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The University of Alberta says it needs to find $9 million to cover its elite leadership college after the NDP government suspended funding for three years.

On top of that, the Peter Lougheed Leadership College is also looking for a new leader as the tenure of the founding principal, former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell, is coming to an end.

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Established in 2014 under former U of A president Indira Samarasekera and the then Progressive Conservative government, the college’s focus is to develop leaders during a two-year certificate that includes mentorship programs and workshops.

Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt said the college had accumulated a surplus, hence the temporary cessation of money.

“It didn’t make sense to us to continue to keep giving the university money that they weren’t spending,” Schmidt said last week.

“In three years time, we will be willing to look at making the payments again to the college.”