With regard to budget 2024 and the government’s subsequent amendments to the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act and the Canada Student Loans Act: (a) what criteria did the government use to develop the list of health care professionals and social services professionals included in the amendments; (b) which health care professionals and social services professionals were included in the assessments in (a); (c) for each health care professional and social services professional included in the assessments but not included in the amendments, what is the rationale to exclude the professionals from the final list; (d) what is the total expected cost of the loan forgiveness measures announced in budget 2024, broken down by profession; and (e) what was the estimated cost of including occupational therapists in the loan forgiveness program?
In the House of Commons on October 30th, 2024. See this statement in context.