Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, honourable committee members and fellow witnesses. I would like to begin by acknowledging that we have the privilege today of gathering on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin and Anishinaabe people. My name is Adam Brown. I am the c

Finance committee  It's important that students have the affordability that is necessary to be able to afford quality materials in the classroom. It's a concept that is being implemented in some provinces more than others. Essentially, the affordability for students to be able to save money on text

Finance committee  Yes, that's it. It's not that industries are starting to lose a lot of money because of restrictions. Post-secondary institutions spend more than $1 billion per year on educational materials, which means that the educational resources sector is still very active. It's just bette

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, honourable members of the committee, and witnesses. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people, where we have the privilege of gathering today. My name is Adam Brown

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I highlighted, I think one of the best things that the federal government can do is make the pathways to citizenship that much more accessible. Our ask with section 91 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is a solid way to make sure that international student advisers

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The state in which it currently exists is that any post-secondary staff who wants to be able to give this advice has to go through this training, which happens in January and September, obviously the busiest months of the school year, when many international students are asking f

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have that information at hand, but I'd be happy to follow up with that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't say off the top of my head. I know we have about 353,000 international students in Canada right now. I'm not sure. I can't spitball as to how many stay, but I can follow up.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's important for certain established regulations to be in place. They need to be reasonable and reflect what the realities are for people. For example, extending from 90 days to six months is simply addressing the reality of the current situation in Canada. It might not always

Finance committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, esteemed committee members, fellow witnesses and members of the gallery. I would like to start off by acknowledging the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg people, where we have the privilege of gathering today. My name is Ada

Finance committee  We hope this will open the door for further support for graduate students for grants to those who need them. Finally, we were encouraged to see investments in paid, work-integrated learning opportunities. This includes the projected increase of 84,000 new job placements, as well

Finance committee  Absolutely. CASA has been advocating for this for quite a while now. A number of other provinces have this measure with provincial loans, but creating that six-month interest-free grace period really does allow students to transition into the workforce. It often takes an average

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. We do, in fact, think that eliminating interest on student loans would be preferable. I hope that this bill will allow us to reach that objective. British Columbia has just eliminated interest on student loans. This presents a lot of advantages for

Finance committee  I can answer quickly. CASA doesn't have any formal stance on government debt. It is up to a government to decide how they make their budgets and allocate that funding. What we are here to continue to push is the mentality that we need a post-secondary system in this country tha

Finance committee  The short answer would be yes. I think a lot of the things in here, like interest rates or if we're talking about moving towards 100% work-integrated learning, are absolutely things that Canada needs to continue with into the future.