Hundreds of university students braved Wednesday’s snow storm to protest tuition fee increases announced Monday. “Students in Nova Scotia currently pay some of the highest tuition fees in the country and graduate with the highest student debt, at $31, 000,” explained a press release issued by Canadian Federation of Students. (Photos: Colin Davis and Scott Blackburn)]
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2011.
Students from Ontario and Alberta pay virtually the same tuition as Nova Scotian students… Those are rich provinces with low taxes, and with younger more dynamic workforces, and cities with buildings above seven stories that can get built without the same old tired village idiots coming to the forefront to stop development and progress, and manufacturing and oil and…
Our schools have had a nice easy ride, really – they should be forced to perform, just like their students, when they are nursing from the public teet. If they need to amalgamate, or if one or more are forced to close… that’s a necessary correction and reaction for unsustainability.
Why would they go down Barrington Street? The only people down there are office temps and hobos regretting their philosophy with a minor in religious studies degrees.
LOL Cranky – they made it to Province House, eventually
dartmouthy,
You should qualify your statement that
“Students from Ontario and Alberta pay virtually the same tuition as Nova Scotia students …”
Last time I checked (and I have two children attending universities here in NS) it is true that Nova Scotia university tuitions are among the most expensive in the country.
I have no problem with protesters. I do have a problem with them blocking off traffic for people who have absolutely 0 to do with what they’re protesting. I even support their cause, but get the fuck out of the road.
@ Esposito
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/0…
Ontario is about 5% more, Alberta is about 5% less
I have to say I liked the graduate tax credit that our previously elected representatives handed out though… I took full advantage of that. My son is ten so I will be looking forward to this soon too, but still I think for my son’s future a leaner more limited government is better for him than generous handouts to whomever wants money and a fairly large debt with limited growth and a shrinking workforce (tax payers)…
Education is one of the most important industries in this province. It has a very high return on investment and drives the economy in Nova Scotia’s smaller towns. Imagine Antigonish or Wolfville without their universities- they’d be shells of their former selves. Education is something NS has a comparative advantage in and it’s a crime to be letting it wither away. Education, and only education, can get NS out of the hole.
Scotialist, every “industry” in this province has someone like you championing it’s virtues, and telling us all, in uncertain emotional terms, why we can’t afford to make cuts on THEM.
Everything is on the chopping block, and rightly so. We can’t afford these handouts anymore as a province, or do you personally feel like picking up the $13.1 billion tab?
“drives the economy in Nova Scotia’s smaller towns. Imagine Antigonish or Wolfville without their universities.”
Maybe Wolfville and Truro, without their universities, but Antigonish doesn’t need the university for their economy. They have a busy tourist season, especially during Highland Games week. It’s a multi-million dollar boost to the town every year.
Because tourism is such a wonderful, sustainable industry. Oh wait, the loss of one ferry is enough to decimate a town’s economy.