TORONTO, ON, June 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The campus group at York University, Students for Bioethical Awareness (SBA), has launched a formal complaint under the York University Student Code of Conduct. Members of the group allege that their rights have been violated due to a number of incidences, including the last minute cancellation of a February 28 abortion debate organized by the SBA.
The complaint also addresses the recent motion passed by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), which promises support for any member union that denies resources or space to pro-life student groups. The York Federation of Students (YFS) has been the first to act on this support, by passing a motion to deny resources, space, recognition or funding to pro-life student groups.
Theresa Matters, Executive Director of National Campus Life Network (NCLN) commented, “The CFS is encouraging its member unions to ban pro-life students from participating in campus life. There is an obvious trend: first a debate is cancelled, next CFS moves to support student unions that prohibit pro-life students groups, and now the YFS is acting on this official CFS support.”
She continued, “These actions also come shortly after a successful human rights complaint from the pro-life club at Capilano College against their student union, a CFS member, that banned them.”
By virtue of an automatic student fee, the CFS is funded by over one half million students, with 45,000 of those at York alone, who were never individually asked if they wished to pay the CFS membership fee. At York University, every fulltime student is required to pay $7.20 per year directly to the CFS.
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