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The Rae Report was the result of a Provincial review of post-secondary Education led by former Ontario Premier Bob Rae . After the Liberal government of Dalton McGuinty brought in a fully-funded tuition fee freeze at public College s and Universities in April 2004 , it announced a sweeping review of public post-secondary education was to take place. REVIEW PROCESS In the summer of 2004, the government announced that Rae was to head the review. As a backup to the former premier, a seven member advisory panel was announced: Leslie Church , Ian Davidson , Bill Davis , Don Drummond , Inez Elliston , Richard Johnston and Huguette LaBelle . The panel included a former Conservative premier (Davis), a young Liberal and a former advisor to the federal government, and even a former NDP leadership rival of Rae's. Rae toured the province in fall of 2004, hosting many town-halls and roundtables. CONCLUSIONS The final report called for deregulation of tuition fees and the introduction of a scheme to finance university and college education - income-contingent loan repayments. The report also called for an increase in public funding of colleges and universities - about half of what had been cut in the past decade, as well as upfront grants (the kind that Rae himself had eliminated in the early 1990s) for students who come from households with an income of less than $22,000 per annum. CRITICISM Rae's appointment was opposed by many students, who had seen his government permit a 57% increase in Tuition Fee s and the elimination of need-based grants. The composition of the advisory panel also came under fire as none of its members had a record of support for reduced or frozen tution fees. Rae was also criticized for having drawn conclusions prior to the consultation phase of the review. In May 2004, Rae speculated about the possibility of an outright deregulation of tuition fees - to the outrage of student advocacy groups. EXTERNAL LINK |
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