The controversy led members of the Ryerson Students' Union to call for harsher restrictions on what could be published in the Ryersonian. However, since The Ryersonian is produced by students of TMU's journalism school and has no connection financially or editorially from the RSU, the move was seen as a way to retaliate against prior coverage that didn't show the RSU in a positive light.
The controversy led to demands for stricter limitations on what could be published in The Ryersonian by members of the Ryerson Students' Union, but given that The Ryersonian is produced by journalism students from TMU and has no financial or editorial ties to the RSU, this move was perceived as a retaliatory measure against prior coverage that didn't portray the RSU favorably.