Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. We’re talking about inefficiency and waste, but it’s quite difficult to prove with regards to the 50,000 student jobs in Canada. The whole of the postsecondary educational system must be taken into account. For 10 years now, government student grants have been diminis

Human Resources committee  On our end, there has been no consultation either in this form at all. In fact, we've been trying to get a meeting with the ministry for quite a while now to discuss a variety of issues, obviously, not just specifically what we have before us now.

Human Resources committee  CASA strongly disagrees that the current student career placement program does not deliver value for money. While some funding does go towards private businesses, it generally creates jobs that otherwise would not have existed. The program is beneficial, even in prosperous areas

Human Resources committee  First, I wish to thank you for having invited the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. Our Alliance represents nearly 300,000 Canadian students of postsecondary school level. A few weeks ago the government announced that it had secured $1 billion in budget savings over th

Finance committee  I think it hasn't been determined; it obviously would be at the discretion of what would be best for the constituents you're working with. We would see this coming out of the Canada social transfer, obviously, creating something specifically dedicated to post-secondary education

Finance committee  Yes; we would argue that it needs to be placed in a larger accord, accountable and transparent to the students and institutions that eventually receive the money.

Finance committee  That's a difficult question to ask. Our membership has tried, and the students have tried, and a number is very difficult. Unfortunately, I'm not going to tell you a number, but I can give you a statement. The statement is that any academically qualified student who can attend a

Finance committee  As we've stated in some of the discussion so far, obviously it's not only in the system. We first have to look at those who aren't accessing the system. It starts very early for both lifelong learners as well as people coming out of the K-to-12 system. How are we going to ensure

Finance committee  I think you're absolutely right. We're aware that it's going to be very difficult. We know it was done for health care recently and we hope it can be done for education as well. It's time to do that. But I guess the bigger issue is, let's stop trying to see each jurisdiction tryi

Finance committee  That is a good question. The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation negotiated a contract with the provinces. The foundation's representatives go to each province, develop a strategy and sign a contract with the province. That is what happened in Quebec. The same cannot be said

Finance committee  I think that it is true. We do not claim that there are no problems with the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. We do feel that its accounting practices should be improved. On the other hand, it works, and every province receives funding. I want to point out something els

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Savage. From our understanding, all of these funds have been placed into an infrastructure trust, and the legislation on Bill C-48 read as follows: for supporting training programs and enhancing access to post-secondary education, to benefit, among others, abori

Finance committee  I think that's a really good question. I think there's a role for both. I believe this idea of trying to accomplish and solve the post-secondary education crisis without the collaboration of the provinces is obviously not the proper route. There needs to be an increased effort by

Finance committee  I think it's a total of $2.5 billion.