38ec2871_1_Manitoba_Provincial_Election__James_Beddome_Green
[0] Young people / Education [Greg Selinger NDP] Freeze tuition increases at no more than inflation Expand eligibility for student loans including allowing students to work and own vehicles without affecting their student loans and reducing the interest rate to prime. Limit class sizes in kindergarten to Grade 3 to a maximum of 20 students within five years. Includes a $20-million investment for hiring more teachers and $85 million for school capital over implementation period. $60 million for first phase of new skilled trades and technology centre of excellence at Red River College. [Hugh McFayden PC] $5 million youth fund including $2 million for youth at risk programming, $2 million to hire more community workers and $1 million to improve police background checks. $25 million over five years for improvements to community faciliities like rec centres, provincewide. Create a Teachers' Advisory Committee with front-line public school teachers and a member of the Manitoba Teachers' Society executive, to advise the minister of education and the premier on classroom issues and suggest improvements. Provide police officers for all school divisions in Winnipeg and Brandon which want them (up to eight additional positions) and assume the full costs for the officers to prevent off-loading on to local government and the school boards. [Jon Gerard Liberal] $3 million to improve graduation rates including hiring new truant officers $57.2-million financial aid package of grants and tuition rebates for post-secondary students who maintain good marks. (No details on how to qualify or amounts available per student) Cap tuition fee increases to the rate of inflation. [James Beddome Green] 
Gradually reduce tuition fees to nothing to improve accessibility to post-secondary education and eliminate post-secondary tax credits. Call for a defined teacher/student ratio in elementary and high schools. Incorporate more environmental education into school curricula. Develop training for eco-trades including green building, community composting etc. Create a crown housing corporation to help Manitobans replace or upgrade older housing stock. Ensure schools in inner cities have after-hours and weekend computer labs accessible year round. Extend broadband to all communities.
2011 Manitoba Provincial Election
James Beddome Green