Media Advisory - Students available for comment on Statistics Canada report
on tuition fees

TORONTO, Sept. 15 /CNW/ - For the second year in a row Ontario is anticipated to be the most expensive province in Canada to study at college or university. Undergraduate students pay more than $6,200 on average for one year of study and graduate student fees have reached higher than $9,000 per year of study.

Rising tuition fees have led to record-high student debt. Students owe $15 billion to the federal government in student loans and more than $2 billion more to the Ontario government alone. New student loans policy in Ontario announced by Minister John Milloy will allow students to accrue up to $29,200 in student debt over a four-year study period.

The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario unites more than 300,000 college and university undergraduate and graduate students studying at public post-secondary institutions across the province.

For further information: Sandy Hudson, Ontario Chairperson, 416-925-3825 or 416-722-8842 (cell); Kimalee Phillip, Ontario Graduate Caucus Chairperson, 613-261-3231 (cell); Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec: Nadine Tchatchevskaia, Ontario Francophone Caucus Chairperson, 416-271-5759 (cell)