rev- for post-secondary ion. "

er Policy resolution that a stipulation be

'ned in the new FAA to

allocated for support

':-:ec°ndary education or that Purpose,and

spent by the province

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'urpose 0f the resol-

I'rd policy motion asked<

‘ that all federal rev—

ution was unclear since no cases have arisen in which the province actually spent less than its federal trans- fer on post-secondary edu- cation.

One policy resolution that did not make it through the plenary, raised by Guelph, stated that since "the cor— porate sector is the single element in society which derives the greatest benefit from post-secondary insti- tutions", the corporate sec- tor's portion of the tax- base should be increased in proportion to its responsi- bilities and obligations to society".

The Lethbridge delegation asked for this resolution to be deleted from the policy statement because it was"too political", "adventurous", "not feasible" and "beyond our scope".

John Shorthall, the student president of the University of Waterloo and OFS chair, supported deleting the sta— tement. Although he had age reed to support the statee emnt in caucus, he reversed

'himself at the plenary, ar—

guing that although the base had to be considered, it should not be done in the context of the FAA. "Where the taxes come from is ir— relevant to this Act", he siad.

Brian Mason of the Univer— sity of Alberta, having re— cently seen a NUS referen— dum shot down on his campus announced, "If this motion became known at the U of A, it would seriously harm fut- ure refendum results."

An alternate resolution was approved stating that NUS

*will study the questibn of

whether coroprations are paying for post—secondary education in porportion to the benefits recieved by

-them.

Strategy resolutions were also passed, calling for"the holding of local campus in— formation sessions" to "rai— se the awareness of students? Moreover NUS will seek the active support of the prov- incial and regional studnet' associations, as well as ‘support from the Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada and the Canadian Association of University

‘ Teachers.

There was no discussion or direction from the plenary as to the practical applica— tion of that strategyo

Student Radio

The future of student radio in Canada and the role of the Canadian Radio—Televis— ion Commission (CRTC) in

e Don’t-"Seem "To Have Missed Much Yet.

governing the airways was an other workshop topic.

The workshop discussed the recent decision of the CRTC to allow student—run commun- ity radio stations only on a "restricted commercial plo— icy", and the two—year mora- torium on licensing of new student stations.

Randy Williams, station

-manager at Radio Carleton,

argued that there is no rea- son for'limiting the amount of commercial time for stu— dent stations which are well run, financially solvent, and which provide distinct

"quality programming.

Delegates from Memorial U were concerned over the CRTC policy of community rather than specifically student— oriented programming, alth— ough Manitoba and Waterloo delegates disagreed and em— phasized the need for liason with the community.

At the plenary it was agr— eed to set up a task force to investigate the status of student broadcasting locally to investigate CRTC policy, and to plan a national con— ference of student broad— casters with a view to esta— blishing a national organiz— ation.

Other Penny Statements

- A resolution adopted at the last NUS general meeting recognizing that "it is un— deniable that there exists two nations within the stru— cture of Canadian federalism" and recognizing the Associa- tion Nationale des Etudiants de Quebec (ANEQ) as "a nat— ional organization with the same status as NUS" was with— drawn.

It was replaced with a statement recognizing ANEQ as "the representative voice of Quebec students" without reference to Quebec's status within confederation. The resolution also called for the establishment of "work— ing relations" with ANEQ.

The Cadre,Nov.18,1975,pg.7

— In the area of employ- ment NUS went on record as urging the federal govern—1 ment to step up its summer employment programs, called for the minimum wage for students working for post— secondary institutions, and opposed "work-study" programs which force students to pro- vide free‘labour to employ- ers.

Other motions were passed urging local campuses to set up employment committees to monitor student employment locally.

- NUS voted to oppose ad- mission quotas for interna— tional students, and to op— pose the test currently be- ing used to test the English proficiency of international students.

As well, NUS condemned the Green Paper on Immigration policy as a "racist document designed to shift the blame for the economic crisis in Canada onto the backs of the immigrants and to promote splits between Canadian and immigrant people."

— In the area of housing, motions were passed calling for an end to discrimination against students in general, and international students in particular, and called for increased government funding of low-cost housing.

- A motion from the women's caucus declared that women's studies programs were impor— tant and should not be cut back due to financial rea— sons, and urged the federal government to continue sup— port for the "programs and institutions developed dur— ing International Women's Year."

- A motion was passed re— affirming support for the . role of NUS as "a coordinator“ fOr the growth of the student movement in Canada, and in— structing NUS representatives to seek development of "For- mal structural ties" with provincial and regional ir- ganizations.

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