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- Hi, my name is. Margaret Duffy and I am your Canadian Federation of Students representative

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p- the organ- ..Zléﬁ'fiéﬁamrksp and the ‘ {lmahybenefits it» can;

: f'r’rofferia university. , like ours in'the form of Krevised student aid plans, a strong student organization and good' ’ fighters for adequate ’ funding for UPEI. ‘ As of now UPEI holds _ a perspective membership . in the CPS and will, b r 'continUe to do so until a referendum is run on _ v campus; It seemsunlikely 3 that this will happen ' _ thisyear but I have Vspoken to your'new S.C. President and he assures _ me that CBS is worthwhile , land‘possibly next year _ will go for full

mean" that we will become 'a more active part of :tllgiorganization and also -

v International Student ‘7 Identity Card, CUTS Travel, Student Working Abroad Programs, and _ other adVantages. ' b

_ There has been a lot of talk about CUTS and rising tuition, fees of 300% and closing the doors to bﬁlti SOHEhOW. » we a'JJXIaysj it V ' ven"t happen torus-c F~~Well “its true ‘ myself Vrh&e.,mwS the y —

‘ «truefneaning of Bar} STEAL,

I or BORROW when it_cmessto late March and yOur student loan, (if Were lucky .enough to get it) starts. _ running out. I guess , some of us can vouch for the fact that we wouldn't ‘ be here if our roommates mom didn't keep sending in a loaf of bread or a pound of hamburger weekly. Those of us who aren't lucky enough to live at home and have to live in the lovely city or its scenic outskirts aren't tightening our belts any— more, we are borrowing- our little sister's smaller size pants. . Since 1975, under the guise of fiscall restraint policies, the federal and provincial governments have been cutting back alleged fat fnan the post secondary education system. The quality of our emetion is, Suffering-

»date, faculty staff is

1 semester "Photocopy it,

.ments are already in big

' is getting worse.

, mentwill likely move

, $2. billion from PSE.

the-benefits of the.

2 It's like going to. the

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However , l/IonigUe Begin ,

_ and medicare would not be

me UPEI SUN, Thursday, April 1, 1982, page 3

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Libraries have been cut

dro - si ifi antl , as back, equipment is out of P 9“ g y

they would face even more prohibitive dent loads

at high interest rates. Yet the federal govern- ment still shuns the proposal for an all grant plan.

They have their own planson how to redirect some of the "cut" funds into a new form of student aid, the WI Well do you know what "the voucher" really means? It that on registration day when

‘ didn't really notice ity ' or chalk it‘up to that » damned inflation. But increased tuition would effect us and it would lock the doors - even tighter on lower income

bracket families. Student Aid yo'u

' wonder, well we'll just get a little extra. Well that's not how it works.

- As even if student loan ceilings were increased to meet the increased costs, the enrollment from students from lower income families would

being laid off , and class sizes are unmanageable. Nowf this is ngt.shop A talk. I'm sure many of

you have heard your ‘ professor say this \

yourself; the departments broke,"_ or you have to , put your own money intb gas for the biology van and don't forget to ,check‘ the oil.

Ser‘iously many depart?

. x . 1 trouble and the problem continua on page 3 There is no fat left to Whittle aWayand the fed. and prov. gov'ts are coming at us with an axe and not a scalpel.

Regardless, the federal government has decided to perform major surgery; In a move which goes far beyond past cut— backs the federal govern—

ahead with-plans to chop:

Furthermore, they plan to dissect the system without consulting the ‘jpatient'. 5

hospital to have, your

appendix, out and waking '

up with no. legs. ' Funds allocated under

Financing Act (EPF) are currently used to‘ fund the federal governments share of, PSE, hospital insurance and medicare.

federal minister of Health and Welfare said during ' aninterview with CBC "Radioin 1980, "that hospital insurance

signifigantly affected. She has also assured provincial health mainsters that there will be no major cuts to health care. As for education well 3-2=l and she states "it is really education.. this is a candidate for savings - which will be rechanneled. This leaves the overwhelming $2. billion of the proposed cuts aimed at PSE. And it is not likely, probable or maybe there is not If's_about it, "several campuses will be forced to close their doors."

Provincial govern—

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