Finance committee  I think the question is not well put and perhaps we should ask ourselves how much students can afford. When we see their debt, we realize that they are already paying too much. In Quebec, funding is between 17% and 20%, and it is going down. Actually, the government has stopped

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. That is certainly the case in teaching, which is not surprising. Teachers have to do compulsory unpaid practicums. However, they are not the only ones doing that. Nurses and psychologists also have to. PhD psychology students have unpaid placements. That is a pro

Finance committee  It is something we see especially among students completing their graduate studies, students with a master's degree or a PhD, who are often overqualified. That may be the result of universities pushing them to produce more and more research. For instance, a master's student has

Finance committee  Absolutely. The program is different in Quebec, but Brant will be able to tell us what the situation is across Canada. In Quebec, what is known as protected income goes as far back as 2004. It has not been updated since then. Students who work four months in the summer at minimu

Finance committee  Actually, it is a form of land occupancy. Young people are encouraged to go back to their home regions or to go live in rural areas once they complete their studies in the cities. Our regions are being abandoned by young people. They go to big cities to find jobs. By encouraging

Finance committee  Exactly.

Finance committee  I briefly mentioned that the level of undergraduate student debt in Quebec is $14,000 at the end of a bachelor's degree. Quebec's loans and scholarships program allows them to pay it all back after seven years, but the fact remains that it will affect their life choices after gra

Finance committee  I would like to thank the Standing Committee on Finance for receiving me. I am the president of the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ). We represent 13 university student associations from all over Quebec, which means 125,000 students from all levels. My present