Presidential candidates AMS VP Administration Ben Du and Remy the Rat — represented by Esmé Decker — talked about their relevant experiences and transparency during the Great Debate on Friday.
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The Board of Governors Great Debate seemed to be a repeat of the first forum — while candidates diverged on some specific policies their broad goals remained the same.
Tina Tong, the lone candidate for AMS VP external, has issued an apology for her comments on police at Friday night’s Great Debate.
In the second VP finance debate, candidate Abhi Mishra discussed his plans to increase efficiency and transparency, provide off-campus housing support and secure long-term funding for the AMS Food Bank.
According to a statement from the Elections Committee, a member of Sawatzky’s campaign used the campaign’s Instagram account to make a comment endorsing another AMS executive candidate.
VP finance candidates Abhi Mishra and Linda Zheng generally agreed on issues facing the AMS, but had slightly different plans to deal with the issues at the first candidate debate on Thursday.
Last night, seven senator-at-large candidates showed little disagreement but varying levels of knowledge on Senate policy when discussing academic concessions, new Senate policies and Indigenous initiatives.
Board of Governors candidates Eshana Bhangu, Kareem Hassib, Onyekachukwu Odenigbo and Sultana Razia agreed on all but the details at first debate.
Last night, AMS Council met to discuss the 2022/23 budget reforecast which projects a significantly reduced deficit for this year.
Persons who use drugs and activists gathered for a student-organized panel on Tuesday to assess the impact of BC’s decriminalization of small amounts of illicit drugs, one month into the province’s pilot program.
At the event held on March 1, members of the Indigenous Committee and AMS Elections candidates asked questions back and forth about how candidates viewed decolonization and what the Indigenous Committee wanted to see from candidates.
VP administration candidates Anuoluwapo Awotunde, Chayan Lu, Jake Sawatzky and Ian Caguiat generally agreed on improving club communications, but clashed on approaches to space allocation at last night’s debate.
Kanji said he believes "very deeply in the power" of student advocacy and would attend protests and ensure the AMS would take the lead on these issues.
In the first presidential debate this AMS Election cycle, the two candidates in attendance mostly kept to themselves as they laid out their different visions for the AMS.
The AMS Elections Committee said it decided unanimously this morning to disqualify the Jacket from the race after committing multiple campaign violations.