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Laura Conrad News Editor Tent City shows community’s ANSSA launches website in KIT KAT PIZZA DONAIRS • SUBS • SEAFOOD need for affordable housing response to tuition freeze. 429-3223 or 425-2229 2314 Gottingen St., Halifax Common Front for Housing wants to TappedOut.ca lets students Buy a 16″ pizza see a National Housing Strategy communicate with ministers and MLAs w/ works for $14.99 Meriha Beaton With these changes in question, get 9″ garlic fingers News Contributor the O’Neill report suggests to for $1.99 accompany the raise in tuition with more accommodating financial assistance 16″ pepperoni The Alliance of Nova Scotia Student for students. The province, however, pizza for Associations (ANSSA) has created a is already one of the most expensive $9.95 new website, TappedOut.ca, to help places to pursue post-secondary students get their voices heard by the or 2 for $18.99 education. 2 med. pizzas government. “In my opinion and in the opinion of ANSSA thinks a study by economist the ANSSA, student assistance could w/ 3 toppings Tim O’Neill released one month ago not be raised enough, or immediately $16.99 might prompt Premier Darryl Dexter to enough to deal with the challenges that 3 small donairs lift the tuition freeze currently in place for may face our students next year,” says for $8.99 plus tax university students. If this happens, the LeForte. government will be able to raise tuition fees as high as they like. Free Delivery Over $10 ANSSA, representing more than 80 per cent of Nova Scotia students, are “ese letters Allen Oop slept overnight on the Commons in the Tent City to raise awareness about putting their foot down, as the cost of the lack of housing in the city. Photo by Katrina Pyne tuition in the province is already the third will show the Katrina Pyne half-hearted, weak attempts to solve this highest in Canada. Teach English Staff Contributor issue, and lots of lip service.” “We are trying to pre-empt them government it’s Jocelyne Tranquilla, who is on the making a bad decision for students,” Abroad organizing committee of Common says Rob LeForte, Vice President of the not just the ten Tents flapped against the cold wind in Front for Housing, spoke at the event. Dalhousie Student Union and a chair of the Commons on Saturday as part of the She says that there are 1,447 applications ANSSA. people they meet Tent City protest, demanding affordable on the waiting list for public housing in The website functions as a housing in Halifax. The Common HRM alone, according to a Dec. 2009 communication facilitator. A standard with on a regular Front for Housing (CFH) organized the statistic. This also does not take into letter is set up on the website, and all event, which included a rally followed account that each application usually has students need to do is submit their full TESOL/TESL Teacher Training by workshops and discussions, dinner, basis who are more than 1 person attached to it. name, address and email address. Once Certification Courses music and an open mic. Dan Troke is the executive director for the simple survey is complete, the letter concerned about • Intensive 60-Hour Program The CFH is asking that 25 per cent Nova Scotia’s Employment Support and is sent to the Education Minister and of all housing built in the province is Income Assistance Program through the your MLA. The more letters that are sent, the issue.” • Classroom Management Techniques designated as affordable housing, and province’s Department of Community the stronger the message will be. • Detailed Lesson Planning they want the immediate construction of Services. He says there is a continuum of “These letters will show the • ESL Skills Development 3,000 social housing units to eliminate the options available to individuals seeking government that it’s not just the ten • Comprehensive Teaching Materials province-wide public housing waiting Nova Scotia students already struggle affordable housing in Halifax. Troke people they meet with on a regular • Interactive Teaching Practicum list. They also want to see the province to make ends meet while attending says that the vacancy rate of housing basis who are concerned about the classes. Student loans, both from within • Internationally Recognized Certificate re-establish rent control, improve the in the HRM is between 2 and 3.5 per issue,” says LeForte. “But that there is existing Residential Tenancy legislation, provincial and federal, barely cover the • Teacher Placement Service cent, and that development increases strong grassroots support behind the cost of living expenses once tuition has • Money-Back Guarantee Included and reinstate the Federal Co-operative proposals we put forth, like maintaining with housing demand.