CAUT | ACPPU
Canadian Association of University Teachers
| Majority of Canadians want spending for PSE increased even it means raising taxes: Poll |
| (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)
- The majority of Canadians think spending on post-secondary education should be increased even if it means paying higher taxes, according to a Harris Decima poll conducted in November. The poll also shows that a majority of Canadians are worried that the quality of post-secondary education is suffering because of underfunding. Most are worried that the government isn’t doing enough to ensure access, and almost half, or 48%, of respondents say that the most important thing governments can do is to lower tuition fees. The same number do not believe that university and college teachers earn too much and most also oppose freezing the salaries of teachers. More than half believe cutting salaries would compromise post-secondary education quality. “These numbers demonstrate that Canadians are concerned about the quality of post-secondary education and want the government to do more to improve access,” said CAUT executive director Jim Turk. “The majority also understand that imposing wage freezes on academic staff, as some provinces are trying to do, will just further erode quality,” he added. The telephone poll was conducted with 2,000 adult Canadians between November 11 and November 21, 2010. Results are considered accurate within plus or minus 2.2%, 19 times out of 20. A summary of questions asked and answers given is available here. |
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