ST. JOHN S, N.L. Poor management and a culture of indifference toward debt have brought Newfoundland and Labrador to a financial breaking point, according to a long-awaited economic report released Thursday. The report titled The Big Reset says the province s overspending and debt-servicing burden put it at risk of being unable to pay public sector salaries and keep hospitals running. To correct course, the report says the government needs to rein in public sector spending, re-evaluate its contracts with unions and dismantle the provincial energy corporation. We have been shocked as a panel to talk to very senior managers . who just think that deficits don t matter, said Moya Greene, who chaired the team behind the report. We were pretty surprised that we don t evaluate any of our programs, we just keep adding to (them). Those are ordinary principles of management.
Meddling at MUN: How a new report answers a 13-year-old political scandal
A new report on post-secondary education in Newfoundland and Labrador pushes for autonomy for Memorial University something that other Canadian universities have long had. John Gushue revisits a political scandal from 2008, when a cabinet minister interfered in the hiring of MUN s president.
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Lift tuition freeze in N.L. and give campuses more power, says independent report
A new report recommends sweeping changes to the province s higher education system, including lifting a decade-long tuition freeze and loosening government s leash on administrations.
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A report released Thursday says Newfoundland and Labrador s post-secondary institutions should have more control over their own administration but need increased tuition funds to operate at a useful level for the province.(Paul Daly/CBC)
Students denounce proposed lift of N.L. tuition freeze
Some recommendations in a comprehensive report examining Newfoundland and Labrador s university and college system isn t sitting well with some students in the province.
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Kat McLaughlin, director of advocacy with Memorial University s student union, says students have concerns about the latest recommendation to lift the university s tuition freeze.(Terry Roberts/CBC)
A comprehensive report examining Newfoundland and Labrador s post-secondary education system isn t sitting well with some students in the province, with the report s recommendation to lift the long-standing tuition freeze drawing criticism.
That recommendation is one of dozens within the 350-page report All Hands on Deck, a document written by an independent committee appointed by the provincial government in 2019, and released on Thursday.