Alliance of BC Students

The Alliance of BC Students welcomes the announcement that the Ministry of Finance has initiated an investigation into the Kwantlen Student Association (KSA) under a special provision of the Societies Act.

”All BC students deserve transparency and accountability from their student unions,” said Kevin Root, Chairperson of the ABCS. “Any serious allegations of misconduct or misuse of student funds raise significant questions, and students deserve answers.”

BC student societies are regulated by the Societies Act and are accountable to their members and the public through the Act.

BC students expect their student societies to demonstrate high standards of ethical conduct, fiscal responsibility, good governance, transparency, and accountability. Upholding these high standards is the norm, and is essential to maintaining the trust that students place in their elected representatives.

On Monday Jan 19th, the Alliance of BC Students and student unions from across the province showed up to Minister of Post-Secondary Education Jessie Sunner's office to slam the government's performative review of the public post-secondary education system.

Four months is not enough time.

The 2% limit on tuition increases must stay in place.

And cuts and mergers are not the solution to decades of government underfunding.

BC students are demanding the government reverse course and commit to more public funding, not cuts or tuition increases for already struggling students.

For our statement and media coverage about the press conference, click the link in our bio.

The BC Government just initiated a review of the public post-secondary education system in BC.

The review is a farce: a ridiculously short process that puts students at risk of tuition increases, school mergers, and cuts to services.

BC students are clear: raising tuition, closing schools, and laying off campus workers won't fix our public post-secondary education system, it will destroy it.