Empower! UBC
Thank you for taking the time to read Empower! UBC’s platform. You pay for an effective legal force fighting for you, and that’s what you deserve. Empower! UBC will transform the Student Legal Fund Society into what it was always meant to be - a real way to make real change for you, and the entire UBC student body. Before we make that happen, we need your help. This election season, vote for change. Vote for Empower! UBC.
Our Platform
Follow the money:
Publish detailed financial statements quarterly
Publicize the tax returns of the SLFS
Establish a fee opt-out for the SLFS
Increase transparency:
Publish director meeting minutes, by-law amendments, and society resolutions as they occur, in a single location online
Publish the times and locations of board meetings
Allow virtual attendance of board meetings
Expand the mandate:
Broaden the mandate of the SLFS to include individual legal funding in matters involving the University
Increase efficiency:
Establish the bylaw-required Litigation Committee
Require board meetings to occur monthly, at a minimum
Remove board members who fail to attend board meetings regularly
Invest at least 30% of SLFS funds with a local credit union