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      ji
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Education
      Funding
     
     
      Continued
      from
      page
      11
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      since
      taking
      office
      in
      1993.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Scholarship
      Foundation
      is
     
     
      a
      way
      to
      help
      students
      to
     
     
      go
      to
      university
      but
      it’s
      not
     
     
      a
      way
      to
      decide
      what
      will
     
     
      be
      the
      teaching
      at
     
     
      universities,”
      said
      Dion.
     
     
      “The
      provinces
      have
     
     
      the
      full
      role
      of
      that
      -
      it’s
     
     
      not
      the
      government
      of
     
     
      Canada.
      We’re
      only
      there
     
     
      to
      help
      students
      go
      there
     
     
      with
      money.
      This
      is
      arole
     
     
      the
      government
      has
     
     
      fulfilled
      for
      over
      a
      century
     
     
      now,
      so
      it’s
      fully
      within
      our
     
     
      responsibility.”
     
     
      Dion
      was
      drafted
      into
     
     
      cabinet
      by
      Prime
      Minister
     
     
      Jean
      Chretien
      after
      the
     
     
      federal
      government
      nearly
     
     
      lost
      the
      1995
      Referendum.
     
     
      Coming
      from
      the
      world
      of
     
     
      academia
      as
      a
      professor
      at
     
     
      the
      University
      of
      Montreal
     
     
      and
      possessing
      no
      prior
     
     
      political
      experience,
      Dion
     
     
      was
      given
      a
      key
     
     
      governmental
      position
      as
     
     
      the
      minister
      for
     
     
      Intergovernmental
      A
      ffairs
     
     
      and
      the
      president
      of
      the
     
     
      Privy
      Council.
     
     
      Dion
      and
      his
      government
     
     
      have
      been
      criticized
      by
      the
     
     
      government
      of
      Quebec
     
     
      trying
      to
      maintain
      too
     
     
      much
      control
      over
     
     
      education
      -
      a
      provincial
     
     
      responsibility
      under
      the
     
     
      constitution.
     
     
      Following
      the
      Speech
     
     
      from
      the
      Throne
      in
     
     
      October,
      Bloc
      Quebecois
     
     
      leader
      Gilles
      Duceppe
     
     
      accused
      Ottawa
      of
     
     
      attempting
      to
      control
      how
     
     
      the
      provinces
      spend
     
     
      money
      on
      education.
      The
     
     
      separatist
      leader
      was.
      __
     
    
   
   
    
     
      angry
      thatthe
      Liberals
     
    
   
   
    
     
      were
      only
      giving
      money
      to
     
     
      special
      research
      initiatives,
     
     
      rather
      than
      through
     
     
      increased
      provincial
     
     
      transfer
      payments.
     
    

    
     
      In
      November,
      provincial
     
     
      education
      ministers
      called
     
     
      on
      the
      federal
      government
     
     
      to
      increase
      transfer
     
     
      payments
      to
      the
      provinces,
     
     
      after
      federal
      finance
     
     
      numbers
      indicated
      a
     
     
      budgetary
      surplus
     
     
      estimated
      between
      $60-
     
     
      to
      $90-billion
      over
      the
     
     
      next
      five
      years.
     
    

    
     
      But
      Dion
      says
      his
     
     
      government
      is
      not
     
     
      overstepping
      federalism
     
     
      boundaries
      by
      setting
      up
     
     
      new
      research
      funding
     
     
      bodies
      or
      scholarship
     
     
      funds.
     
     
      “Education
      is
      terribly
     
     
      important
      for
      the
      future
      of
     
     
      the
      country.
      Here
      we
      are
     
     
      in
      anew
      economy,
      where
     
     
      it’s
      so
      important
      to
      be
     
     
      competitive
      with
      a
     
     
      technologies,
      and
      the
     
     
      government
      of
      Canada
      is
     
     
      involved
      with
      funding
     
     
      post-secondary
      education
     
     
      involving
      research,
     
     
      involving
      funding
      students
     
     
      and
      we
      will
      do
      the
      most
     
     
      we
      can,”
      said
      Dion.
     
    

    
     
      “This
      being
      said,
      the
     
     
      provincial
      role
      in
      education
     
     
      is
      paramount.
      It
      is
      their
     
     
      exclusive
      responsibility
     
     
      under
      the
      constitution.
      So
     
     
      the
      government
      of
      Canada
     
     
      will
      play
      its
      role
      while
     
     
      respecting
      the
      role
      of
      the
     
     
      provinces.”
     
    

    
     
      Nonetheless,
      the
     
     
      government
      hasbeen
      _
     
     
      aware
      of
      the
      impact
      of
      its
     
     
      education
      funding
      in
     
     
      regard
      to
      Canadian
      unity.
     
     
      Documents
      obtained
      from
     
     
      the
      Privy
      Council
      Office
     
    
   
   
    
     
      under
      the
      Access
      to
     
     
      -
      Information
      Act
      show
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      extensive
      briefing
      notes
      for
     
     
      ministers
      throughout
      the
     
     
      creation
      of
      the
      Millennium
     
     
      Scholarship
      Fund’s
     
     
      creation
      regarding
      impacts
     
     
      on
      Quebec
      and
      national
     
     
      unity.
     
    

    
     
      Numerous
      pages
      track
      the
     
     
      responses
      of
      Quebec
     
     
      politicians
      during
     
     
      negotiations
      over
      the
     
     
      distribution
      of
      scholarships
     
     
      to
      Quebec
      students,
     
     
      focusing
      most
      commonly
     
     
      on
      reaction
      from
      Quebec
     
     
      Liberal
      Leader
      Jean
     
     
      Charest.
     
    

    
     
      Briefings
      indicate
      Ottawa
     
     
      believed
      the
      media
      were
     
     
      more
      willing
      to
      side
      with
     
     
      the
      Quebec
      government
     
     
      than
      the
      federal
     
     
      government.
     
     
      Negotiations
      between
      the
     
     
      Foundation
      and
      the
     
     
      Quebec
      government
     
     
      eventually
      broke
      off.
      An
     
     
      agreement
      for
      the
     
     
      distribution
      of
      funds
      only
     
     
      came
      about
      this
      past
     
     
      December
      after
      current
     
     
      Minister
      of
      Human
     
     
      Resources
      and
      .
     
     
      Development
      Jane
     
     
      Stewart
      stepped
      in
      to
     
     
      mediate
      the
      situation.
     
     
      Now,
      Dion
      says
      90
      per
     
     
      cent
      of
      his
      time
      is
      spent
     
     
      dealing
      with
      work
     
     
      unrelated
      to
      unity
      while
     
     
      almost
      all
      of
      his
      media
     
     
      attention
      deals
      specifically
     
     
      to
      separatism
      threats.
     
     
      “There
      is
      a
      difference
     
     
      between
      the
      image
      I
     
     
      project
      and
      the
      reality
      of
     
     
      my
      work,”
      he
      said.
      “What
     
     
      is
      unfortunate
      to
      me
      is
      that
     
     
      I
      will
      be
      known
      when
      a
      :
     
     
      there
      isadispute,
      —
      hs
     
     
      especially
      with
      the
      Quebec
      |
     
     
      government.
      SoI
      may
      be
      ©
     
     
      portrayed
      as
      the
      minister
     
     
      of
      disputes.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      z
      deh
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Have
      you
      been
      running
      around
      without
      a
     
     
      helmet
      for
      too
      long?
      Finally
      a
      fashionable
     
     
      solution
      to
      the
      head
      protection
      problem!
     
     
      Leave
      it
      to
      the
      Cadre
      to
      come
      up
      with
      a
     
     
      belmet
      so
      functional
      ...
      yet
      stylish.
     
     
      tauren
      deougs
      leks
     
     
      great
      on
      girts
      too!
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ae
      ee