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In its throne speech Friday, Canada’s new Liberal government promised to “work with the provinces and territories to make post-secondary education more affordable.” New research from the OECD suggests Trudeau’s Liberals have their work cut out for them.

Canada has some of the highest costs in the world for university and college education, according to the Education at a Glance 2015 report, and ensuring Canadians have access to education depends on maintaining financial aid to students or institutions.

But even with financial aid, high tuitions can hit students and families hard when times are tough, the report says.

Canadian students in bachelor’s programs at public institutions paid an average tuition of US$4,761 per year in 2013-2014, the fifth highest among 23 developed countries for which data was available.

margrace

Dec 6 2015, 01:02 PM

I think if Canadians want a better world then we have to lower our expectations of life. I know a lot of people like to flee the winter but perhaps that is not an option. I know it isn't for a lot of the people I know.

Our health care is also going to get expensive and the alternative is letting some people have none. I remember what it was like before we had the health system we do now and one had to decide if a trip to the doctor was affordable.

Can we live with less, our churches are going empty because people are too busy, we need to get back to the community get togethers we used to have. The almighty dollar might not be that important.