On October 2nd, the former Vice-President (External Affairs) released a statement in response to the Québec election results on the SSMU External Affairs Facebook page. The statement, phrased as it was, did not accurately reflect the views of our current team.
We are dismayed that the CAQ has promised to undertake policies which will limit the financial accessibility of education, pursue the exploitation of fossil fuels without addressing the impending climate crisis, cut immigration, and discriminate against already-marginalized communities based on their religious expression. As an organization mandated to support our members, we unreservedly condemn these proposed policies. And we share the former VP External’s concern that regardless of whether these discriminatory and bigoted ideas end up being fully translated into law, their mere promulgation has real and harmful consequences, affecting our members and society at large. In our continued observations of the two provincial student federations that we have been exploring membership in, we will continue bringing the views of our members and taking positions grounded by our policies so so as to be involved in and impact their relationship with the government. Conclusively, we want to clearly assert that our decision to remove the October 2nd Facebook post does not in any way diminish our desire, in keeping with our mission and policies, to support our members and members of the wider Québec community who, in light of the results of this election, feel more vulnerable now than before.
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