🧵Alberta’s NDP and students are calling for sweeping changes to Budget 202 to ensure that both the post-secondary system and the students who learn within it are equipped to drive a diversified economic recovery. #ableg #abpse
Budget 2021 cuts post-secondary by $135 million this year. Since taking office, when population and inflation are factored in, the UCP has cut $690 million, nearly 23%. ‼️
As well, in the proposed budget alone, the UCP will tack on $106 million in increased tuition fees charged to students for a total tuition increase of $387 million since taking office. They have also cut nearly 1,500 full-time equivalent post-secondary jobs to date. 👨🏫👩🏫
Today, we joined students at the University of Calgary’s MacEwan Student Centre to call on the UCP to:
❌Reverse the $690 million in cuts.
🥶Freeze tuition rates during the pandemic.
🛑Stop increases to student loan interest rates.
🔚End the move to performance-based funding.
❌Reverse the $690 million in cuts.
🥶Freeze tuition rates during the pandemic.
🛑Stop increases to student loan interest rates.
🔚End the move to performance-based funding.
“These budget cuts will only negatively impact the future of Alberta. It will repel young people who may consider studying and starting their lives here.” - Noa Spivak, a third-year and member of the Faculty of Arts Student Association Council. 👨🎓
Post-secondary is the economic engine of our province. Jason Kenney cannot claim to support diversifying our economy and then cut funding to the very schools that will give our future leaders the skills and training they need to perform those jobs, to advance those sectors. End🧵
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