SEPTEMBER 13, 2005

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Canadian university tuition Con- tinued from page 4

He said that the federal government has cut more than $4 billion since the mid 1990s, when Prime Minister Paul Martin was Finance

Although Martin promised during his election campaign to restore $7 billion to post secondary education, he has yet to follow through on this promise.

“We want to make sure voters remember that during the next election campaign,” said Boyko.

The Statistics Canada also revealed steep increases for international and graduate students. On average, graduate students will pay 4.6 per cent more this year, while international student fees have risen by 8.5 per cent.

PEI Liquor Control... Continued from page 15 National Coordinator of SFT Canada. “It’s up to the governments and citizens of free countries like Canada to reject this myth and hold China accountable for its continued systematic repression of Tibetans’ fundamental right to determine their own future.” Business interests are expected to dominate the agenda of the Chinese President’s landmark visit to Canada. In recent months, Bombardier, Nortel and PowerCorp (Investors Group) have been the targets of a campaign by SFT Canada and other Tibet support groups for their involvement in the Chinese Government’s controversial China- Tibet railway. This project is the cornerstone of China’s so-called “Western Development Plan,” aimed at aggressively developing the occupied territories of Tibet and East Turkestan (Xinjiang) in order to consolidate Chinese government control over the restive regions.