Article content Council received a letter from Mario McLean, a Laurentian University Student for support during its restructuring process. “The time to act is now,” stated the correspondence. “I am asking that the Town of Cochrane releases a statement in support of Laurentian and/or sends a letter to Queens Park. These cuts will have repercussions on your municipality because students will have to travel further to get the post-secondary education they are looking for and it will contribute to the rural exodus of our northern Ontario youth. The midwifery program, one of three and only bilingual program in Canada has been cut, along with 68 other programs, and this will affect the public health of our northern communities as midwives are often the only option in these rural and underserved communities.