Paul Wells has made an excellent point on how increasing RESP limits essentially pander to wealthy voters and their subsidized university-age children on his blog.
An even better analysis of the income inequities inherent in access to university education can be found here.
Sadly, no politician in the land (let alone New Brunswick) is ready to tackle the issue of why more poor kids don't go to university. Instead, we offer tax inxentives that can ensure Flaherty's three sons won't have to work a summer job to pay for higher tuition...
No wonder so many NB university students drop-out. Why bother staying, if the entire PSE system gives an advantage to those students who have wealthy parents? At least in Fort McMurray, everyone is on the same economic playing field.
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Yes! And all the more reason to stop Harper from legislating against the federal spending power, which would essentially remove any ability of any future government to do something about it.
Even though it's expensive, a university education is still a good investment. That's what student loans are for.
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