By
      Sarah
      Murphy
     
     
      NEWS
      EDITOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      week’s
     
     
      budget
      has
      invited
      se-
     
     
      vere
      criticism
      from
      Ca-
     
     
      nadian
      tax
      payers
      in-
     
     
      cluding
      Islanders.
     
    

    
     
      “
      [An]
      Emphasis
     
     
      on
      tax
      cuts
      was
      wel-
     
     
      comed,”
      said
      Annette
     
     
      Ryan,
      senior
      analyst
      for
     
     
      federal
      fiscal
      relations
     
     
      for
      the
      PEI
      govern-
     
     
      ment,
      “but
      it
      benefited
     
     
      the
      rich.”
     
    

    
     
      Bob
      Crockett,
     
     
      Canadian
      Union
      of
     
     
      Public
      Employees
     
     
      (CUPE)
      Regional
      Di-
     
     
      rector
      for
      New
     
     
      Brunswick
      and
      PEI
     
     
      was
      also
      disappointed
     
     
      by
      this
      year’s
      budget.
     
     
      Crockett
      insisted
      that
      it
     
     
      did
      not
      address
      critical
     
     
      issues
      such
      as
      health
     
     
      care,
      child
      poverty,
      job
     
     
      training,
      and
      education.
     
    

    
     
      “Tt
      was
      the
      lib-
     
     
      eral
      government
      who
     
     
      started
      these
      programs
     
     
      and
      they
      are
      not
      keep-
     
     
      ing
      them
      up,”
      said
     
     
      Crockett,
      who
      like
     
     
      Ryan
      believes
      the
      only
     
     
      benefits
      brought
      about
     
     
      by
      Martin’s
      budget
      are
     
     
      for
      the
      wealthy.
      “It
      all
     
     
      has
      to
      do
      with
      faimess,”
     
     
      he
      added.
     
    

    
     
      “Tf
      the
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      does
      not
      answer
     
     
      the
      cry
      for
      help
      they
      are
     
     
      ignoring
      the
      very
      basic
     
     
      problems
      of
      our
      soci-
     
     
      ety,”
      said
      Crockett,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      adding
      thata
      significant
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      amount
      of
      money
     
     
      should
      be
      put
      into
     
     
      healthcare,
      unem-
     
     
      ployment,
      child
      pov-
     
     
      erty,
      and
      housing,
      for
     
     
      which
      there
      is
      a
      sig-
     
     
      nificant
      shortage
      of
     
     
      across
      the
      nation.
     
     
      Municipalities
      also
     
     
      need
      help
      from
      higher
     
     
      levels
      of
      government
     
     
      said
      Crockett.
     
    

    
     
      BJ
      McCarville,
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
     
     
      Vice
      President
      Exter-
     
     
      nal
      and
      Canadian
     
     
      Federation
      of
      Student
     
     
      (CFS)
      provincial
      rep-
     
     
      resentative
      fears
      that
     
     
      post-secondary
      edu-
     
     
      cation
      was
      pushed
      to
     
     
      the
      sidelines
      in
     
     
      Martin’s
      address.
     
    

    
     
      McCarville
     
     
      received
      lots
      of
      sup-
     
     
      port
      from
      the
      campus
     
     
      community
      in
      recent
     
     
      months
      when
      she
     
     
      campaigned
      in
      order
     
     
      to
      raise
      awareness
     
     
      about
      the
      current
     
     
      state
      of
      higher
      educa-
     
     
      tion
      in
      PEI
      and
      across
     
     
      the
      country
      through
     
     
      the
      CFS’s
      Access
     
     
      2000
      campaign.
      She
     
     
      thinks
      it
      would
      be
      un-
     
     
      fortunate
      to
      make
     
     
      cuts
      to
      education
     
     
      now.
     
    

    
     
      “Tt
      boils
      down
     
     
      to
      100
      per
      cent
      poli-
     
     
      tics.
      We
      are
      going
      to
     
     
      survive
      one
      way
      or
     
     
      the
      other,”
      McCarville
     
     
      added.
      “[But]
      we
      are
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hoping
      for
      the
      best
      from
     
     
      the
      province.”
     
    

    
     
      McCarville
      be-
     
     
      lieves
      she
      has
      little
      say
     
     
      in
      the
      matter.
     
    

    
     
      But
      Ryan
      dis-
     
     
      agrees,
      and
      maintains
     
     
      that
      education
      will
      not
     
     
      suffer
      in
      the
      province.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      province
     
     
      has
      pretty
      much
      main-
     
     
      tained
      their
      spending,
     
     
      even
      with
      $18
      million
     
     
      less
      [in
      transfer
      pay-
     
     
      ments],”
      said
      Ryan,
     
     
      adding
      that
      government
     
     
      spending
      on
      post-sec-
     
     
      ondary
      education
      had
     
     
      dropped
      from
      $42.4
     
     
      million
      in
      1994-95,
      to
     
     
      $42.3
      million
      in
      1998-
     
     
      99.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      president
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wade
      MacLauchlan
      is
     
     
      confident
      that
      post-sec-
     
     
      ondary
      education
      re-
     
     
      mains
      on_
      the
     
     
      government’s
      agenda.
     
     
      “The
      [Federal
     
     
      government]
      was
      very
     
     
      clear,”
      MacLauchlan
     
     
      said.
      “Post
      secondary
     
     
      education
      is
      part
      of
     
     
      their
      commitment.”
     
     
      MacLauchlan
      added
     
     
      that
      he
      believes
      that
      the
     
     
      federal
      government’s
     
     
      initiative
      to
      inject
      money
     
     
      in
      research
      is
      an
      excel-
     
     
      lent
      idea,
      but
      that
      it
      is
     
     
      very
      important
      to
      get
     
     
      recognition
      of
      the
      need
     
     
      for
      the
      whole
      country
      to
     
     
      participate,
      especially
     
     
      smaller
      universities
     
     
      suchas
      UPEI.
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