January
      10,
      2006
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      CADRE
      e
      73
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘Martin
      Promises
      Canadian
      Students
      $3,000
      Each
      in
      Tuition
      Relief
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Erika
      Meere
     
     
      CUP
      Québec
      Bureau
      Chief
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MONTREAL
      (CUP)
      -
      At
      an
      election
     
     
      campaign
      stop
      on
      Thursday,
      Liberal
     
     
      leader
      Paul
      Martin
      pledged
      to
      provide
     
     
      students
      with
      billions
      of
      dollars
      in
      tui-
     
     
      tion
      assistance
      if
      re-elected
      prime
      min-
     
     
      ister,
      but
      critics
      say
      the
      plan
      does
      not
     
     
      address
      the
      problem
      of
      rapidly
      rising
     
     
      tuition
      in
      Canada.
     
    

    
     
      Speaking
      at
      the
      University
      of
     
     
      Waterloo,
      Martin
      unveiled
      a
      new
      sys-
     
     
      tem
      of
      grants
      that
      would
      pay
      for
      half
     
     
      of
      student’s
      tuition
      in
      their
      first
      and
     
     
      last
      years
      of
      university,
      to
      a
      maximum
     
     
      of
      $3000
      per
      year.
     
    

    
     
      “Reducing
      the
      cost
      of
      tuition
      for
     
     
      Canadian
      families,
      and
      improving
      Ca-
     
     
      nadians’
      access
      to
      skills
      training
      and
     
     
      employment
      opportunities
      is
      about
     
     
      ensuring
      that
      all
      Canadians
      —
      and
      their
     
     
      families
      —
      can
      prosper
      in
      the
      global
     
     
      economy,”
      Martin
      said
      in
      a
      press
      re-
     
     
      lease.
     
    

    
     
      The
      grants
      would
      be
      available
     
     
      through
      the
      current
      Canada
      Student
     
     
      Loan
      Program,
      and
      are
      available
      to
     
     
      every
      student
      in
      Canada
      who
      begins
     
     
      their
      first
      degree
      program
      in
      the
      2007-
     
     
      2008
      school
      year.
      The
      program
      is
      ex-
     
     
      pected
      to
      cost
      $2-billion
      over
      five
     
     
      years.
     
    

    
     
      The
      money
      will
      be
      available
     
     
      through
      the
      Martin
      said
      that
      the
      grants
     
     
      will
      not
      be
      available
      to
      Quebec
      stu-
     
     
      dents,
      as
      the
      province
      has
      its
      own
      sys-
     
     
      tem
      of
      grants
      and
      loans.
      Instead,
      Mar-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      tin
      said
      that
      he
      would
      offer
      “full
      fi-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nancial
      compensation"
      to
      the
      Quebec
     
     
      government.
     
    

    
     
      George
      Soule,
      the
      National
     
     
      Chairperson
      of
      the
      Canadian
      Federa-
     
     
      tion
      of
      Students,
      said
      Martin’s
      plan
     
     
      does
      nothing
      to
      address
      the
      funding
     
     
      shortfall
      that
      has
      led
      governments
      and
     
     
      post-secondary
      institutions
      to
      triple
     
     
      their
      tuition
      fees
      since
      1990-1991.
     
    

    
     
      “In
      the
      absence
      of
      a
      plan
      to
      regu-
     
     
      late
      tuition,
      this
      plan
      is
      incomplete,”
     
     
      said
      Soule,
      explaining
      that,
      as
      tuition
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fees
      continue
      to
      rise,
      the
      effectiveness
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      a
      $3000
      grant
      will
      be
      diminished.
     
     
      He
      added
      that
      a
      $3,000
      grant
      is
      not
     
     
      sufficient
      to
      cover
      half
      the
      tuition
      of
     
     
      students
      in
      provinces
      such
      as
      Nova
     
     
      Scotia,
      where
      the
      average
      tuition
      is
     
     
      $6281
      this
      year.
      :
     
    

    
     
      James
      Turk,
      Executive
      Director
     
     
      of
      the
      Canadian
      Association
      of
      Uni-
     
     
      versity
      Teachers,
      said
      he
      was
      pleased
     
     
      that
      thé
      Liberals
      have
      made
     
     
      postsecondary
      education
      a
      priority
     
     
      during
      this
      campaign,
      but
      pointed
      out
     
     
      that
      Martin
      himself
      is
      largely
      respon-
     
     
      sible
      for
      recent
      tuition
      fees
      increases
     
     
      in
      Canada.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      problem
      [of
      high
      tuition
     
    
   
   
    
     
      fees]
      was:
      created
      when
      Paul
      Martin,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      as
      Finance
      Minister
      cut
      billions
      of
     
     
      dollars
      from
      postsecondary
      educa-
     
     
      tion,”
      he
      said.
     
    

    
     
      Paul
      Martin
      was
      Finance
      Minis-
     
     
      ter
      between
      1993
      and
      2001.
      In
      1996,
     
     
      he
      created
      the
      Canadian
      Health
      and
     
     
      Social
      Transfer
      (CHST),
      which
      lumped
     
    
   
   
    
     
      together
      money
      for
      education,
     
     
      healthcare
      and
      social
      assistance
      into
     
     
      one
      payment
      to
      the
      provinces.
      This
     
     
      fund
      was
      cut
      by
      $7.4
      million
      between
     
     
      1995-1996
      and
      1999-2000,
      according
     
     
      to
      the
      Canadian
      Council
      on
      Social
     
     
      Development.
     
    

    
     
      Both
      Soule
      and
      Turk
      called
      on
     
     
      the
      Liberals
      to
      re-invest
      $4-billion
      into
     
     
      education
      in
      the
      form
      of
      a
      dedicated
     
     
      transfer
      payment
      for
      post-secondary
     
     
      education
      that
      could
      be
      used
      both
      for
     
     
      tuition
      relief
      and
      for
      funding
      post-sec-
     
     
      ondary
      institutions.
      Martin
      pledged
     
     
      this
      fund
      during
      the
      2004
      election
      cam-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      paign
      at
      a
      televised
      meeting
      with
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      in
      Newfoundland,
      but
      has
      yet
     
     
      to
      follow
      through
      on
      the
      promise.
     
     
      Representatives
      of
      the
      Liberal
      Party
     
     
      did
      not
      respond
      to
      requests
      for
      an
      in-
     
     
      terview.
     
    

    
     
      On
      Thursday,
      Martin
      also
      an-
     
     
      nounced
      plans
      to
      make
      employment
     
     
      insurance
      more
      accessible
      for
      those
     
     
      enrolled
      in
      apprenticeship
      programs,
     
     
      and
      a
      scholarship
      program
      that
      will
     
     
      allow
      25
      Canadians
      to
      study
      abroad
     
     
      and
      50
      international
      students
      to
      study
     
     
      in
      Canada.
      These
      initiatives
      are
      in
      ad-
     
     
      dition
      to
      those
      included
      in
      the
      mini-
     
     
      budget
      in
      November.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      1
      Deduce
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      4
      Persistently
      harass
      (9)
     
    

    
     
      9
      Very
      probably
      (9)
     
    

    
     
      10
      Unusually
      energetic
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      11
      Reasoning
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      13
      Unreal
      (8)
     
    

    
     
      15
      Compellingly
      attractive
      quality
      (8)
     
     
      18
      Notify
      (6)
     
    

    
     
      20
      Platitude
      (6)
     
    

    
     
      21
      Abstaining
      from
      alcohol
      (8)
     
     
      24
      Promontory
      (8)
     
    

    
     
      26
      The
      same
      thing
      again
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      29
      Topic
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      30
      Cocktail
      of
      tequila
      and
      citrus
     
     
      fruit
      juice
      (9)
     
    

    
     
      32
      Sulkiness
      (9)
     
    

    
     
      33
      Research
      deeply
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      Down
     
    

    
     
      1
      Tactless
      (10)
     
    

    
     
      2
      Thrown
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      3
      Informer
      (3)
     
    

    
     
      4
      Amount
      regularly
      paid
      for
     
     
      insurance
      policy
      (7)
     
    

    
     
      5
      Outcome
      (6)
     
    

    
     
      6
      Characteristic
      spirit
      of
      a
      culture
      (5)
     
     
      7
      Highest
      (9)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      Issue’s
      Solution
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘ss
      iw
     
     
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      clone
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      @
     
     
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      elu
      oluie
      Lo
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      8
      Deserve
      (4)
     
    

    
     
      12
      Plagiarizes
      (5)
     
     
      14
      Make
      better
      (10)
     
     
      16
      Fun
      (9)
     
    

    
     
      17
      Skill
      (3)
     
    

    
     
      19
      Well
      known
      (5)
     
     
      22
      Approve
      (7)
     
    

    
     
      23
      Opera
      by
      Bizet
      (6)
     
     
      25
      Reside
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      27
      Test
      (5)
     
    

    
     
      28
      Pace
      (4)
     
    

    
     
      31
      Annex
      (3)