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Finance committee 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 and Anishinabe people, where we have the privilege of gathering today. My name is Adam Brown. I am the cha
February 4th, 2020Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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.
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
May 9th, 2019Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
December 11th, 2018Committee meeting
Adam Brown
Citizenship and Immigration committee I don't have that information at hand, but I'd be happy to follow up with that.
December 11th, 2018Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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.
December 11th, 2018Committee meeting
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
December 11th, 2018Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
December 11th, 2018Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
December 11th, 2018Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
November 8th, 2018Committee meeting
Adam Brown
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
November 8th, 2018Committee meeting
Adam Brown