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		<title>Canada East: N.S. gov&#8217;t members defeat efforts to have cabinet papers subpoenaed</title>
		<link>http://www.preyra.ca/2010/06/09/canada-east-ns-govt-members-defeat-efforts-to-have-cabinet-papers-subpoenaed/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=canada-east-ns-govt-members-defeat-efforts-to-have-cabinet-papers-subpoenaed</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  



The Canadian Press

HALIFAX &#8211; An Opposition attempt to force the Nova Scotia  government to hand over cabinet and business agency documents to the  auditor general failed Wednesday, defeated by the NDP majority on the  public accounts committee.

Auditor Jacques Lapointe issued a  damning report last week, admonishing the government for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University Tuition Declines For Second Straight Year &#8211; Department of Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: gov.ns.ca/news
October 20, 2009 2:42 PM

For the second year in a row, Nova Scotia has the distinction of being the only province with lower university tuition fees.
The cut in tuition also means Nova Scotia no longer has the highest tuition fees in Canada, according to a Statistics Canada report released today, Oct. 20.
&#8220;Lower tuition will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Chronicle Herald: Fewer locals seeking higher education in N.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Number attending post-secondary institutions has dropped 9% since 2004, survey indicates
By KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE Education Reporter 
The number of Nova Scotians seeking a higher education in their home province is still slipping, says a report released Wednesday.
During the 2007-08 school year, 25,096 people who call Nova Scotia home chose to stay and study in this province, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question on the University drop out rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Mr. Speaker, through you to the Acting Minister of Education, why do so many university students in Nova Scotia drop out?
HON. JAMES MUIR: Mr. Speaker, I&#8217;m surprised that (Interruptions)
MR. SPEAKER: Order, please. The honourable Acting Minister of Education has the floor.
MR. MUIR: Mr. Speaker,  all members of this House know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronicle Herald- Student loans going online</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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Yarmouth woman says transition from bank- to province-handled payments has not been smooth



 
By  KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE 
Education Reporter
Lineups outside financial aid offices at Nova Scotia universities could be a thing of the past come January.
The Education Department unveiled its plan on Thursday to let students ap­ply for, access and pay for their provin­cial student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current Constituency Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MR. SPEAKER: The honourable Deputy Government House Leader.
MR. CHUCK PORTER: Mr. Speaker, I move that you do now leave the Chair and that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House on Supply unto Her Majesty.
MR. SPEAKER: The honourable member for Halifax Citadel.
MR. LEONARD PREYRA: Also soon to be known as Halifax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metro News: NDP blasts plan to control teacher supply</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 14:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students shouldn’t be forced to go elsewhere: Critic
Lindsay Jones
NDP post-secondary education critic Leonard Preyra says the government shouldn’t be allowed to control the supply and demand of teachers.
“It’s illogical to force Nova Scotia students to go somewhere else,” he said.
Preyra says no other employer has the right to control supply and demand, particularly at universities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronicle Herald: CBU gets new teacher program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 14:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dal scraps deal with Memorial
By KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE Education Reporter
Cape Breton University will get its new bachelor of education program, but Dalhousie University is ducking out of its deal with Memorial University before a plan to offer B.Ed. courses in Halifax even got off the ground.
Those are two outcomes of Education Minister Karen Casey’s response to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metro News: Students to save</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grant program to shave first 20% off provincial loans
By LINDSAY JONES
Nova Scotia has finally lived down its status as one of three provinces without a system of needs-based grants, student groups say.
The government announced in yesterday&#8217;s budget a new grant program that shaves the first 20 per cent off provincial student loans starting this September.
Students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Canadian Press: &#8220;Nova Scotia&#8217;s three year tuition freeze gets mixed reviews from students&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Leonard Preyra</dc:creator>
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HALIFAX — A move to freeze Nova Scotia university tuitions at current levels for the next three years drew a mixed response Monday from student groups grappling with some of the highest tuitions in the country.

The memorandum of understanding between the Conservative government and the province&#8217;s 11 universities sets out a schedule of increased funding [...]]]></description>
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