McGill University's plan to raise tuition fees for its MBA program has run into a major roadblock: the Quebec government.
The university wants to hike the annual cost of the program for Quebec students from about $1,700 to nearly $30,000 -- to help better fund the management department.
McGill has argued that the tuition increase would put the program on the pathway to becoming the best in Canada.
But Education Minister Michelle Courchesne said McGill did not get permission from the government to make such changes, which would limit the program's accessibility for some Quebec students.
Courchesne said if McGill decides go ahead with the tuition increase in the fall, it will lose its government subsidies -- which would amount to about $28,000 per student .
"We're taking away the grants away," Courschesne told reporters in Quebec City.
McGill has not reacted to the announcement.
