As students protest, McGuinty pledges tuition cuts

A group of students showed up at Queen’s Park Tuesday morning, demanding politicians address their needs in the October election.

“We’re putting Queen’s Park on notice, the government on notice that students are paying attention to what’s happening with party platforms and are going to be voting for a party that’s going to address our issues so we’re talking about reduced tuition fees, increased funding for colleges and universities and something that will be done about the debt that students are finding themselves in after graduation.”
The students say they hope showing up at the legislature will make the parties take notice and make their requests a priority in their election platforms.
Coincidentally, as the students were protesting, Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty addressed Toronto high school students about tuition:
“What we’re going to do is reduce tuition by 30 percent. What does that mean? If you’re going to university your tuition fees are going to be $1,600 less per year. Over the course of a four year degree that’s $6,400 less for that degree; for a college program it’s $730 less every year.”
Ontario’s opposition parties say McGuinty can’t be trusted; pointing out the Liberals let Ontario tuition fees rise to the highest levels in Canada before promising to increase the grants.

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