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      Of
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      and
      Cuts
     
     
      To
      Seek
      Out
      a
      New
      Life
     
     
      Flasher
      on
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      Dietician,
      Nutritionist,
     
     
      Home
      Economist
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Columns
     
     
      _
      What
      Really
      Matters
     
     
      Nicer
      Side
      of
      the
      Net
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      budget,
      one
      of
      the
      most
     
     
      important
      government
      acts
      of
      the
     
     
      year,
      was
      released
      on
      March
      6.
     
     
      Although
      no
      terrible
      taxes
      were
     
     
      issued,
      this
      budget
      still
      has
      many
     
     
      people
      upset
      with
      the
      government
     
     
      and
      with
      the
      cuts
      that
      are
      being
      made
     
     
      to
      Canada's
      social
      programs.
      One
     
     
      such
      group,
      the
      Canadian
      Alliance
      of
     
     
      Student
      Association
      (CASA),
      is
      very
     
     
      upset
      with
      the
      new
      budget.
      They
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
        
     
     
        
         
     
     
           
     
     
         
     
     
       
       
     
     
         
         
     
     
       
       
     
     
       
     
     
          
     
     
        
        
     
     
        
         
     
     
         
        
     
     
        
        
     
     
       
       
     
     
        
        
     
     
         
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Something
      Rotten
      i
      in
      claim
      that
      "While
      the
      budget.
      .
      .
     
     
      ‘Denmark
      outlined
      some
      modest
      tax
      relief
      for
     
     
      Reservoir
      Dogs
      _»
      fj
      students
      and
      their
      parents
      and
     
     
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      The
      Barra
      MacNeils
      .
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      spouses,
      as
      well
      as
      some
      small
      jobs
     
     
      e
      Highland
      Heights
      ___
      §§
      programs,
      these
      amounted
      to
     
     
      :
      Sout
      Bites
      pittances
      next
      to
      the
      massive
     
     
      .
      Music
      Reviews
      re
      amounts
      of
      money
      which
      will
      have
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      be
      sliced
      from
      higher
      education
     
     
      budgets."
     
    

    
     
      In
      his
      budget
      speech,
      Finance
     
     
      Minister
      Paul
      Martin
      said
      that
      he
     
     
      wanted
      to
      provide
      hope
      to
      youth.
     
     
      CASA
      accuses
      him
      of
      having
      only
     
     
      two
      concrete
      things
      planned.
      The
     
     
      first
      is
      an
      increase
      in
      the
      number
      of
     
     
      federally-funded
      summer
      jobs,
      and
     
     
      the
      second
      is
      a
      $20/month
      increase
      in
     
     
      the
      monthly
      "educational
      amount"
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ies
      Book
      Reviews
      —
      ua
     
     
      ome
      Music
      Recital
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      non-refundable
      tax
      credit.
     
    

    
     
      The
      largest
      tax
      breaks
      in
      the
     
     
      budget
      go
      to
      students’
      parents
     
     
      through
      increases
      in
      the
      allowable
     
     
      claim
      on
      tuition
      fees
      and
      better
     
     
      breaks
      on
      RESPs.
      On
      this
      subject,
     
     
      Alex
      Usher,
      CASA's
      National
      Direc-
     
     
      tor
      noted
      "These
      are
      by
      and
      large
      tax
     
     
      breaks
      for
      the
      upper-middle
      class,
     
     
      whose
      children
      are
      in
      no
      danger
      of
     
     
      being
      forced
      out
      of
      school
      by
      rising
     
     
      tuition
      fees.
      On
      the
      other
      hand,
     
     
      there
      is
      nothing
      in
      this
      budget
      for
     
     
      lower-income
      students
      who
      are
     
     
      already
      being
      forced
      to
      indebt
      them-
     
     
      selves
      to
      the
      tune
      of
      $30,000
      just
      to
     
     
      get
      an
      undergraduate
      degree."
     
    

    
     
      Mr.
      Martin
      told
      the
      country
     
     
      that
      "Post
      secondary
      education.
      .
      .
     
     
      speaks
      to
      the
      heart
      of
      our
      country"
     
     
      and
      spoke
      of
      the
      need
      to
      "ensure
      that
     
     
      there
      is
      hope
      for
      our
      youth."
      But
     
     
      CASA
      accuses
      that
      "Even
      when
      this
     
     
      country
      starts
      posting
      surpluses,
      it
     
     
      won't
      invest
      in
      education
      and
      youth."
     
    

    
     
      Although
      the
      government
     
     
      claims
      that
      the
      budget
      is
      likely
      to
      be
     
     
      balanced
      in
      the
      fiscal
      year
      2000-
     
     
      2001,
      CASA
      still
      points
      out
      the
      cost
     
    
   
   
    
     
      it
      will
      be
      to
      the
      education
      system.
     
     
      Over
      the
      next
      two
      years
      there
      will
      be
     
     
      seven
      billion
      dollars
      taken
      out
      of
     
     
      health,
      welfare
      and
      post-secondary
     
     
      education
      transfers.
      The
      level
      of
      the
     
     
      Canada
      Health
      and
      Social
      Transfer
     
     
      (CHST),
      the
      money
      given
      to
      these
     
     
      social
      programs,
      will
      be
      frozen
      at
     
     
      $25.1
      billion
      in
      1998-99
      and
      1999-
     
     
      2000.
      It
      won't
      be
      increased
      to
      27.1
     
     
      billion
      until
      the
      fiscal
      year
      2002,
     
     
      2003.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      there
      is
      little
      infor-
     
     
      mation,
      the
      budget
      says
      that
      the
     
     
      government
      will
      make
      repayment
      of
     
     
      loans
      under
      the
      CSLP
      "more
      flex-
     
     
      ible."
      On
      the
      jobs
      front,
      there
      are
     
     
      two
      separate
      initiatives;
      the
      first
      is
      an
     
     
      extra
      $60
      million
      for
      student
      summer
     
     
      employment.
      The
      second
      is
      the
     
     
      "Partnership
      With
      Industry"
      pro-
     
     
      gram,
      whereby
      various
      private
      sector
     
     
      players
      are
      willing
      to
      offer
      one-year
     
     
      internships
      to
      high-school,
      college
     
     
      and
      university
      graduates
      for
      a
      sum
      of
     
     
      $12,000
      a
      year.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Department
      of
      Higher
     
     
      Education
      claims
      that
      they
      do
      not
     
     
      know
      what
      the
      impact
      will
      be,
      that
      it
     
     
      depends
      on
      how
      large
      the
      cuts
      are.
     
    

    
     
      A
      question
      on
      many
      people's
     
     
      minds
      seems
      to
      be
      "How
      many
      cuts
     
     
      can
      the
      education
      system
      take
      before
     
     
      it
      collapses?"
      So
      far,
      the
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      has
      offered
      no
      real
      answer
      to
     
     
      that
      question.
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fat
      LOU
      mnt
      Wa
      ete
      Meme
      ttuare(e
      bi
     
     
      noticed,
      I
      have
      updated
     
     
      the
      look
      of
      the
      paper
      yet
     
     
      again.
      Comments
      would
     
     
      be
      appreciated.
      I
      hope
     
     
      you
      all
      enjoy
      the
      change
     
    
   
   
    
     
      --
      Mike
      F.
      Beagan