Finance committee  Our association represents universities, graduate students, undergraduate students, as well as colleges and polytechnics. I guess from the incoming standpoint—and it will refer slightly back to the guidance counsellors and what we've heard from the Canada student loans program as

Finance committee  We have in the past advocated for separating out the Canada social transfer, the part that goes toward post-secondary institutions, so that remains an important priority for our members.

Finance committee  I would say it comes down to access to post-secondary education. Folks, whether they have a university degree, a college degree, a polytechnic...have higher employment outcomes afterwards, have higher lifetime earnings. Even touching on what Mr. Adler said with the stratification

Finance committee  Student loans are a big barrier for students when they do graduate. Perhaps the prevalence of student loans might not be as problematic if students were graduating into good well-paying jobs after. They would be able to manage that, but because of the prevalence of PINEs and the

Finance committee  I would say that the public—the taxpayer, the government—invests a lot in students and trains students, in many respects, for specific fields, but provides a comprehensive education as well. To put that investment into those students and have them not be able to use the skills th

Finance committee  I'm not sure what you mean by “isn't agreed on”.

Finance committee  I would echo what Ms. Robinson said, that there are many portions of academic programs in which working is a part of it. Those are arrangements created by the institution in partnership with the different employers. Some of it might be paid, some of it might not be paid, but you'

Finance committee  Those aren't the areas in which the concerns or issues lie, for us.

Finance committee  I'm not aware of such studies as they relate to students. In most cases they're recent graduates and are no longer students, so they wouldn't necessarily—

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  Some of that is the case, yes. There are other reasons explaining why students may have graduated with no debt; they were able, for example, to get work opportunities or co-op opportunities as well. But the impact and burden that debt has on graduates will help determine or im

Finance committee  Yes, I would—

Finance committee  That was something our members and our organization were calling for. The elimination of the vehicle as an asset for the candidate's student loans was something very positive that we were pleased to see. And it was increased access for rural students who needed a vehicle. It also

Finance committee  When students graduate today, some of them graduate with no student debt, many of them graduate with significant amounts of student debt. Students have six months until they're expected to start repaying the amounts that they've taken out to go and study. In many cases students w

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of Parliament, fellow presenters, and guests. I would like to extend the gratitude of students and youth from across the country for the action being taken to study the issue of youth employment. It is my pleasure to be here representing the Ca