One thing I'll raise is that students currently don't have access to financial benefits at all. When we're talking about financial resources ending, there hasn't been anything specific to students since September 2020. Moratoriums also ended in October 2020, so students are really looking for any form of financial relief right now.
When we look at the Canada recovery benefit that is available, many students aren't eligible for it because of that stipulation, the requirement of $5,000 having been made in the last fiscal year. What we're really looking for is any kind of recovery benefit available currently as well as moving forward.
Students need to be included in this access. Again, if we're looking at wanting to stimulate the economy, that's simply not possible when students are barely able to afford their education and then are facing tens of thousands of dollars of debt load upon graduation and even more significantly now due to the troubles of the job market. We really need to be opening access.
We're calling for our government to include students, have specific student-centric responses, as well as open up the general availability of response benefits to include every person studying in this country, both domestic and international.