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HoC Finance Committee Report: the Oys Have It

Yesterday I riffed on the possibility of a Skills Budget. Today I want to focus on some early clues about what’s in the upcoming budget by parsing last month’s pre-budget consultation report of the House of Commons Finance Committee. To put this in some kind of context: a Finance Committee report may bear no resemblance whatsoever to the final budget project.  Basically, the chair of the finance committee (currently PEI’s Wayne Easter) takes dictation from the Finance Minister with respect to

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January 10, 2019 1 Comment

History of Canadian PSE Part VI (to 2003)

The Chretien era – roughly 1994 to 2003 – deserves to be remembered as a time of tremendous change in Canadian post-secondary education.  Or, as an enormous, stomach-churning, roller-coaster.  And though it is mighty odd that a federal politician defined an era in a field of what is essentially provincial, the record is clear. The first defining moment was the fabled 1995 Budget (for those of you to young to remember it, go read the best journalistic account of this

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October 12, 2018 1 Comment

New Brunswick Manifesto Analysis

Once upon a time, back when Frank McKenna’s was premier, New Brunswick was seen as something of a leader in Canadian public policy.  Balancing budgets, championing official languages, investing in telecommunications and the internet, creating jobs (even if a lot of them were in call centres) – New Brunswick was seen as having understood the nature of the Maritimes’ long-term challenges and moved decisively to address them. It has been awhile since anyone thought of New Brunswick as a policy

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September 24, 2018 No Comments

Ontario (Dumpster Fire) Manifesto Analysis

You may have heard that there is an election on in Ontario.  I tried my best to leave the province for the duration but I’m back now, and holy Moses I wish I weren’t.  It is truly godawful.  A dumpster fire, as the kids say.  But duty calls, and so, forthwith, the traditional HESA platform analysis. Let’s start with the Liberals, whose platform on higher education is essentially that from the last budget: a commitment to a student aid program of targeted

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May 29, 2018 No Comments

So, that Finance Committee Report then

Today’s blog is a quick tour of the House of Commons Finance Committee report – released last month – as it relates to science and post-secondary education. For the uninitiated, the Government of Canada’s budget process goes something like this: starting in late spring – maybe two months after the pervious budget – the political side of the Finance Department starts canvassing around government for big ideas (“themes” as they are known in the business).  MPs spend some of their time over

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January 17, 2018 1 Comment

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