Editorial: Tuition caps come with a cost

When the Alberta government unveiled draft legislation last week to cap post-secondary tuition, Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt offered a telling acknowledgement:
“Really, students wrote this bill,” he said.
The bill seeks to cap average tuition across all programs  — just as student advocates have long demanded. The cap will be tied to the consumer price index, although individual programs will be able to increase tuition up to 10 per cent annually.
The cap pro