Cap Callege students protest tuition hikes CAPILANO COLLEGE students staged a demonstration recently in an attempt to stop the college’s board from hiking tuition fees by 9% next fall. But the student union that or- ganized the demonstration and represents the interests of the stu- ‘dent body jacked its own fees up about 15% earlier in the spring. Student union chairman Melanie O'Neill said she was disappointed and angry over the board’s deci- sion to raise fees for the fall term. . “I think they are out of touch with the reality. of students to- day,”’ said O'Neill. As part of the demonstration, ‘the students presented the college board with 3100 worth of food, clothes and textbooks to illustrate ‘the impact of the fee hike, which translates to an additional $100 in fee costs for full-time students, “They missed the point entire- ly,”’ said O’ Neill. “But Capilano College spokesman Marlen Morris said the 12-member college board, which is:,.made up -of community members, was sympathetic to the _ students’ plight. *It’s one decision that the !beard looked at long and hard. ‘But the board also has to be fi- nancially. responsible," said Mor- tis. She noted that basic tuition fees, including the increase, were the lowest: of four, Lower Mainland colleges. Morris corapared: basic tuition ‘: fees for one year: ' @ Capilano College — $1,080; .® Vancouver Community College — $1,133; : eo Douglas College — $1, 148; ® Kwantlen College — $1,180. ' She ‘said Capilano College’s © By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter total tuition fees cover 15% of the college’s operating expenses. The provincial government picks up the rest. Meanwhile, Capilano College’s student union recently increased its annual fees 15%, from $72 toa maximum of $82.50, according to a spokesman from the student union office. By comparison, full-time Douglas College students will pay $69 annually for student union or student society fees starting this fall. “The increase over a year is not a big difference between colleges,” said) student union treasurer Donovan Kuehn. Kuehn said the last time student union .fees were changed at Capilano College was in 1988 when the fees were decreased. “Of you average it out over the years, it’s about a 3% yearly in- crease,"’ said Kuehn. Kuehn ‘also. said the’ student union fees could not be compared between colleges because different charges were included in the total. He said Capilano College’s stu- dent. union fees were increased from $2 to $2.25 per course credit after a vote in the spring. Community college tuition fees, including those at Capilano Col- lege, wer2 frozen by the provincial government in 1992, Ted White, Candidate’ North Vancouver, Telephone: $80-5300 Herb Grubel, Candidate Capilano-Howe Sound Telephone: 926-6659 '.. The. people..of -the “North i . Shore, like all Canadians, have two 4 .important concems that they want _ their governments to deal with: Deficits and Job Creation. Today's -}-column,written by Herb Grubel, . Gescribes the direct link between the elimination of the deficit and the | - creation of new jobs. Related topics y will be discussed in future columns. Quite simply, such cuts will restore the confidence of con- “ sumers and investors who will start spending again. They will do what ¥ could not be achieved by the pre- ‘ sent deficits of over $50 billion, the lowest interest rates in 27 years and large export surpluses. The ’ Jong economic stagnation will end ‘and unemployment will be reduced. Presently the high deficits and debt worry Canadians because they do not have any answers to pressing questions like whether and >when Canada will be bankrupt. ‘How will bankrupty affect their lives? When and by how much will taxes be raised?. Will currency speculation force up interest rates and a devaluation, as they did recently in Italy and Sweden? Will the govemment be forced into the elimination of public pensions, medicare and agricultural support programs, as they did in New Zealand? What will happen to Canadians now working for the _ goverment? It is wosties like these which cause rational investors and con- " sumers to hold back expenditures, save for possible calamities and inadvertently to proiong the present recession. With confidence restored, increased spending by Canadians and the return of foreign investors will restore prosperity and create many jobs, just like they have in past business cyciss when fhe debt and deficits ware much lower, We are confident in this predic- tion because of two recent European experiments. Drastic spending cuts were enacted in Denmark in 1982 and in Ireland in 1987 when both countries had fis- ‘eal imbalances nearly identical! to those of Canada today and experi- enced economic stagnation and high unemployment rates. After the spending cuts consumption and investment increased, prosperity was restored, unemployment dropped and the deficit was elimi- nated, Incidentally, in 1982 treland tried to eliminate the deficit by tax increases. !t did not work. The peo- ple did not trust their politicians to keep the spending in line. 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