Students to Man the Barricades against Tuition Hike
According to this Montreal Gazette story, Quebec is discussing a tuition hike for its schools, after 10 years of a tuition freeze (at McGill, the Tuition has been frozen at $US1000). The arguments are that, relative to univeristies elsewhere in Canada, Quebec institutions have been underfunded for a total of $C2.9B over the last decade; the Liberal government is going to slash personal income tax over the next 5 years, so there's not going to be any additional money. And, the debate has begun over who benefits from one's education -- and the fact that an individual over their lifetime benefits much greater than the $US4000 they invest from Canada.

Elsewhere in Canada, tuition hits $C5000. An increase of that amount (not likely, but just an example) would bring $70M -- about 15% of the yearly budget.


- posted by Unknown @ 2/16/2004 05:16:00 AM