Finance committee  The information we have in our submission is to reallocate some of the money currently invested in registered education savings plans and tax credits into Canada student grants, because we currently invest about $2.5 billion per year in those programs.

Finance committee  Yes, in 1996 a 2% cap was placed on increases to the post-secondary student support program. As we've already discussed at the committee, the population growth of first nations and Inuit students far exceeds other demographics, so there are more students who want to access fundin

Finance committee  Canada is one of the only OECD countries that doesn't have a national ministry of education. The situation right now in Canada is that there is a significant disparity in the tuition fees that are charged from province to province. It's a situation whereby students in Newfoundl

Finance committee  In both cases.... It's something we're advocating that provincial governments do with provincial student loans, but we're also advocating for an expansion of the national grants program that was introduced in 2008. In Newfoundland and Labrador it has been progressively expanded o

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  Right, it's a big question. We talked about the dedicated transfer payment in the recommendations. One of the main reasons we bring it up is it allows for a level of accountability for investments that are being made in the provinces. Whatever arrangement is made, and this is ve

Finance committee  Absolutely. Sure.

Finance committee  Yes. We appeared before the committee on a study about youth unemployment and we spoke about the need to track those statistics just to get a good idea of what it is we're dealing with, because we only have estimates that there are as many as 300,000. That would be a good place t

Finance committee  Good evening. My name is Jessica McCormick. I'm the national chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's largest and oldest student organization, representing more than 600,000 students across the country. Our association a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, I certainly don't see anything wrong with exploring other options for proving where you live. That would help only those students who live on campus, and of course, I am talking more generally about students who can live anywhere. But I think that rather than looking at thi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. In our consultations we have talked about those 39 pieces of identification that are options, made suggestions for other ones that should be available, and talked about increasing the education so people know which is possible.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly, it could grow.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't know any specific percentages, but given my involvement in my students union at my university, I do know that the societies that existed that were ratified under our students union, there were fewer members of those groups.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say the problem I have mentioned in a couple of answers is not simply that there's a lack of information, but a lack of reflection in the candidates and in the parties on the issues of youth. I think some other members have cited that as well. When you don't see a candid