Student Mourn the Death of Affordable Education
"The passing of affordable, high quality post-secondary education is a tragic loss for students and their families," said
While affordable post-secondary education has been ailing under the McGuinty government, all-time high student unemployment rates and crushing student debts were ultimately determined to be the cause of death. Statistics
"We can only hope that affordable education has the strength to rise from the grave with the help of an injection of public funding," added Seamus Wolfe, President of the Student Federation of the University of
The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario is the province's largest student advocacy organisation, representing more than 300,000 college and university students in all regions of Ontario. On
For further information: Erik Halliwell, President, Carleton University Students' Association, Office (613) 520-2600 Ext. 1607, Cellular (613) 899-3745; Seamus Wolfe, President, Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, Office - (613) 562-5800 Ext. 4061, Cellular (613) 816-7483; French Media Inquiries: Roxanne Dubois, Vice President Finance, Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, Cellular (613) 613-7486
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