On March 24, 2010, Justice O’Connor of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ordered a referendum be held on the question of the CSA’s continued membership in the Canadian Federation of Students and Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario (CFS and CFS-O). This referendum was to be held on April 7, 8, and 9, 2010.

On March 28, 2010, The Honourable James B. Chadwick, Q.C. ordered that the online voting system, presently available at the University of Guelph should be used to conduct the Referendum.

On April 7, 8, & 9, 2010, the University conducted the Referendum using its online polling system. The University has issued a report containing the results of the Referendum. A summary of the Referendum results as tabulated by the University’s online voting system is as follows:

Question: “Are you in favour of continued membership in the Canadian Federation of Students
           and the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario?”

Number of votes            7330

Answer         Count    Percentage
Yes             1675      22.85%
No              5388      73.51%
Abstain          267       3.64%
No answer         12       0.16%

*Please note that the "No answer" was not used towards quorum or the final result.

Questions can be addressed to Gavin Armstrong, CSA Communications and Corporate Affairs Commissioner at csatalk@uoguelph.ca.