Damn dirty politics. We were rightfully elected to represent 13,000 students and help them out as best we could. We were unpaid volunteers too! After a short few months, we were challenged by a selfish nobody who just wanted power... and who was well backed by pro-independence forces.
The good: representing our whole business school at the provincial level, setting up a student help board, creating a student-run employment center, fighting off a secret financial loophole the university used to keep money from students for years, insuring political-neutrality in a very separatist school, meeting student leaders from around the world, creating a free organizer for students, setting up a brick-and-mortar public presence, negotiating the move of the International Student Union's HQ to Montréal.
The ugly: We got to experience first-hand how a handful of greedy and selfish evil minds can easily destroy everything you want to build for the people. An illegal coup d'État, a smearing campaign for six month, stolen work, more resources spent defending democracy against its attackers instead of serving the students. Knowing that these enemies of democracy were actually supported by Quebec independence organizations just goes to show how for these poker faces "attaining sovereignty at all cost" means just that: at the cost of truth and democracy. Damn, I really hate the Party Québecois now.
In the end and despite our wide popular support the Dark Side won... only for a while: Evil's minority supporters eventually realized their mistake, alas too late for the good of students.
Here's the list of the noble people who were rightly elected, chosen and defended by the people as part of my team:
| President: | Alexandre Labelle |
|---|---|
| Vice-President: | Philippe Riendeau |
| Treasurer: | Yvon Roy |
| Vice-President Academic Affairs: | René-Marc Simard |
| Vice-President Internal Affairs: | Sébastien Frigon |
| Vice-President Marketing: | Simon Desbiens |
Additionally, our appointed support team:
| Chancellor: | Abderahamane Magagi |
|---|---|
| Executive Director: | Wade Abdul Aziz |