Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Great idea

The Canadian Federation of Students proposes Canada Health Act-type legislation for universities:
(The CFS' statement) includes a call for an annual transfer of money from Ottawa to the provinces dedicated strictly to post-secondary education, governed by a new education act.

Such a law "will provide the framework for a national strategy for improving the quality of education and reducing tuition fees from coast to coast," said Soule.

Given the current degree of compliance with the Canada Health Act itself, this may be a case of "be careful what you wish for". But assuming the federal government is willing to enforce its own standards on education, the proposed legislation would be a sound way of providing stable funding which would be sure to help students directly.

Needless to say, the Dippers need to be all over this one.

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