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Provincial Budget 2023 Consultations: Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Report

September 30, 2022

Stability, recovery, and rebalancing the economic and social systems — read our submission to the Committee and an analysis of their final recommendations regarding advanced education.

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Each year, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services submits a report to the legislative assembly following its public provincial budget consultation.

This year, CUFA BC’s President presented alongside representatives from Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) and Camosun College Faculty Association. We also provided a formal written submission. The Committee also followed up with us to hear more about international student enrolment trends.

Our recommendations for the budget consultation focused on several themes, including stability and recovery, as well as rebalancing the economic and social systems.

In the Committee’s final report, three recommendations pertaining to advanced education reflect those made in our submission:

  • Diversity and Inclusion, Recommendation 17: Enable workforce development by committing the necessary learning supports to ensure full post-secondary access and retention for under-represented groups, including Indigenous peoples, people of colour, immigrants, and persons with disabilities.
  • Operational Funding, Recommendation 21: Work with post-secondary institutions to retain instructors, including by funding faculty positions in predictable, long-term contracts.
  • Research and Innovation, Recommendation 24: Support knowledge creation in BC through increased investment in post-secondary research.

Download the PDF to read our recommendations, a summary of other opinions provided in the consultation, and an analysis of the Committee’s final report.

You can also view our past reports on the 2022, 2021, and 2020 provincial budgets.

“Overall, the volume of needs of post-secondary stakeholders far outpaces the ability of any single budget to remediate. There is a singular, overarching need for systemic shift in post-secondary planning and funding at the provincial level.”

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