Take It Over - Official Campaign Launch

Election Day is October 6. Take it Over!

Students, youth and Ontarians of all generations are coming together to shape this election by registering, voting and sharing our voices.

Post-secondary education in Ontario is facing crisis. Years of underfunding have been downloaded onto students and have resulted in tuition fees that have increased at 200 per cent the rate of inflation. Since more than 70 per cent of new jobs require some form of post-secondary credential, this crisis has negative implications for the future of Ontario's economy.

A Generation In Debt

Today, students with loans graduate with an average of $37,000 of debt after a four-year degree. This same amount could be a down payment on a house costing $740,000. A generation of students are graduating with mortgaged-sized debt loads and this has negative implications for their future choices and participation in the economy.

Who is Paying?

Public institutions are more privately funded today than ever before. In 1990, fees paid by students comprised only 20 per cent of the operating costs of post-secondary institutions. Today, students and their families are paying for over half the cost of running institutions.

Ontario is the Worst in the Country

Ontario has the lowest rate of public funding for colleges and universities, less than half the per student funding in Alberta. To make up for underfunding, students in Ontario pay the highest tuition fees in the country, double or triple the fees that students in Quebec or Newfoundland and Labrador pay. Despite paying the most, Ontario's students study in the largest classes and have the least access to their professors and instructors.

Ontarians who believe that college and university should be accessible are calling for all political parties to commit to fixing the crisis in our colleges and universities to earn our support in the Ontario Election on October 6, 2011.

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[raxor1212]

Canadian Federation of Students i have two words for you..................... Well Done

[OneToronto]

Sick video...

[myevilrobots]

It drags on too long. The chase montage can easily be cut by 2/3 of it's current length. Tighten up the editing and it will work a bit better. However, you still need something more inspiring than this.

[opsart]

Let's make this election about education! Enough of increasing tuition and student debt already.