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LETTERS: University tuition fees and Canada Health Act examined in P.E.I. letters
EDUCATION SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE
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A steep rise in university prices nationwide has turned what was once a shared benefit into something only available to those with money. Lately, arguments about higher education costs point to a pattern that should be catching the attention of all. Universities are constantly competing for global recognition through expansion. However, they fail to comprehend that students are the ones directly affected. Universities need to take control of tuition costs and make higher education accessible to all students.
Certain universities provide lower-cost education, such as the University of Prince Edward Island. Though fees here often run below those at most schools, smaller numbers do not mean affordability. A significant number of students are faced with loan balances and heavy stress over what lies ahead financially. In addition, many students cannot attend university without working a job to keep up with tuition costs. Therefore, this comparison shows that it’s not only a problem for larger schools, but an obstacle affecting the majority of students.
Lastly, with the rise in costs, the future of classrooms, hospitals and laboratories is in jeopardy. Opportunities are disappearing before they even have the chance to begin. Education should provide an open door for endless possibilities, however, money seems to be too often the deciding factor.
Change demands more than small adjustments. Higher grants and fewer loans would help relieve this stress. Furthermore, education should never depend on wealth, action must be taken to ensure our future generations will have the opportunity to learn and succeed.Taylor Hardy,
CARNEY ERODING CANADIAN VALUES
I’m spitting mad! First they told us to fight the Trump regime by buying Canadian. By avoiding Florida oranges, and by keeping our “elbows up.” But now, it seems, we’ve all been played for suckers.
In public, Carney’s government has been seen waving the flag, and globe-trotting to diversify our economy with new trade deals. New Liberal TV ads also promise more new exciting jobs in the army and blue collar trades.
What is less obvious is what Carney is not doing.
What he is doing behind closed doors is purposely failing to protect our cherished universal public Medicare! He is conspicuously silent, and failing to challenge Alberta’s new two-tier U.S.-style physician payment model under Bill 11. Carney is also turning a blind eye to the $65B of “misallocated” federal health transfers in Ford’s Ontario, that has led to massive underfunding and shortages in that province’s hospitals.
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Allowing Conservative premiers to wreck our public health-care system cannot be simply accepted as the “cost of doing business” in a new Carney version of Canada lite.
What will be left of Canadian values, if we stand by and watch while Carney’s neoliberal stooges fail to enforce the five principles enshrined in the cornerstone 1984 Canada Health Act? This key act clearly prohibits “extra-billing” and limits for-profit motives in the delivery of medically necessary care … for all Canadians!
Carney’s version of Canada lite is fundamentally unCanadian, and must be stopped.
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