Meanwhile Wednesday, Green Party Leader Frank de Jong unveiled his party's education platform at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
The Green plan includes the merging of Ontario’s Catholic and public school systems, so that there would be only one publicly funded school system in each official language.
It also proposes eliminating standardized testing, capping annual university and college tuition fees at $3,000 and $700 respectively, and restoring school boards’ power to levy property taxes worth up to 5 per cent of their provincial funding.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Ontario Green Party proposes significant tuition rollback
In addition to supporting a unified, secular education system in Ontario, the Green Party is proposing a significant tuition roll back. This is in stark contrast to the NDP, who maintains their support of Ontario's current discriminatory education system and only proposes tuition rollback to the 2003-2004 level.
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It seems to me that the Green Party can promise anything without really meaning it.
If they really cared about students they would have sent a candidate to the Saint Paul University Student Association debate. After all it is the only University in Ottawa Centre, one of ridings where the Greens get the best results.
All of the other party sent candidates and debated the issues in front of the large student audience.
THe greens seem to more interested in the press then actually meeting with the voters
Perhaps you are right about the publicity. But that being said, if they were included in the leaders debate, than they wouldn't need the publicity as much as what they do. At the same time, I'm not entirely convinced that they are doing this only for the publicity
Personally, I think it's half a promise and half playing to your audience. Perhaps the greens really do think a lower tuition rate is a good thing, and perhaps they may even introduce it.
But, many younger folks tend to vote green, and many younger folks are either disillusioned or a swing vote. Hence, a "tuition rollback" is a great way for the greens to grab votes.
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