http://niagaraatlarge.com/2010/03/08/ontario-colleges-praise-provincial-governments-commitment-to-higher-education/ An Independent Site For News and Commentary Tue, 29 May 2012 12:10:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://niagaraatlarge.com/2010/03/08/ontario-colleges-praise-provincial-governments-commitment-to-higher-education/#comment-680 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:53:07 +0000 http://niagaraatlarge.com/?p=1266#comment-680 It’s going to take a lot more than empty rhetorical flourishes and an appeal to the young adult voter through focusing on post-secondary education to create this so-called “new knowledge economy” here in Ontario. Where are all these newly-credentialed graduates going to find work? Are we going to pay to train them, only to have them go elsewhere? Niagara College is expanding and creating new programs for healthcare workers — as the NHS cuts the jobs. Where’s the PLAN, McGuinty? Where’s the vision? And where’s the acknowledgement of the realities than Ontario citizens live with every day — such as the four Ontario university students presently drawing attention to the fact that post-secondary students don’t have enough money to buy food? Like the elderly, they are swelling the lines at food banks. And that’s BEFORE the HST hits us all.

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