iPolitics By Alan Freeman. Published on May 13, 2021 6:00pm The province has Canada’s oldest population, highest jobless rate, highest per-capita health spending along with the weakest health outcomes in the country. N.L. Premier Andrew Furey at press briefing on Feb. 10, 2021. (N.L. Communications Group Photo)
Schools with no students. Ferry runs with no passengers. A 22-year freeze on university tuition. A population that is lower than it was 50 years ago. A bloated public service. Soaring deficits and debt loads. A devastated fishery. Tourism on its knees because of COVID. Declining oil and forestry sectors.
There’s nothing much positive to say about the economic situation in Newfoundland and Labrador. All that was made clear last week with the publication of The Big Reset, the comprehensive report of the economic recovery team tasked by the provincial government to set a future path for the province.
11 May 2021 - 9:00
A worker at CNA-Q receives Iftar meal box as part of the college s Ramadan meal initiative.
The Peninsula
Doha: As part of its social commitment towards the workers on campus, College of the North Atlantic – Qatar (CNA-Q) collaborated with Qatar Charity to distribute 350 Iftar meals. This activity aims to reach workers in different campus divisions such as security, cleaning, technical, fire, and safety, civil and more.
In line with the COVID-19 restrictions, meal boxes were packed and loaded onto Qatar’s Charity decontaminated delivery van. Workers received their meals directly from the van while respecting social distancing and coronavirus prevention measures.
Students, union slam Greene report s proposed post-secondary education cuts
There s strong opposition to the deep cuts to Memorial University and the College of the North Atlantic proposed in a sweeping report on Newfoundland and Labrador s dire fiscal situation.
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Posted: May 07, 2021 11:47 AM NT | Last Updated: May 7
A new report recommending wide-ranging changes to Newfoundland and Labrador s economy zeroes in on several aspects of Memorial University, and calls for its operating grant to be slashed.(Paul Daly/CBC)
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By Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula
Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has enhanced efforts to open new private universities in the country to enable more students to pursue their higher studies in the country.
Increasing its commitment towards a vibrant, growing higher education community, a new private Indian university a Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus will open in September at Barwa, Abu Hamour.
The university will offer five academic programmes initially. Under a five-year plan of the MoEHE, three more private universities are expected to open in Qatar, giving students more options to pursue academic programmes of their choice, tailored to their budget. Higher education institutions offered 290 educational programmes for the academic year 2019-20.
Big reset called for debt-ridden N.L. with release of ground-shaking economic report
Moya Greene, chair of the premier s economic recovery team, delivered a no-holds-barred report Thursday that lays out a five- to six-year plan to reimagine Newfoundland and Labrador proposing everything from tax increases and deep spending cuts to a streamlining of the public service to privatization.
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