Council rejects academic plan as it stands, pushes by-election back a week

The Concordia Student Union Council meeting got a little hectic last night. Councillors and invited guests battled back and forth for over five hours until past midnight.

Issues of main contention were the proposed academic plan and the legitimacy of the Chief Electoral Officer. 

Invited to defend the academic plan was Concordia’s Provost David Graham. He said that despite its imperfections the plan is crucial if Concordia wants to become an elite university. But council unanimously slashed it. Stating that there was not enough student consultation.

Also invited to speak at the meeting was CEO Bram Goldstein. He was surprised to find out that his appointment is under dispute due to council alledging that the former CEO has not officially stepped down. Council decided to push the upcoming By-elections a week later to November 29^th to 31^st to sort out the situation.

Council also voted in favour of allowing CUTV to propose a fee levy increase on the by-election ballot.