Hot Topic for the presidential candidates

Q:What is your position on the 10 per cent annual increase in international student fees?

Alexander: So we want to charge kids who don’t come from here more money. I’m not exactly against that. I think we should make it cheaper for people who are local, because they don’t have to pay for like airplanes and stuff. If you’re an international student and you can afford to fly here, you can pay 10 per cent more.

Brandon: This is a huge disconnect between the university and the student body and that needs to be fixed, especially considering that international students already pay three or four times more than domestic students pay. It’s kind of outrageous to hear that students who have already signed up to go to school here are now randomly going to be [signed up] to be paying more money over the next few years.

Chardaye: I oppose increases to international student tuition so much so that I am doing something about it. So I made an announcement to the board, I attended a meeting with the vice-president, finance Pat Hibbits, I contacted the international students club, the international students group, I called people with the intent of forming a working group and there is now a grass-roots campaign that is being formed with SFSS advocacy.

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