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      March
      14,
      2007
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      News
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      THE
      UNIVERSITY
      OF
      PRINCE
      EDWARD
      ISLAND’S
      STUDENT
      VOICE
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Stacey
      Murray
     
     
      Advertising
      Manager
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      University
      of
      Prince
      Ed-
     
     
      watd
      Island
      is
      still
      a
      member
     
     
      of
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
     
     
      Students,
      despite
      years
      of
      trying
     
     
      to
      sever
      ties
      with
      the
      group,
      says
     
     
      a
      CFS
      representative.
     
    

    
     
      At
      the
      Feb,
      11
      student
      union
     
     
      meeting
      a
      member
      questioned
     
     
      why
      UPE]
      didn’t
      take
      part
      in
     
     
      the
      Day
      of
      Action,
      an
      event
     
     
      planned
      by
      the
      federation
      to
     
     
      give
      students
      a
      voice
      about
     
     
      tuition
      increases.
     
    

    
     
      Student
      union
      president
      Ryan
     
     
      Gallant
      said
      UPEI
      isn’t
      affiliated
     
     
      with
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
     
     
      of
      Students,
      who
      organized
      the
     
     
      event,
      but
      said
      they
      were
      plan-
     
     
      ning
      other
      events
      concerning
     
     
      rising
      tuition.
     
    

    
     
      “There’s
      always
      stuff
      we're
     
     
      working
      on.”
     
    

    
     
      Ian
      Boyko,
      the
      campaign
     
     
      coordinator
      from
      CFS,
      said
     
     
      this
      wasn’t
      the
      case
      as
      UPEI
      is
     
     
      a
      member,
      even
      though
      they’te
     
     
      not
      recognizing
      their
      member-
     
     
      ship
      at
      this
      time.
     
    

    
     
      “They
      made
      a
      decision
      at
      the
     
     
      council
      level
      they
      weren’t
      going
     
     
      to
      respect
      their
      membership.”
     
    

    
     
      This
      however
      doesn’t
      mean
     
     
      they
      are
      no
      longer
      members,
      he
     
     
      said.
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      Boyko,
      a
      refer-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      endum
      must
      be
      held
      where
      all
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      This
      Issue:
     
     
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      4
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Www.
      ‘GNNYE
      UPEI.
      CA
      =
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students
      march
      in
      protest
      of
      rising
      tuition
      costs
      in
      Halifax,
      Nova
      Scotia
      during
      the
      CFS
      Day
      of
      Action.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      students
      vote
      whether
      to
      remain
     
     
      members
      of
      CFS.
      If
      they
      vote
     
     
      no,
      only
      then
      can
      the
      SU
      retract
     
     
      their
      membership.
     
    

    
     
      Comparing
      UPEI’s
      place
     
     
      in
      the
      CFS
      is
      like
      comparing
     
     
      Quebec’s
      situation
      in
      Canada,
     
     
      he
      said.
      When
      Quebec
      became
     
     
      part
      of
      Canada,
      they
      agreed
     
     
      to
      the
      terms
      of
      Confederation
     
     
      as
      outlined
      in
      the
      Canadian
     
     
      constitution.
      If
      they
      were
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      leave
      Canada,
      they
      would
      have
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Put
      Your
      Story
      in
      the
      Cadre
      Creative
      Issue!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      hold
      a
      referendum
      before
      it
     
     
      could
      be
      done.
     
    

    
     
      ‘They
      could
      riot;
      however,
     
     
      decide
      within
      the
      government
     
     
      to
      leave
      Canada.
      The
      population
     
     
      has
      to
      agree.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      essentially
      what
      UPEI
     
     
      has
      done,
      but
      only
      as
      a
      last
     
     
      resort
      to
      a
      long
      struggle,
      which
     
     
      included
      a
      referendum.
     
    

    
     
      Eleven
      years
      ago,
      the
      ongo-
     
     
      ing
      battle
      for
      the
      university
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      remove
      itself
      from
      the
      federa-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Our
      eet
      has
      been
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      Send
      your
      short
      rosie
      P
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tion
      began,
      when
      the
      student
     
     
      union
      held
      a
      referendum
      asking
     
     
      whether
      students
      wanted
      to
     
     
      remain
      members
      of
      the
      CFS.
      At
     
     
      that
      time’74
      per
      cent
      voted
      in
     
     
      favour
      of
      dropping
      out
      of
      the
     
     
      federation.
     
    

    
     
      The
      CFS
      appealed
      the
      ref-
     
     
      erendum
      results,
      citing
      flaws
     
     
      in
      the
      process,
      and
      after
      threat
     
     
      of
      legal
      actions,
      the
      student
     
    
   
   
    
     
      union
      overturned
      the
      result.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Other
      schools,
      such
      as
      York
     
     
      University
      and
      Acadia
      Univer-
     
     
      sity,
      have
      also
      tried
      to
      drop
      out
     
     
      of
      the
      federation
      with
      similar
     
     
      results
      and
      lengthy
      court
      pro-
     
     
      cesses.
     
    

    
     
      In
      2004,
      the
      student
      union
     
     
      filed
      a
      report
      concluding
      they
     
     
      weren’t
      members
      of
      the
      fed-
     
     
      eration
      because
      of
      problems
     
     
      with
      the
      original
      contractual
     
    
   
   
    
     
      agreement.
      The
      report
      stated
     
     
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