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Excerpt from Hansard: November 10, 2006 The honourable member for Halifax Chebucto Subject: Establishing New Universities in Nova Scotia When we left off debate on this yesterday afternoon we had turned our minds to this issue of what is the appropriate process for the establishment of a new university in Nova Scotia. The thrust of Bill No. 5 is to suggest to us that the appropriate way to start a new university in Nova Scotia is to come forward, speak to the Cabinet and request their review and approval… The alternative, being promoted by those of us in this caucus, is to recognize that the traditional way in which universities have been established has really been though legislation in this House… This is not a casual undertaking. This is not something that has nothing to do with the international reputation of our province. This is not a situation that is akin to the establishment of a private business to operate in our province…If we were at a time when, say, no branch of Canadian Tire had been established in Nova Scotia and yet that business was well established in Ontario and elsewhere in the country, and they wanted to open up a branch in Nova Scotia, we wouldn’t be saying that they have to bring a bill to the floor of the Legislature. There’s a well-established procedure, when a normal business wants to get going in Nova Scotia. They have to file papers with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, to indicate that they have an agent, that they have a corporate office and headquarters and to state the nature of their business, and they’re regulated by a Statute that tells us that they have to file certain papers. That’s an appropriate level of regulatory oversight for some casual business that wants to get going in the private marketplace. But that is not the appropriate model when it comes to universities. Full Text |
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