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Prime Minister Paul Martin's proposal to increase student loan limits is a blueprint for increasing student debt, in the view of a student advocacy organization. "Every time loan limits increase, universities and colleges simply hike fees, plunging students into even deeper debt," said Ian Boyko, National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. "This is equivalent to a tuition fee increase." Increasing transfer payments for post-secondary education, reducing tuition fees, and offering needs-based grants is the most effective solution to addressing inequality access to post-secondary education, say the Canadian Federation of Students and the Fdration tudiante universitaire du Qubec. The Canadian Federation of Students and the Fdration tudiante universitaire du Qubec are also disappointed that the federal government has refused to restore the $4 billion cut from transfer payments to the provinces for post-secondary education. "Paul Martin has demonstrated that he is staying on the course he took as Finance Minister in Jean Chrtien's government Ð tax cuts for the wealthy and funding cuts for universities and colleges." The Fdration tudiante universitaire du Qubec and the Canadian Federation of Students have plans to present a common front in the upcoming federal election to make the voice of students heard. The Canadian Federation of Students and the Fdration tudiante universitaire du Qubec combined represent over 600,000 college and university students.2/16/2004
