Monthly Archive for March, 2010

iTax

Published on March 22, 2010 in house of commons.

Cana­dian Her­itage Min­is­ter James Moore calls this tax the “iTax”. This tax is pro­posed by New Demo­c­rat Party MP Char­lie Angus. The pro­posed tax will add a tax to any device that is capa­ble of play­ing audio — iPod, iPhone, iPad, iRiver, Walk­mans, Android, Black­ber­rys, Note­book Com­put­ers, Desk­top Com­put­ers and basi­cally any­thing you can find at your local Best Buy store.

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Evergreen Line and the Tri-Cities

Published on March 19, 2010 in coquitlam and translink.

Start­ing late 2010, con­struc­tion on the Ever­green Line will begin. The project is funded by Translink, Provin­cial BCLib­eral Gov­ern­ment and the Fed­eral Con­ser­v­a­tive Gov­ern­ment. The cost of the project is $1.4 bil­lion and will cre­ate more than 8,000 jobs within the region through­out the course of the con­struc­tion. The project will stim­u­late com­mu­nity growth and new depart­ment, as you can already see in Port Moody.

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SFSS Election Results 2010

Published on March 19, 2010 in sfss.

The polls have closed for the Simon Fraser Stu­dent Soci­ety Elec­tions. The results are posted on the web­site. Con­grat­u­la­tions to the can­di­dates who ran in the elec­tion. You have took part in this elec­tion and showed SFU stu­dents that democ­racy is alive!

The term of the elected offi­cials will begin start­ing May 1. There will be a by-election hosted in the Fall 2010 semes­ter for the posi­tions of:

  • Fac­ulty of Applied Sciences
  • Fac­ulty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Fac­ulty of Com­mu­ni­ca­tion, Art and Technology
  • Fac­ulty of Environment
  • Fac­ulty of Health Sciences

Sta­tis­tics

  • Most Voted Exec­u­tive Race: Pres­i­dent (1216)
  • Most Voted Ref­er­en­dum Race: Envi­ron­ment Tax (1323)
  • Most Voted Can­di­date (Votes): Diego Reyes
  • Most Voted Can­di­date (%): Todd MacDonald
  • Least Voted Can­di­date (Votes): Todd MacDonald
  • Least Voted Can­di­date (%): Richard Vickery

Voter Turnout

  • The most votes in the race is 1323.
  • There are around 27,500 under­grad­u­ate stu­dents at SFU.
  • Voter Turnout is 4.8%.

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My SFSS Endorsements

Published on March 13, 2010 in sfss.

The polling for the Simon Fraser Stu­dent Soci­ety will begin on March 16 and will end on March 18. Vot­ing will be con­ducted elec­tron­i­cally. All the can­di­dates have worked very hard and I applaud them.

After look­ing at the posters, read­ing the plat­forms and watch­ing the debates, I have made up my final mind on who I sup­port for most of the positions.

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March 2010 Report, Part 1

Published on March 13, 2010 in life.

Start­ing this month, I will be post­ing a semi-monthly report of what I am up to. It will also include inter­est­ing sta­tis­tics and facts about myself. I will be able to use it to bet­ter under­stand myself. If you have any­thing inter­est­ing that you want me to track, feel free to com­ment or send me an email.

This report shows my trans­porta­tion activ­i­ties from March 1 and March 15. I know what I will be doing on the 14th and 15th so I am able to write and pub­lish this ahead of time.
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