Tag: Mark Gerretsen

It’s been eight years coming

The longest, most expensive and quite possibly the most important Canadian federal election is finally over. The Leafs almost don’t suck, the Jays are in the playoffs and we’ve finally gotten rid of Harper. What a time to be alive.  I’ll preface this article by saying that I’m truly and deeply happy...

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Updated: Gerretsen wins by landslide

Last updated: Oct. 23 at 8:00 a.m. After 78 days of campaigning, Liberal candidate Mark Gerretsen has been declared the Member of Parliament to represent Kingston and the Islands in Ottawa. Gerretsen, Kingston’s mayor from 2010 to 2014, was born and raised in Kingston. He’s served in municipal politics...

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Mark Gerretsen earns Liberal nomination

Mark Gerretsen secured the Liberal Party nomination for MP of Kingston and the Islands in a race that culminated on Saturday — a move that could take Kingston’s former mayor to Parliament Hill in 2015. Gerretsen was one of five contenders in the race, which also included Bittu George, Rahime Juma,...

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Darts and laurels 2013-14

Darts Men’s Issues group poisons debate: If the Men’s Issues Awareness Society hoped to foster intellectual dialogue on gender issues, they failed. The speaker MIAS invited, Janice Fiamengo, misrepresented feminism and only served to polarize debate and inflame tensions. The Underground rebrand: The...

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Possible fall 2013 reunion in the works

Conversations about Homecoming’s future are in the works after University Council voted to recommend Principal Daniel Woolf reinstate the event next year. The motion called for Woolf to restore Homecoming for fall 2013, rather than in 2014 as initially planned. The motion passed at University Council...

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