Ushicilelo oluvakalayo, iifoto kunye namaxwebhu athe avuza kwiworkshop yabafundi yeConservative Party yakutsha nje eWaterloo abhentsisa iinzame zamacandelwana zokuthatha iimanyano zabafundi kunye nokujongela phantsi amaQela oPhando loMdla woLuntu weOntario (OPIRGs) kwiikhampasi kulo lonke elaseOntario.
Kwiseshoni eyayibanjwe ekuqaleni kukaFebruwari yi-Ontario Progressive Conservative Campus Association (OPCCA) kunye neManning Centre for Building Democracy, campus Conservatives, abakhankaseli beqela, kunye neLungu lePalamente baxoxe ngezicwangciso zokufumana inkxaso-mali kwimibutho yabafundi ye-Conservative Party kunye neendlela. ukubaleka—nokuphumelela—izikhundla ngaphakathi kwimibutho yabafundi.
Izinto ezivuzayo zifakwe kwi-WikiLeaks.org ngempelaveki kwaye zongeza kubungqina obukhulayo bokuba i-Conservative Party inesicwangciso sokuphazamisa imibutho yabafundi be-campus. Ekuqaleni kuka-2002, iphephandaba lekhampasi lafunda okokuqala ngeNgxowa-mali yobuNkokheli beMillennium eyimfihlo ukuba iphiko lekhampasi yeqela lalisetyenziselwa ukuxhasa ngemali abagqatswa kunyulo lweemanyano zabafundi. Ngoku kubonakala ngathi iqhinga liguqukele ekubeni liphulo lokufumana inkxaso-mali yombutho wabafundi ngobuxoki kunye nokumisa iiklabhu zabafundi ngesigunyaziso sobulungisa kwezentlalo.
Phakathi kwabo babekho kule workshop yayiliLungu lePalamente yaseKitchener-Waterloo, uPeter Braid kunye nomphathi wakhe wephulo, uAaron Lee-Wudrick. U-Lee-Wudrick uviwa kwiirekhodi ezibonelela ngeengcebiso malunga nendlela yokukhupha imali kwimibutho yabafundi ngokusebenzisa "imibutho yangaphambili" eya kusebenza ukuqhubela phambili iinjongo ze-Conservative Party.
UBraid uthathe ukukhwela kweKitchener-Waterloo evela kwiLiberal u-Andrew Telegdi kunyulo lokugqibela lomanyano. U-Telegdi wayebambe ukukhwela ukususela ngo-1993. UBraid uphumelele ngeevoti ze-17, i-margin leyo u-Lee-Wudrick ayichaza njengesizathu sokuba kubaluleke kakhulu ukufumana abafundi ababandakanyekayo kwizopolitiko zomdibaniso.
Ilungu lePalamente uPeter Braid [enxibe isuti, uAaron Lee-Wurdruck kunye noRyan O'Connor [umfanekiso osekunene].
Kumboniso owabanjwa kushicilelo, u-Lee-Wudrick noRyan O'Connor, owayesakuba nguSekela-Mongameli we-Waterloo Federation of Students, bathetha ngendlela abathe bakwazi ngayo ukukhohlisa ibhodi yemanyano yabafundi ukuba iqhube uhlolo-zimvo ukuze kubuyiswe imali yemali. iWaterloo OPIRG (WPIRG) isahluko ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000. Badiza ukuba xa u-O'Connor wayeliSekela-Mongameli, wasebenza no-Lee-Wudrick, ngoko owayenguMongameli weklabhu ye-Conservative club, ukuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yabo yecala, ngokufuthi ngokusebenzisa izixhobo zombutho wabafundi.
Kumboniso, u-Lee-Wudrick uthe, "Ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba, ngaxeshanye, uthathe iBhodi yabaLawuli [ye-OPIRG], ndicinga ukuba iya kuba yinto entle kakhulu, kwaye uya kuba ligorha Intshukumo yeConservative ukuba ungayikhupha loo nto. "
I-OPIRGs yimibutho yekhampasi edla ngokuxhaswa ngemali ngerhafu yabafundi abazinikeleyo ukulungelelanisa amaphulo ekhampasi ngamalungelo oluntu kunye nobulungisa kwezentlalo.
"Besisoloko sinabantu abafuna ukutshabalalisa i-OPIRG. Into enomdla kukuthatha inxaxheba ngokucacileyo kwamalungu eqela le-Conservative kule minyhadala ebekwe yi-OPCAA apho baxoxa ngendlela yokwenza oku kuthathwa kunye nokuphelisa indima ye-OPIRG kwi-campus, "Utshilo uTerrence Luscome ohleli kwibhodi yabalawuli beYunivesithi yaseYork OPIRG.
“Ewe, xa kukho amaLungu ePalamente e-Conservative abandakanyekayo, kuya kufuneka ubuze ukuba eli qela liyifumana phi inkxaso-mali kwaye [abantu kufuneka balandele] umkhondo wemali, kwaye yeyiphi umdla kurhulumente [iya kukhokelela],” wongeze watsho.
Ngelixa isicwangciso sika-Lee-Wudrick no-O'Connor sokurhoxisa inkxaso-mali ye-WPIRG singaphumelelanga ngo-2002, bazingomb' isifuba ngelithi oko kwavula indlela yolunye umzamo ngo-2005, kwaye bavakalisa ithemba lempumelelo kwixesha elizayo.
Bakwachonge imibutho yabafundi, izikhululo zikanomathotholo zekhampasi kunye neCanadian Federation of Students njengojoliso olunokubakho kwiphulo lokuphelisa inkxaso-mali yombutho ngamnye. "Inxalenye yenjongo apha kukuzisa abantu kwiQela. Yinto entle leyo," utshilo u-O'Connor. “Iinkululeko eziselula ziya kukunceda…kwaye zingabanye babona banamandla kwimiba yabafundi,” wongeze watsho.
Ngexesha locweyo, abafundi be-Conservatives baphinde baqeqeshwa ngendlela yokuseka "amaqela amaqokobhe" njengendlela yokuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yecala ekhampasini.
"Ewe sasineqela eliphambili elinjalo: i-Campus Coalition for Liberty. Ngokwenene yayiyi-front nje ye-Conservatives, kodwa yasinika njengamazwi amabini." watsho uLee-Wudrick.
Wongezelela wathi: "Musa ukucinga ukuba iPhathi ayiyithandi loo nto, kuba bayayenza. Zizinto eziza kunceda iQela, kodwa kubonakala ngathi yintlangano ekhulile kwaye ivele ivuselelwe ukusuka kwiindawo eziphantsi ngokuzenzekelayo. Bayayithanda loo nto… Khumbula zonke iiRali zeDemokhrasi ... ngumzekelo nje wokuba zinkulu kangakanani na ezo zinto."
Abadweliswe njengababekhona e-Waterloo okanye kwezinye iindibano zocweyo zase-Ontario yayinguRichard Ciano, uMseki weYunivesithi yeConservative Campaign, isikolo soqeqesho lwezopolitiko kumatsha ntliziyo alondolozayo, uNick Bergamini, uceba wabafundi kunye nosekela-mongameli wemiba yabafundi abanyulelwe Abafundi beYunivesithi yaseCarleton. Umbutho kunye noKevin Wiener, uSenator wabafundi kwiYunivesithi yaseQueen, umgqatswa weBhunga leSizwe leConservative Party yaseCanada kunye nonobhala-nondyebo we-Ontario Progressive Campus Youth Association.
Kwakhona kudweliswe uChris McCluskey, uMququzeleli weNkqubo yeZiko leManning loKwakha iDemokhrasi eOttawa kunye nowayesakuba nguSekela Mongameli weDalhousie Students' Union. Uqhube ucweyo, olubizwa ngokuba “Amaqhinga asebenzayo: Ukubaleka urhulumente wabafundi” kwezinye iiseshini ezininzi eziquka enye eLondon nase-Ottawa.
UShelley Melanson, uSihlalo weCanadian Federation of Students-Ontario wothuka xa exelelwa ngeqhinga elivuzayo. “Imibutho yabafundi kwiikhampasi ikho ukuze imele abafundi kwaye kufuneka ikhululeke kungenelelo lwamaqela emibutho emanyeneyo neyephondo,” utshilo. "Igalelo lemibutho yabafundi kunye ne-OPIRGs kwintshukumo ebanzi yobulungisa boluntu e-Ontario ibalulekile kwaye kuyaphazamisa ukucinga ukuba iqela elilawulayo laseKhanada lingasebenzisa izixhobo zalo ukujongela phantsi imibutho yabafundi bedemokhrasi ngale ndlela."
Ngelixa ukurekhoda kufumaneka kuphela kwiworkshop yase-Waterloo, i-OPCA kunye ne-Manning Foundation baye babamba iiseshoni zoqeqesho ze-Conservative ezifanayo kwiikhampasi e-Ottawa, eToronto, eLondon, eHalifax naseWinnipeg.
UBraid yayingenguye yedwa wezopolitiko ohleliyo ohleliyo kwindibano yocweyo. UMonte Solberg kunye neLungu lePalamente uChris Warkentin baye kwiisemina ezifanayo e-Ottawa ngoNovemba 20, 2008, ngelixa uMphathiswa wezokuSingqongileyo waseNova Scotia uMark Parent, uSekela Ntloko yaBasebenzi uStephen Greene, kunye nowayesakuba yiNkulumbuso entsha yaseBrunswick uBernard Lord bonke bathathe inxaxheba kwiworkshop yaseHalifax eyayibanjwe ukusuka nge-26 kaOktobha. ukuya kwi-28, 2007.
Kwi-2002, i-Millennium Leadership Fund eyimfihlo yephiko lolutsha lwe-Progressive Conservative Party yavezwa yi-Western Gazette kwinqaku elibizwa ngokuthi "I-Tories iceba ukungena kurhulumente wabafundi."
Eli nqaku libhekiselele kwi-imeyile ekhutshwe ngoMatshi ka-2002 apho uMongameli we-OPCA ngoko ngoko uAdam Daifallah waqhayisa kumalungu eqela malunga nabamkeli beMillennium Leadership Fund abanyulwa ngempumelelo ngaloo nyaka kwiYunivesithi yaseQueen, iYunivesithi yaseWaterloo kunye neYunivesithi yaseWindsor. Ngokutsho kweGazethi, iMillennium Fund yahlawulwa kakhulu ngamalungu aphezulu eProgressive Conservative kunye nabaxhasi.
Ukuphembelela iziphumo zolonyulo lwabafundi ekhampasini kunye nohlolo-zimvo luyaqhubeka nokuba kuluhlu olubalulekileyo lwe-OPCA.
U-Eric Merkley, umongameli we-OPCA kunye nosekela-manejala wephulo lokhankaso oluyimpumelelo lukaBraid naye wayekho kwindibano yocweyo. Kwiqonga lakhe lonyulo lukamongameli we-OPCA, u-Merkley wathembisa ukuba, "Iqela i-Merkley liza kuqhubeka nenkqubela phambili eyenziweyo ekuboneleleni ngeeseshoni zoqeqesho kwiphondo lonke ukuze kugaywe kunye nokuvuswa kwekhampasi ukulungiselela unyulo lwabafundi kunye namaphulo ohlolo-zimvo."
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