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Atlantic Cut Off In A Major Way

HALIFAX (CUP) — Students in the Atlantic provinces may face increased tuition fees and de- creased quality, thanks to the lat- est Michael Wilson budget.

The Feb. 20 federal bud- get cut $70 million from Atlantic Canada’s post-secondary educa- tion system — equivalent to four times the operating grant given to Saint Mary’s University last year.

Lara Morris, chair of Nova Scotia’s student federation, said the budget will directly affect stu- dents in her province, because the provincial government may raise tuition to help offset the lost funding.

“(Nova Scotia) students are already paying the highest tuition fees in the country,” she said. “There will be students elimi- nated from the system if they go up again.”

The budget freezes the growth of federal transfer payments — used by the provinces to subsi- dize health services and post- sec- ondary education — to the popu- lation growth rate.

Newfoundland’s finance min- ister, Hubert Kitchen, said the payments have been steadily de- clining for the past 20 years — but Wilson’s recent budget will pro- duce the worst cuts ever.

“Since 1981, the federal gov-

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ernment has capped the amount of money it gives to the provinces through transfer payments and (the amount) has declined steadily since then,” he said.

Although he wouldn’t rule out a tuition hike, Kitchen said his government isn’t considering it yet.

“Raising of tuition is conceiv- able, but (it) has not been pro- posed,” he said. “We don’t want to raise (them).”

Paul Connolly, PEI’s educa- tion minister, said his province’s options are limited.

“The bottom line is that Is- landers — through taxes, tuition fees or user-pay fees — will have

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The editor had been receiving numerous comments on the article “Lucky to be a student at UPEI Many people believe this column is an editorial, however it is being submitted by stu-

to shoulder the costs for compen- sating this reduction,” he said.

The budget was not well re- ceived by the Canadian Federa- tion of Students either.

Irene Tremblay, a CFS repre- sentative, said the effects will be severe, called on provincial gov- ernments not to raise tuition to make up for the cuts.

The cuts in federal payments “will result in fewer courses being offered, increased stu- dent/teacher ratios and higher debt loads for students.”

But, she said, an increase in fees would make universities “ac- cessible only for the rich.”

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Strike To Protest Cuts!

ST. JOHN’S (CUP) - Cana- dian students should walk out of their classes and strike to protest recent federal government educa- tion cutbacks, says the president of Memorial University’s student council.

“If the federal government is planning to get re-elected next time, they better smarten up,” said Robin Russell.

Russell is calling for a coast to-coast student rally.

“Students always seem to be the last on the list. The fed- eral government must think (we) can’t do anything because we’re so diverse.”

“Tf students realize other stu- dents across Canada were march- ing at the same time, it would cre- ate an atmosphete of "yes, we can do something’.”

The call for action is in re- sponse to two recent federal cut- backs,

The budget for Challenge ’90, the program that helps fund jobs for college and university stu- dents, will be slashed by 35 per cent.

Federal transfer payments — which go towards funding health care and post-secondary educa- tion — were cut by $2.5 billion over two years in the Feb. .20 fed- eral budget:

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