Even with financial aid and scholarships, she might as well just buy a decent house for the amount of money that some of these schools want. I certainly can't afford an extra $15,000 a year let alone $40,000 for the "cheapest" place that she "wants" to go to...
I hear you. Us high taxing socialist Canadians still subsidize higher education to a greater degree than you folks do. Some of the most in demand programs from good universities do charge premiums, but, in general, post secondary education is still affordable in Canada.
I hope it stays that way, not just for my sake, but because I believe that we need to have a highly educated work force to maintain the levels of wealth we have risen to.
Germany is a great example of how this can work. They maintain a very healthy manufacturing base despite having high (read uncompetitive in some people's minds)wages. They do this by having a highly trained and educated workforce so they can compete in high value added manufacturing.
