University funding gap in Quebec is growing, institutions say

By Karen Seidman. Quebec universities say the gap between funding here and other provinces has soared to $850 million a year — a staggering amount that they assert has put our esteemed university system in jeopardy and threatens to derail Quebec as the pre-eminent research province in the country.
The last study, in 2010, showed a gap of $620 million, but the latest study, based on 2009-2010 figures and done in anticipation of the summit on higher education workshop on university financing later this week, shows what university rectors in Quebec said they weren’t at all surprised to see — a dramatic increase in underfunding. Read more...