Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Yesterday, on February 4th, Generation Screwed (GS) co-hosted an event at the University of Toronto with Students in Support of Free Speech (SSFS). As a student group that talks about government debt and budgets on campuses across Canada, we have been faced with red tape, attempts […]
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Political Correctness on My Campus
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin It was not until I established Generation Screwed Guelph that I realized how ludicrous political correctness had become. In fact, I had no idea the extent to which its toxicity permeated the governing structures at the University of Guelph. The source of politically correct resistance toward GS […]
Bernier Signs First
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Member of Parliament and Conservative leadership candidate Maxime Bernier was the first signatory of Generation Screwed’s Future Generations Protection Pledge, committing himself to the defence of future generations and fiscal responsibility. Surrounded by Generation Screwed coordinators and Executive Director Aaron Gunn, Mr. Bernier signed copies of the pledge […]
My Fight for Fiscal Responsibility on Campus
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin In my role as a regional coordinator for Generation Screwed, I have the amazing opportunity to talk to students about the threat that government debt and deficits pose to their future. However, over the past year I’ve also had the opportunity to be part of another grassroots […]
Time to Scrap the Carbon Tax
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Recently, both the Canadian federal and Alberta provincial governments have decided to implement a carbon tax. They have marketed it based on supposed environmental benefits, whilst ignoring the financial implications. First: carbon taxes do not work to reduce emissions. There has already been one implemented in other […]
Taking a Stand for My Generation
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Generation Screwed; two words I never thought would be linked together to make Canada’s largest non-partisan student movement. The name speaks for itself – it’s intriguing and would want to make a person know more about it. That’s exactly what happened to me. What started off as a […]
Public Pension Pain Felt in Newfoundland and Labrador
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Recent recommendations by the Newfoundland and Labrador Members’ Compensation Review Committee (MCRC) to overhaul recent MHA pension plans has prompted commentary on provincial pension policies. Despite this, little focus has been placed on the most pressing pension issue facing the province: unfunded pension liabilities for government workers […]
Let it Flow
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin The year was 1881. Construction had just begun on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Our legislators had thought it worthwhile to embark on such an ambitious project. The railway would both physically and symbolically link Eastern and Western Canada, allowing for the creation of a Canadian identity and […]
Wake-Up Call for Western Students
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin On September 15th, 2016 students at Western University saw something they would never expect. On top of the iconic University Hill, Western students learnt they owed over $17,000 in federal debt. What a shock. For all they were concerned their only debt obligations were student loans, credit […]
Don’t Forget the Debt
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin There are plenty of reasons to be cynical about the 2016 US presidential election. For one thing, both major parties’ candidates hold record disapproval ratings. But even worse than that, this campaign has become petty and personal, at the expense of meaningful discussion on key issues like […]
