This post was originally written by Tim Louman-Gardiner.
Responsibilities:
- Lobbying, but with an external (read: government) focus.
- Working with the AMS policy advisor and President to produce lobbying tactics and strategies when meeting with government officials.
- Includes budget submissions, meetings, and lobbying day in Victoria
- Liaising with Translink around issues relating to the U-Pass
- Working with CASA, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. They work with a number of Universities to engage the federal government on student issues.
- Working with External Commission, a group of hired students, to achieve the above.
The issues include:
- Student debt load. HOw much debt are students taking on to graduate?
- Tuition. How should it be spent?
- How to work with other student societies, that belong to other lobbying groups like the Canadian Federation of Students?