Finance committee  I think that there are a number of different tensions there. The number one thing you point out is that a lot of young people today are finding themselves in a very competitive job market, a job market that provides a lot of precarious options for them as young people and as new

Finance committee  It was $580 million.

Finance committee  Yes, that's interest that's paid on student loans.

Finance committee  Sure. The work that the federal budget does, we believe, falls short of presenting a bold vision for post-secondary. From the perspective of the Canadian Federation of Students, that will always be the complete elimination of tuition fees and the funding of a totally universal sy

Finance committee  Yes, we have a number. It's 4,600 indigenous students, in addition, who will be included. This doesn't fill the backlog that we believe includes over 10,000 indigenous students. This is a figure that has been released by the Assembly of First Nations, which is a group we have w

Finance committee  Thank you for that question. From our perspective it's incredibly important that we have a system of post-secondary education that is encouraging young people who are interested and passionate about any number of different areas and professions that could be of importance in ou

Finance committee  Okay, thank you. Students hope this will set an example for other youth employers as there continues to be an estimated 300,000 people working in unpaid internships every year in Canada. Fourth, on investments to Canada's research capacity, budget 2017 saw investments to estab

Finance committee  Thank you so much. Good afternoon, members of the committee, and thank you so much for having me here on behalf of the Canadian Federation of Students. With the release of budget 2017 on March 22, students welcomed investments for indigenous learners and part-time students. How

Human Resources committee  Thank you for that. To start with your second question, when I shared my own experience of access to post-secondary education, I shared it not because I think that scholarships are a sustainable model for ensuring access to low-income communities. I shared it because I want to d

Human Resources committee  Thank you for that question. I think that, again, budgets are about priorities. There is an opportunity for a federal government with the power and the resources to fully fund a universal system of post-secondary education to do just that. When we talk about education and traini

Human Resources committee  Thank you for that. I really want to appreciate the emphasis that this is the most indebted generation in Canadian history. I believe we are in a crisis when it comes to access to education; furthermore, when 70% of new jobs require some form of post-secondary education, studen

Human Resources committee  I'll be very quick, then. Removing the cap on the post-secondary student support program, which I would emphasize is a federal program for public funding of first nations' access to post-secondary education—a guaranteed treaty right, and something that is very much cited within

Human Resources committee  Absolutely, I will. Thank you for that. In 2013-14, 203,887 graduates couldn't make a single payment on their Canada student loan. This claim required reporting pre-tax incomes of less than $20,000 per year. Earlier this month, the Canada student loans program adjusted its mini

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. Good morning, members of the committee, and thank you for inviting me to speak before you. My name is Bilan Arte and I'm the national chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. The Canadian Federation of Students is Canada's oldest and largest nat

Status of Women committee  I'll try to keep it short so that Danika can also have some speaking time. When it comes to good examples, York University has developed a pretty comprehensive and, I think, exemplary program. The sexual violence support centres on campus are almost entirely run by students, so