As universities across Nova Scotia consider new bilateral funding agreements from the province, a government official will not say if the previous tuition increase cap of two per cent will remain in place.

"I'll talk to you about it in a couple of weeks," Tracey Barbrick, deputy minister of advanced education, told reporters on Wednesday.

Barbrick said all 10 universities received their respective bilateral agreements last week and they have until the end of next week to sign them. She acknowledg…