Toronto's Social Justice Warriors Hypocrisy Exposed

Meow everyone.

i my last article, I outlined exactly what connections were really there between the CRO of the upcoming Ryerson Student Union Elections  and those involved in it. I outlined how the connections are well hidden and required some research to find out who is really who, and how they are connected to the currant student union , something that the CRO is forbidden to have, that being any connection to the student union nor the university.

However, these connections and interference by other CFS member student union union executive is not news at all, indeed, it is seemingly common practice. Let me draw your  collective attention to the following link:

http://eyeontheuvss.blogspot.ca/2010/03/electoral-dysfunction-national.html

This should raise about a million alarm bells to each and every student who does vote, or wishes to vote in the upcoming RSU elections. However, it appears that the RSU also loves to stick its head into the electoral business of other CFS friendly student unions.

In my last article, i added a link to a video of the then President of the RSU , Toby Whitfield seemingly taking down posters belong to the University of Toronto French   Here is a little more on that derived from the same link as the above screen shot :

The student  elections, do serve another, unstated function that students for the most part do not know, and likely never will.  WHEN they , they being students who run for elected office of a CFS slate , get elected, this is really a way of saying thank you to them for their servitude to the CFS. What, did I hear some one back there laughing at this ? Well, lets take a closer look at who did what for the student union they ran for under a CFS slate and how this worked out very well for them.

Toby Whitfield = RSU vice  president , president   to CFS national Treasurer to Ontario Rep for the CFS.

Rebecca Rose = RSU vice president, president , head organizer for the CFS in Halifax

Adam Awad = UTSU president , CFS  national Treasurer , national chairperson

Jeremy Salter = CESAR president ,  to YFS director of outreach and communications,  to head organizer for the CFS

Joel Duff = CFS ontario chairperson to head organizer for the CFS Ontario  to director of communications for the OFL

Eric Newstadt, Former CRO for RSU elections to general manager of the Ryerson Student Center

There are only a very few I have named as having been on the receiving end of the CFS’s gratitude , there are many others others.

There is a  whole other aspect to having a CFS friendly slate win the student union elections and once again, it has nothing to do with the students.  These CFS freindly student unions pay HUGE fees of YOUR student money to be a member of something that you as a student will never have so much a peep in . As a paying student, you DON’T have a voice in how the CFS operates because even these CFS meetings are by invitation only, and those invitations are made only to the most loyal CFS cronies.  these meetings are really, nothing more than the proverbial rubber stamp to implement policies that will likely have nothing to do with student issues , but will further the careers of the CFS heads and their cronies. As a student who pays their pathetically high salaries , you don’t even get to attend a meeting where these policies are made. If this sounds a lot like the old Soviet Union  Politburo [ˈpɒlɪtˌbjʊərəʊ] , the executive and policy-making committee of a Communist Party, you would not be far from the truth.

This year as  every year , you will see signs like this go up in your campus :

You will have a chance to vote and you think your vote will be counted correctly and fairly . Indeed, as a voter, you have an expectation of exactly that . However, your expectations may not quite be what you had hoped for. Several years ago , i too was a a new , fresh body at the RSU and wanted to make inroads with the student union, thinking that it was all a part of student life . I worked as both a poll clerk and a vote counter for one years elections. I can tell you that there were so many problems with the ballots, referring to questionable ballots being returned , yet, ballots that were from the CFS slate were to be counted as GOOD ballots, while ballots from opposing slates, with FAR FEWER problems were to be denied as being a good ballot. One year, I was worked on the campaign for another student who was running against the RSU slate.  The CRO actually denied me the right ( as per her direction) that I be  her authorized voting official. The CRO denied her directions because we we both in opposition to the CFS slate, even though I was not running at all.

Students, if you  can vote, yes, by all means, do vote. its your democratic right but also, once the RSU elections are over , ask questions and demand answers from your student executive. After all YOU pay their salaries .