Opinion Pitches Sept 19

Pitches and updates!

September 19, 2018

Huzzah! 

Awesome second meeting, everyone! I'm glad so many of you could come out, take pitches, and hang out! I have a few updates for you, alongside just a few pitches. If you haven't done so already, please join the Gateway Student Journalism Society Facebook page! Joining the page helps you stay in the loop when it comes to volunteer-appreciation events, special volunteer opportunities like training, Gateway-wide updates, and more! Along that vein, if you'd like to join the Opinion Facebook page, feel free to do so! I'll be posting regular updates about Opinion-specific events, pitches, and other goodies. Now, onto pitches. As always, deadlines for these bad boys will be Friday at 5pm. Feel free to email me if you want to take one, or email me a pitch if you have something you'd like to write about! Enjoy your weeks!

Edmonton mayor opposes Doug Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause

Mr. Mayor Iveson

as chair of the Big City Mayors against Ford's use of the notwithstanding clause (if you're not a Canadian constitution nerd, here's a

 on what that is) to push legislation that would reduce Toronto's city ward count from 47 to 25. 

The Ontario Court of Appeal actually

Ford's use of the clause super recently, which is upsetting for tons of people. Is it unfair? Unconstitutional? Should this have been allowed? 

Teen allegedly sexually assaulted at K-Days due to her own 'negligence,' Northlands says

Northlands

the (at the time) teen should have known better before drinking excessively and partying with a stranger. Yikes. 

SU hopes to raise fees to renovate student spaces

OOOOOOO! The Students' Union is in the very early stages of planning possible student fees that would go towards renovating deteriorating campus spaces. These come in the face of the failed SEI plebiscite from last year. What do you think of these proposals?