In the fall of 2007, a report commissioned by the provincial government recommended UNBSJ and the NBCC be reformed and consolidated into a new polytechnic post-secondary institute. The proposal immediately came under heavy criticism and led to the organizing of several protests in the uptown area, citing the diminishment of UNB as a nationally accredited university, the reduction in accessibility to receive degrees – and these are only a couple of the reasons why the community was enraged by the recommendation. Support for keeping UNBSJ as it was, and expanding the university under its current structure, fell slightly below 90%. Seeing too much political capital would be lost, and several Saint John MPs were likely not to support the initiative if the policies recommended by the report were legislated, the government abandoned the commission's report and created an intra-provincial post-secondary commission.
In the fall of 2007 a report commissioned by the provincial government recommended UNBSJ and the NBCC be reformed and consolidated into a new polytechnic post-secondary institute The proposal immediately came under heavy criticism and led to the organizing of several protests in the uptown area citing the diminishment of UNB as a nationally accredited university the reduction in accessibility to receive degrees – and these are only a couple of the reasons why the community was enraged by the recommendation Support for keeping UNBSJ as it was and expanding the university under its current structure fell slightly below 90% Seeing too much political capital would be lost and several Saint John MPs were likely not to support the initiative if the policies recommended by the report were legislated the government abandoned the commission's report and created an intra-provincial post-secondary commission