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Terry Newman: Membership in the EU’s Erasmus+ program could be costly and inefficient

If Canada becomes an associate member of Erasmus+, it could end up paying a hefty sum of our tax dollars into a pool of funds so that the European Union can manage international exchanges involving our students, professors, workers and athletes.

Canada is capable of managing its own exchange programs. More importantly, a review of Erasmus+ documents reveals that these exchanges benefit few select applicants, while the program appears more obsessed with the EU’s relevance on the world stage than any measurable improvements in the quality of education for member nations.

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