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The
union
will
campaign
against
higher
administrative
salaries
as
long
as
tuition
fees
are
rising,
because
of
a
motion
put
forward
by
the
CFS
local
from
Manitoba
"The
idea
here
is
to
expose
the
fact
that
at
the
same
time
professors
and
students
are
being
told
to
buckle
down,
administrative
salaries
are
skyrocketing,"
Aziz
said.
In
another
motion,
the
CFS
clarified
their
policy
regarding
taxes
it
are
opposed
to
tax
credits
as
a
form
of
student
financial
assistance,
but
support
tax
exemptions
on
scholarships.
The
organization
supports
a
progressive
tax
system
that
is
easier
on
students
in
lower
tax
brackets.
Aziz
says
graduates
pay
for
their
education
later
in
life
through
higher
income
taxes
because,
in
theory,
their
education
gets
them
higher
paying
jobs.
Regarding
the
violent
teacher's
strike
on
Oaxaca,
Mexico,
the
CFS
has
resolved
to
send
letters
to
the
Mexican
and
Canadian
governments,
and
is
encouraging
all
member
locals
to
do
the
same.
Aziz
says
the
show
of
solidarity
is
important
to
the
teachers,
especially
coming
from
another
student
union.
"Although
quality
and
access
is
dire
in
Canada,
we
have
certain
freedoms
to
protest
that
they
don't
have,"
Aziz
said.
Similar
to
the
Canadian
Alliance
of
Student
Associations,
another
national
student
lobby
group,
the
CFS
is
calling
for
a
post-secondary
education
agreement
between
provinces
and
the
federal
government
as
long
as
Quebec
is
allowed
to
opt
out
and
aboriginal
governments
are
consulted.
In
the
interests
of
encouraging
international
students
participation
in
student
unions,
the
CFS
is
planning
to
lobby
governments
to
include
union
work
as
a
course
for
study
permits.
They
also
say
international
students
should
be
included
in
provincial
health
plans
at
no
cost.
According
to
one
resolution
from
plenary,
the
CFS
will
"debunk
misconceptions
about
issues
surrounding
international
students,
such
as
international
students
are
wealthy."
At
the
dinner
in
the
Museum
of
Civilization,
both
Boyko
and
Aziz
said
the
dinner
was
much
fancier
than
a
normal
CFS
conference,
but
they
wanted
to
honour
the
group's
25th
anniversary
in
style.
During
the
dinner,
Avi
Lewis,
the
keynote
speaker,
called
for
the
CFS
to
not
be
afraid
to
show
their
colours,
and
said
they
could
learn
something
from
the
tactics
of
the
Ontario
Coalition
Against
Poverty
and
their
"fight
to
win"
slogan.
"OCAP
has
been
really
successful,
but
it
is
difficult
to
say
that
our
membership
should
adopt
their
tactics,"
Aziz
said.
"You
can't
say
there
is
only
one
tactic
there
needs
to
be
a
variety,"
But
she
says
that
one
of
the
Canadian
student
movement's
success
stories
was
accomplished
because
of
more
forceful
action.
"Sometimes
there
need
to
be
aggressive
tactics
used,"
she
said.
"Quebec
students
were
really
aggressive
in
response
to
the
threat
of
funding
cuts,
and
in
the
end
they
won."
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