| # | Name | Comments |
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| 1 | Morgan Wade | I support fair funding to FNTI - it is a worthy institution that should get similar consideration to other provincial colleges and universities. |
| 2 | Eric Walton | I cannot imagine a better investment by Ontario and Canada in addressing the long-term challenges facing First Nations than to build the internal capacity to find the solutions and implement them. |
| 3 | Steve DSa | |
| 4 | Jason Haney | It would be a shame for the Ministry to lose this gem due to political misgivings. If the First Nations Technical Institute is indeed an accredited College, and open to off reserve Ontarian's, should it not have the same right to funding as those off reserve? |
| 5 | Anonymous | Closing the doors of educational institution in this country is a non-starter, especially on a Native reserve where the need for post-secondary education is great. I recommend that you do whatever it takes to make sure this doesn't happen. |
| 6 | Aaron Grubin | |
| 7 | Cindy Venton | |
| 8 | Kenneth E. Sparks | |
| 9 | Amber Crowe | Give FNTI the funding and accreditation conferring power it deserves! |
| 10 | Callie Hill | I have been involved with FNTI for the past 19 years as an employee and a student. It would be a great loss to the community if they have to close the doors. The government needs to do the right thing and provide the funding for this institute and at the same level as mainstream post secondary institutions are provided. |
| 11 | Kevin Maracle | From the Belleville Intelligencer:
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=868413&auth=Stephen+Petrick
The province is also prepared to chip in about $1,600 per year per student, Thompson said, but that pales in comparison to the roughly $9,000 it spends on other students in order for schools to build up capital and equipment funds.
More information:
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=FNTI+government+-%27fnti-imaging%27+-fntg&btnG=Search&meta=cr%3DcountryCA |
| 12 | Dave Stewart | |
| 13 | James Heffernan | Mr. McGuinty - please fund FNTI in the same manner as other colleges and universities in the province of Ontario. FNTI is a truly amazing institute with a tremendous potential to positively impact on the lives of so many people across the province. Don't let this potential go unrealized. Act now! |
| 14 | Chris Culhane | |
| 15 | Wesley Miller | |
| 16 | Carol Gilmour | |
| 17 | Brenda Doherty | |
| 18 | Anne Boisvenue | |
| 19 | Gloria Thomas | I cannot believe one of our esteemed institutions must close its doors because it does not fit fed/prov quidelines for post-sec delivery ... again! Indians are here. Indians are visible. Indians are not going away. Please, stop ignoring that we exist. |
| 20 | laurence boyer | |
| 21 | Jean Koning | |
| 22 | Fern Marshman | |
| 23 | Paul Adamthwaite | FNTI's place in the education field must be given equality - anything less is discriminatory and disrespectful. |
| 24 | joeann argue | |
| 25 | Tania Kassotis | |
| 26 | Roronhiakewen Dr. Dan Longboat | I am appalled at the political ping-pong game between the province and the federal governments regarding Aboriginal Education in the province of Ontario. Step up to the plate and show real leadership in supporting Aboriginal Institutes in making a difference in Education for Aboriginal Peoples. Think of the continued costs to the tax payers of not addressing this critical need. Now is your chance to take a proactive role and do the right thing! |
| 27 | john heffernan | |
| 28 | Peter Kloek | if there was ever a worthy cause, this would be one of them ... |
| 29 | Cindy Brant | |
| 30 | Anonymous | |
| 31 | Bea Henker | |
| 32 | victoria | |
| 33 | Heather Shpuniarsky | |
| 34 | Anonymous | I'm in favour of this funding |
| 35 | Barbara Hoople | |
| 36 | Robert Davis | It is scandalous that funding is arbitrarily limited when available at all. |
| 37 | Carol Isaacs | The future generation depend on higher education and despite two decades of struggles, FNTI is still fighting to stay alive. IT NEEDS FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO DO ITS WORK WITH OUR YOUTH!!! It deserves the right to succeed. |
| 38 | Rod Jeffries | |
| 39 | Mary Ann Spencer | End discrimation against Canada's First Nations people. |
| 40 | Anonymous | I feel all schools should be allowed to stay open. |
| 41 | laurie froman | |
| 42 | Anonymous | |
| 43 | Sean Story | |
| 44 | Fred Denison | FNTI has provided the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
with an invaluable educational experience which I doubt would have been available from any other source and therefore should be affiorded Government funding the same as any other governemnt funded schools. |
| 45 | Anonymous | |
| 46 | Anonymous | |
| 47 | Lorraine Howard | |
| 48 | Corey Evans | |
| 49 | Anonymous | |
| 50 | Anonymous | |