Rally at CNC

By 250 News

Kayla Bertrand,Jessica Brown and Ida Alleman sign  letters that will be sent to the local MLAs (photo Opinion250 staff)

Prince George, B.C. – About 100 people, including staff, students and local politicians attended a noon hour rally at the College of New Caledonia today.

Students signed three letters, one aimed at each of the local  MLA’s.

At issue,  an effort to stop  the cuts of the  programs which serve the disabled.

(at right,  signs  that express  sentiment of rally)

The student union says cutting programs is not the way to go when there is a funding shortage “That is the easy way out” said Student Union Chairperson Valentine Crawford.

The President of the PPWC local which represents the support staff at the college, says the programs for the disabled must be saved as CNC is a community college, which should not be closing the doors to anyone from the community.  The union says it isn’t about  job cuts rather it was about the cutting of programs that  are the heart and soul of the community. There was a call for the Provincial government to  provide targeted funding for the  programs which  serve the disabled.

(at left, students gather in atrium to  attend rally)

CNC has yet to receive its funding letter from the government, and is predicting a shortfall of $1.1 million dollars.  When the cuts were announced, ( several programs and 25 jobs) the President of the College, John Bowman,  said  part of the reason for the  shortfall is  that targeted  funding does not  cover the costs associated with  such funded programs, like student support services and  operational costs.

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