Managed to have my letter about VSM printed in Canta:

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Editor,

I like my freedom, perhaps a little more than our president, Mr Jukes, likes his.

I like how K-Mart don't ambush me and take my money in return for goods and services they decide I should want.

I like how we don't have compulsory military training anymore in this country.

I like how my tennis club doesn't force me to become a member (though I resent their Housie fundraisers at Kaiapoi Rugby Club..)

What would make this student's life better yet would be if Juke's union didn't reverse this happy trend. UCSA isn't yet one of the unions well known for defrauding students, nor on
its best days for publically speaking for those who were inducted involuntarily into its mandate for "representation." But I do take exception to Juke's denial that we're talking
about forced association. When is compulsory student unionism not synonomous with forced association in any dictionary ever written??

In my name, a some of money was paied to the UCSA and that is a cost I never asked for but am forced to cover. I accept Juke's offer for me to opt out of UCSA under one condition.
Can I have it back please?

Rick Giles,
President,
ACT on Campus

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And this is UCSA President Steve Jukes' response:

I can see where he's trying to shift the debate. How do you think AoC should respond?