Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Target's $8,000 Cheque For Student Conference Bounces

Adam Normand was pleased when Target put up an $8,000 sponsorship for the student business competition he was organizing.

Target had given the Canadian Association of Business Students some money before to sponsor its central case competition, a venue for students to put their business skills to the test and make valuable connections with more established people in their fields.

So Normand, who manages CABS from Montreal, was disappointed when Target’s $8,000 cheque bounced, even if he wasn’t entirely surprised.

After all, organizers had tried to cash it on Jan. 15 — the same day the news broke that Target was pulling out of Canada.

"Their accounts were frozen," Normand said.

He also had to pay a $5 penalty for the bounced cheque.

Normand said the lost sponsorship money meant a lot of last-minute scrambling to shed expenses from the budget for the case competition, which is underway in Toronto.

He said the loss would mean less money for audiovisuals and online streaming, as well as less money for food, but that the conference would go on as scheduled.

Target would not answer CBC Daybreak’s questions about the failed attempt at sponsorship.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.ca/
Author: cbc

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