Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff endorsed changes yesterday that Nova Scotia universities and politicians have been pursuing for years, but he also gave himself some wiggle room.
Speaking at Dalhousie University yesterday, Ignatieff said he was in favour of the federal government giving provinces funding on a per-university student basis.
Currently, Nova Scotia imports a large number of outside students, but their funding goes to their home provinces.
But Ignatieff wouldn’t make a hard commitment to change the system, saying he had some worries.
“It creates substantial tensions in the federation because it rewards successful institutions and less successful ones may think, ‘Hey, we’re being left behind,’” he told the crowd.
Later, he told reporters, “When I think about it, I still like the idea of creating this market so we reward success. I just don’t want to punish failure so that we have a lot of other institutions drying up.”
Dalhousie Students’ Union president Shannon Zimmerman said she understood Ignatieff’s concerns, but added the current system is already hurting Nova Scotian schools.
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