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Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP supports tuition levels that ordinary families can afford.

Liberals and Conservatives have ignored rising tuition levels and inadequate funding for post secondary education.

Ordinary families are finding it increasingly difficult to send their children to college, university or trades schools. We need to improve access to post secondary education by creating more spaces and reducing tuition fees.
- Brian Mason

The Liberals and Conservatives are neglecting post secondary education

In 2006, Liberals and Conservatives received over $1.7 million from corporations - unlike the NDP, who received less than 3% of donations from businesses.

  • Since 1990, tuition rates have tripled, and yet in 2006 the Conservatives passed legislation removing caps on tuition - allowing the cost of education to rise higher.
  • The Liberals have no plan to reduce tuition levels.
  • Base operating grants to universities and colleges are not keeping pace with inflation, forcing post-secondary institutions to cut programs, lay off staff, increasing tuition, and eliminate student services.

Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP are on the side of students

Alberta's NDP will build a strong post-secondary education system where education is affordable to all. The NDP would:

  • Reduce tuition fees to 1999-2000 levels, and fully fund a tuition freeze thereafter.
  • Reduce the student loan interest rates to prime and find ways to reduce administrative costs on student loan payments.
  • Generate additional provincial grant, bursary and scholarship opportunities thereby reducing dependency on student loans.
  • Create an endowment for social sciences, arts and humanities research.
  • Work to ensure that Cabinet Ministers and MLAs meet with post-secondary institutions, Governors and Student Unions regularly to learn about, and respond to their concerns.
  • Increase the availability of post-secondary spaces at existing institutions and support the creation of new facilities, particularly in rural areas where it can be difficult to access post-secondary education.
  • Support initiatives to build additional student housing.
  • Extend accreditation options to building trade unions to create more apprenticeship spaces.
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July 21, 2007

 
 
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