VICTORIA 

June 3, 1977 

Dr.Pauline Jewett 

President 

Simon Fraser University 

BURNABY, B.C. ? 

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Dear Dr. Jewett: 

Thank you for your letter of May 11, 1977 communi- 

cating the motions of the Senate and Board of Simon Fraser 

University. It is clear that a majority of your Senators 

are not aware that Universities received an increase of over 

11 per cent, double the increase recorded in the provincial 

budget. Many other ministries with valuable programs did 

not fare as well. 

I agree with your Senators that increases in student 

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fees should not be routine means of meeting budget shortfalls. 

But rather than interpreting the Senate's message as a warning 

to government, I suggest it is a reminder to those charged with 

leadership in your University to bring costs of university 

education within the ability of the province to earn revenue 

and the student's ability to pay. 

With the first quarter report in, provincial revenues 

are not growing fast enough to warrant optimism that increases 

in provincial grants will be very large 

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-1078/79. 

Yours tr,ily, 

Patiick L. McGeer 

Minister of Education 