cation.
      The
      Reform
      Party
      proposes
      to
      maintain
      a
      federal
      presence
      in
     
     
      funding
      post-secondary
      education,
      although
      this
      would
      not
      be
      done
     
     
      through
      transfer
      payments.
      The
      party’s
      reasoning,
      stated
      in
      a
      reform
      party
     
     
      caucus
      issue
      statement
      on
      education,
      is
      that
      there
      is
      insufficient
      account-
     
     
      ability
      to
      ensure
      that
      transfer
      payment
      money
      that
      reaches
      the
      provinces
     
     
      is
      used
      on
      education.
     
    

    
     
      Instead,
      the
      Reform
      Party
      would
      distribute
      funding
      for
      higher
      education
     
     
      directly
      through
      students.
      This
      would
      be
      done
      in
      the
      form
      of
      vouchers
     
     
      that
      would
      be
      distributed
      to
      individual
      students.
      Students
      would
      use
      their
     
     
      vouchers
      when
      registering
      atuniversities,
      colleges,
      or
      institutes.
      Although
     
     
      it
      is
      not
      made
      entirely
      clear
      from
      the
      statement,
      it
      appears
      to
      be
     
     
      reasonable
      to
      assume
      that
      these
      vouchers
      would
      not
      replace
      tuition
      in
      any
     
     
      way,
      only
      the
      Federal
      Government’s
      financial
      support
      of
      post-secondary
     
     
      education.
      The
      Reform
      Party’s
      policies
      do
      not
      appear
      to
      address
      the
      fact
     
     
      that
      widely
      differing
      levels
      of
      federal
      financing
      are
      present
      in
      different
     
     
      provinces,
      or
      address
      the
      issue
      of
      student
      financial
      assistance.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Christian
      Heritage
      Party:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Christian
      Heritage
      Party,
      which
      has
      two
      candidates
      running
      in
      P.E.I.,
     
     
      seeks
      “To
      provide
      true
      Christian
      Leadership
      and
      to
      defend,
      promote
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      "Safeguards
      and
      incentives
      should
      be
     
     
      in
      place
      to
      discourage
      any
      publicly-
     
     
      funded
      institution
      from
      teaching
     
     
      neutral
      or
      positive
      attitudes
      toward
     
     
      abortion,
      infanticide,
      euthanasia,
     
     
      suicide,
      homosexuality,
      extra-marital
     
     
      sex,
      ‘creative
      visualization’..."
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      uphold
      Biblical
      Principles
      in
      federal
      legislation.”
      (as
      stated
      in
      the
      party’s
     
     
      constitution).
      It
      seeks
      to
      do
      this
      by
      making
      its
      view
      of
      conservative
     
     
      Christian
      ethics
      the
      most
      important
      factor
      in
      determining
      federal
      policy
     
     
      andlegislation.
      Neither
      Hillsborough
      candidate
      Baird
      Judson
      (an
      engineer-
     
     
      ing
      professor
      at
      U.P.E.I.)
      or
      its
      National
      Campaign
      Headquarters
      in
     
     
      Oshawa,
      Ontario
      had
      any
      specific
      policy
      statements
      on
      post-secondary
     
     
      education.
      Professor
      Judson
      did
      however
      indicate
      that
      the
      following
     
     
      statement
      from
      the
      party’s
      founding
      principles
      would
      apply
      to
      post-
     
     
      secondary
      education.
     
    

    
     
      “Because
      of
      the
      significant
      role
      which
      education
      plays
      in
      cultivating
     
     
      the
      moral
      foundation
      on
      which
      the
      continued
      well-being
      of
      Canada
     
     
      depends...
      Safeguards
      and
      disincentives
      should
      be
      in
      place,
      at
      the
      federal
     
     
      level
      if
      necessary,
      to
      discourage
      any
      publicly-funded
      institution
      from
     
     
      openly
      teaching
      neutral
      or
      positive
      attitudes
      toward
      abortion,
      infanticide,
     
     
      euthanasia,
      suicide,
      homosexuality,
      extra-marital
      sex,
      ‘creative
      visualiza-
     
     
      tion’,
      or
      any
      political
      ideology
      which
      favours
      world
      government
      at
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      expense
      of
      national
      sovereignty.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      wide
      variety
      of
      education
      policies
      and
      proposals
      are
      being
      put
      forth
     
     
      by
      political
      parties
      this
      election.
      Perhaps
      the
      only
      certainty
      is
      that
      students
     
     
      and
      post-secondary
      education
      in
      Canada
      will
      continue
      to
      be
      ina
      state
      of
     
     
      change
      on
      October
      26
      regardless
      of
      what
      party
      or
      parties
      constitute
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      next
      Federal
      Government.
     
     
      BRUCE
      DAVISON
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      U.P.E.I.
      Student
      Union
      and
      the
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
      Students
      -
      P.E.|
     
     
      will
      be
      hostinga
      Forum
      on
      Education
      with
      Hillsborough
      candidates
      on
     
     
      Thursday,
      October
      21
      at
      12:00
      PM.
      Plan
      to
      attend
      if
      you
      have
      some
     
     
      questions
      about
      how
      any
      policies
      would
      affect
      students
      and
      education.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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