Queen's grad finds a solution to underemployed youth
By Leanna Roy
News Editor
March 29, 2011
In a perfect world, if you go to university, you will get a job.  However, Lauren Friese, a recent Queens’s graduate, knows that this is not the reality that most Canadian university students face while seeking employment. In fact, a Canadian Policy Research Networks study released in 2008 revealed that Canada ranked highest in underemployment among the 16 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with 23.7 per cent of Canadians under the age of 25 feeling overqualified for their jobs.
“I assumed that the school-to-work transition was a well-beaten path with all of the services and conveniences you’d expect from one,” said Friese. >>
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Students discuss Canada's Libyan intervention
By Leanna Roy
News Editor
March 29, 2011
On Wednesday, March 16 University of Windsor students hosted a town hall meeting to discuss Canada’s role in the current events in the Middle East and North Africa.
On Feb. 15, a riot in Benghazi was triggered by the arrest of human rights activist Fethi Tarbel, who has worked to free political prisoners. Following the riots, diplomats at Libya's mission to the United Nations (UN) choose to side with the revolt against their country's leader and call on the Libyan army to help overthrow Moammar Gadhafi.
The UN Security Council voted to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" — code for military action — to protect civilians against Gadhafi's forces.
But on March 19, Gadhafi maintained there was no justification for a UN resolution aimed at ending violence in Libya and called the intervention "blatant colonialism", as reported on al Jazeera. >>
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2011 Federal budget leads to election
By Emma Goodmere
CUP Ottawa Bureau Chief
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Leanna Roy
News Editor
March 29, 2011
Opposition leaders immediately rejected the Conservative government's budget last week. The Harper government has been defeated in the House of Commons on a non-confidence motion supported by the opposition, setting the stage for a federal election in early May.
Within hours of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s unveiling of the 2011 federal budget, opposition and lobby group leaders alike made it clear they were not in a position to support the government’s financial proposals.
In the House of Commons, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe and NDP Jack Layton all said the budget didn't contain enough to warrant their support.
"We find that the priorities of this government are not the priorities of ordinary Canadians," Ignatieff said. "This is a government that doesn't seem to be listening to what Canadian families are telling us," he said. "We're forced to reject this budget." >>
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