Students rally for lower debt, tuition freeze
Posted Feb 1, 2012 02:02:31 PM.
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University and college students across the country staged rallied and protests Wednesday to demand improved post secondary funding.
At Halifax’s Victoria Park, Nicole Cooper from NSCAD had the same goals as most of the hundreds who chanted and held up signs.
“Provincially, that we get a tuition freeze or a decrease, or that they stop considering to raise the fees of out-of-province, international and professional students,” said Cooper.
“Cuts to universities is unacceptable, and it’s only going to raise student debt,” said SMU Students’ Association president Alwyn Gomez.
“This year the Dexter government has again made the decision to prioritize cost-cutting and spending on
frivolities like a Halifax convention centre over Nova Scotia students, our families and our futures,” said Gabe
Hoogers, Nova Scotia National Executive Representative for the Canadian Federation of Students. “There
are many communities and economies across Nova Scotia that rely on universities and the students they
bring to survive and thrive, and these cuts and tuition fee increases will hurt them as well.”
The action is being held nearly a month after Nova Scotia’s government announced three percent cuts to university funding and three percent tuition fees increases for 2012-13.
