tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post8428296663438957296..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Ontario tuition is skyrocketingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-4344032301155067152010-09-28T17:46:42.182-04:002010-09-28T17:46:42.182-04:00"It's just a damn shame that the GST got ..."It's just a damn shame that the GST got lowered"<br /><br />And here I thought post secondary education was a provincial responsibility. What the Federal government did in lowering the GST was give the provinces the ability to raise theirs. None did. So please don't point fingers at Federal Conservatives for something which both the problem and solution reside with Provinvial Liberals. Talk to McGuinty.The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-15187702197936023492010-09-25T17:53:43.851-04:002010-09-25T17:53:43.851-04:00It's "alma mater" (latin for "d...It's "alma mater" (latin for "dear mother").<br /><br />signed,<br /><br /><br />a fellow ravenThe Pundits' Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14538508466559680720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-158921613798487942010-09-25T17:38:46.777-04:002010-09-25T17:38:46.777-04:00The problem is no one wants to have short-term pai...The problem is no one wants to have short-term pain (higher taxes) for long-term gain. And unfortunately there's a lot of people who don't have kids in school (or theirs already graduated) and don't want to subsidize somebody else's.<br />It's just a damn shame that the GST got lowered and no one is willing to consider raising it again.<br />A 1% cut to the GST I understand cut about $6 billion a year out of federal coffers. That's enough to pay the tuition of 1,000,000 students and that's at Ontario tuition rates using federal money alone (and no I don't think we should be subsidizing kids of millionnaires, so this would be more than enough to cover the rest). So the issue of student debt from tuition could be resolved by going back to a 6% GST, but I'd bet any money no party leader is willing to propose that. So unfortunately for some people who "get the grades" they don't get to go unless they want a mountain of debt to last a generation.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481948382858467120noreply@blogger.com