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The appointment of a unilingual Anglophone to the role of Canada’s Auditor General has been condemned by the Quebec National Assembly. Every MNA in the house supported the motion on Wednesday.

Michael Ferguson was named to replace federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser. The former Auditor General of New Brunswick was appointed due to Fraser’s retirement.

ADQ MNA Francois Bonnardel deposed the motion which was supported by all other parties.

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When Senator and former UN General Romeo Dallaire calls this period in history the crux of a revolutionary moment – people listen.

The Concordia-based Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies invited Dallaire to speak at a conference last Thursday and Friday on the media’s role in halting mass atrocities. Other panelists included former Prime Minister Paul Martin and Ric MacInnes Rae of the CBC radio program Dispatches.

Construction workers across Quebec walked off the job yesterday. The move was a result of a dispute between the provincial government and construction unions.

The workers were protesting Bill 33. It was announced last month and goes in to parliamentary hearings this week. If passed it would take away the ability of unions to dictate the workers on job sites. Under the bill, contractors would be able to choose from a list of eligible employees.

American artist Julie Ault gave a lecture at Concordia on Friday. She spoke about the multiple roles she undertakes as an artist and the numerous ways of depicting relevant social issues. Esther Viragh reports.

Julie Ault is an artist of many talents. She is an exhibition designer, curator and editor of several publications. Anne Bertrand, one of the organizers of the event, felt it was important to invite the artist to the university.

“She’s a very important figure in contemporary art and I think that it’s really essential that Concordia students be introduced to this standard of artist.”

264 people were confirmed killed after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey on Sunday.

Hundreds of people remain buried alive under collapsed buildings and have yet to be pulled out. More than 1,300 people were injured, and the death toll is expected to rise as residents, soldiers and earthmoving machines search the debris for any survivors.

Rescue efforts were made difficult because of power outages due to the earthquake. 

Travelling to the U.S. by air or sea is about to become five dollars and fifty cents more expensive for Canadians and Mexicans.

A free trade deal was passed last Friday stating that citizens of these areas should have to pay a tariff to enter the States.