March 10, 2006

Provincial Leaders Ask Canada's New Government to Spend Billions More on Higher Education

By KAREN BIRCHARD

Ottawa

T he leaders of Canada's provinces and territories emerged from an unprecedented summit on higher education here last month saying the country needs a vision that will create a culture of higher learning if Canadians want to maintain their standard of living and compete internationally.

The provincial leaders also called on the country's new government to spend billions of additional dollars on higher education. The premiers argued,

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