Advanced Ed minister says Alberta will help with cash for 500 school staff relocation

“I’ve offered to provide any kind of assistance that the university needs. They haven’t asked for any,” Demetrios Nicolaides said in a weekend interview.

The two sides have been debating the role and mission of Athabasca University for months. It is Canada’s largest online university, hosting 40,000 students linked up virtually across Canada and beyond with instructors. Scott said he wants to help but said it’s unfair to ask the school to be the town’s key economic driver.

Nicolaides also rejected criticism that his United Conservative government, with an election looming next spring, is pursuing this plan merely to curry votes in crucial rural areas.“I don’t believe we’re asking for anything new,” he added. “Folks have been working in the town and delivering high quality academic programming to Albertans and other Canadians.Since June 30, the debate has morphed into a line in the sand.

Nicolaides has also directed that the board’s acceptance of the plan be followed by an implementation strategy submitted no later than the end of September.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

Good lord this is a massive boondoggle just waiting to happen, what in the name of gawd are the Alberta_UCP doing here? 🙄🙄🙄

Athabasca population had a population of 2,800 in 2021. It’s not possible to increase the population by 18% virtually overnight.

Where are these people supposed to live? Where are their kids going to school? Who will be their doctors? Dentists?

What a terribly stupid idea this whole thing is

demetriosnAB DO NOT use my tax dollars to 'relocate' families that don't want to be 'relocated'! Instead, help Athabasca with funding to diversify their economy. FFS

Obviously something shady going on there.

Perhaps you need to do some journalism and understand that moving 500 ppl into a town of 1300 isn’t possible. Infrastructure isn’t there for one thing.

What a “small government” thing to do, in no way does it reek of central command and control

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