Free university tuition would recognize the escalating expectations for education in modern economy and labour market. Canada's approach to public education funding has not kept us up with those changes. The legislature Canada provided for public funding at the elementary and secondary education in the 1850s. By the 1920s, the mandatory school leave it age was increased to 16. Either than a modest increased in the leaving age to 18 in most provinces essentially requiring high school completion. Our approach to post secondary education funding is stuck in the economy of a century ago