Post subject: The Student Protests in Quebec | Marijuana Legalization
This protest has really opened my eyes to the fact that higher education is drastically becoming the norm for our generation and in the future it will something that is required in order to live a modest life. This puts our lower income students at a huge disadvantage, whether it be huge debt or the lack of even attending university. I've come to believe that the government should provide free and public undergraduate education.
With a modest 15 billion, estimated, expected to flood into our tax revenue, I feel that legalization of marijuana could solve our current dilemma of not having enough capital.
This is just a thought, mind you. Do you think Canada will ever see legal herb? Do you believe in free education? How do you feel about the protest? _________________ tim
I don't think the two issues ought to be mashed together, they have no relevance to one another.
I answered yes to your poll and I'd answer yes if you asked the same question for the UK. How does higher education currently work in Canada then? How much does it cost for the student and to what degree is it subsidised (if at all)? _________________ Shut up mate you're boring!
Post-secondary education is partially subsidized by the government. It's not the crippling debt load that Americans carry, but it's still significant. If our political trends continue Conservative, tuition rates should increase. I have mixed opinions on this one. On one hand, publicly supported education is an excellent investment. It creates a highly skilled workforce, and well-funded universities forward scientific research, art, and political thought. We do not need our future leaders burdened by massive student debt. On the other hand, post-secondary education is a privilege, not a right. It should be paid for to some degree, not seen as an entitlement. What troubles me about Quebec is that they pay the lowest tuition rates in Canada, yet are protesting any tuition hike. On the other hand, if Quebec's fight is successful, maybe tuition rates in other provinces will be frozen as well. I'm torn.
Fact is that the cost of higher education directly affects young people's decisions when they finish school and it's the less well off who consider the cost of higher education most. So with every rise in the level of tuition fees we're getting further away from a fair and meritocratic society.
Our coalition government decided to treble (yes really) tuition fees for students starting this september and applications are down 10% this year on last. We're talking £9000 per year, that's maybe £40000 debt by the time you finish with living costs.
Education if you can afford it
Oh and what's this conservative trend you're talking about? That doesn't sound great. _________________ Shut up mate you're boring!
I agree - post-secondary tution rates should be kept down to a level that the average person can afford... ...but I still think post-secondary education should be paid for.
Conservative trend? Apart from the surge of the leftish NDP nationally, our federal government is Conservative, many of our provinces have gone conservative, and the mayor of our biggest city is conservative (although he's making such a fool of himself, he won't get re-elected.) It's a troubling trend indeed.
Well our Conservative London mayor makes a fool of himself all the time but Londoners just reelected him! To be honest I have a bit of a soft spot for Boris, I wouldn't vote for him but he is a character.
The Russians and Americans defeated the Germans. Not the British _________________ He's the kind of person, you just gonna see him if you can,
Vegetable man.
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